Via Independent.ie:

At Kilrush District Court sitting in Ennis, partner of Clare TD, Violet Ann Wynne, John Montaine appeared in connection with the alleged illegal possession of cannabis at the family home at Pella Rd, Kilrush on February 11th last year.

…Mr Montaine has epilepsy and speaking generally on her partner’s use of medicinal cannabis to deal with his epilepsy, Deputy Wynne said that come March “John will be six years seizure free and that comes from him taking medicinal cannabis”.

“Before we were having to go see the GP in between seeing the neurologist. There was always some kind of issue – say John having a number of fits within the one month or losing teeth or suffering with severe migraine, but since John has been using the medicinal cannabis, he has had a better quality of life.”

Deputy Wynne said that Mr Montaine “is only left with a handful of teeth at this stage” from his past seizures…

Ah here.

Partner of Sinn Féin TD appears in court on drugs possession charge (Indpendent.ie)

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This afternoon.

Leinster House, Dublin 2.

Marty Pawlak from Luttrellstown Community College, and fellow 6th year pupils calling for the Government to scrap plans for a traditional Leaving Cert this year, and instead run hybrid examinations, a blend of in-person and online testing.

It’s not a rat race, silly.

It’s a points race.

Then a rat trap.

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Earlier: Drink It In

This afternoon.

House of Commons, London, England, UK.

Via BBC:

Covid restrictions in England will be eased from next Thursday, UK prime Minister Boris Johnson announced

Working from home guidance will end and people will no longer be asked to wear masks anywhere.

The compulsory use of Covid passes at certain events will also end even though venues can still use them if they wish

From 20 January, face masks will no longer be required in any classrooms…

Well now.

That appears to be that.

So it does.

That was mad, wasn’t it?

Covid restrictions to be relaxed next week, PM says (BBC)

Earlier: Bar The Shouting

Above from left: Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform Michael McGrath Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, at a media brief today following this morning’s Cabinet meeting

This afternoon.

Via RTÉ News:

Public healthcare workers who worked on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic are to receive a once off €1,000 tax free payment under a plan passed by Cabinet this morning.

An additional public holiday and national commemorative event, in remembrance of people who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will take place on 18 March this year.

The Cabinet grappled today with who to reward for their work on the frontline during the pandemic, as well as the general public.

All healthcare staff who worked in a clinical setting, including hospital porters, cleaners and ambulance workers will be entitled to the bonus.

However…

The payment will not be made to healthcare employees who worked from home, and is instead being directed towards those who worked on site, in a clinical setting.

Um.

Anyone?

Covid frontline healthcare workers to receive €1,000 bonus (RTE)

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And So I Watch You From Afar – III Lung

And breathe.

Belfast post-rock nebulizers And So I Watch You From Afar (top) return with a new album Jettison on February 18 on Velocity/Equal Vision Records.

III Lung offers a tantalising glimpse of what to expect.

The band write:

“Nothing in our repertoire comes close to the ambition of this latest project—the multimedia piece Jettison. The album is a memorable experience that transports the listener away from the tumultuous times and into a blissful musical utopia.”

Nick says: The North’s awake.

And So I Watch You From Afar

‘sup?

This afternoon.

Carlosfandango writes:

Following on from the earlier ‘hot’ topic, I felt it was my duty, nay right – to further report the issues that matter.

So, here is a dog (alias Mr Hugh) laughing his bags off at all that is wrong in this world..

“Go and ask me bollix” are the words he whispered in my ear, echoing my own thoughts.

Happy Wednesday kids, damn it’s good to be alive.

Reporting LIVE from the beach.

Sandymount. Dublin. Midday.

(No cyclists, van drivers or citizen journalists were harmed – or their feelings hurt – in the production of this image)

Earlier: Me No Lycra

From top: Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD , Paul Reid, CEO, HSE and Professor Brian MacCraith, Chairperson of the High-Level Task Force as the HSE took delivery of the first doses of Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 26, 2020; CJ Hopkins

He thinks it’s all over…

…Comedian and satirist CJ Hopkins writes:

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, the official Covid narrative is finally falling apart, or is being hastily disassembled, or historically revised, right before our eyes.

The “experts” and “authorities” are finally acknowledging that the “Covid deaths” and “hospitalization” statistics are artificially inflated and totally unreliable (which they have been from the very beginning), and they are admitting that their miracle “vaccines” don’t work (unless you change the definition of the word “vaccine”), and that they have killed a few people, or maybe more than a few people, and that lockdowns were probably “a serious mistake.”

I am not going to bother with further citations. You can surf the Internet as well as I can.

The point is, the “Apocalyptic Pandemic” PSYOP has reached its expiration date. After almost two years of mass hysteria over a virus that causes mild-to-moderate common-cold or flu-like symptoms (or absolutely no symptoms whatsoever) in about 95% of the infected and the overall infection fatality rate of which is approximately 0.1% to 0.5%, people’s nerves are shot.

We are all exhausted. Even the Covidian cultists are exhausted. And they are starting to abandon the cult en masse.

…Many of these people (i.e., the non-fanatics) are starting to suspect that maybe what we “tin-foil-hat-wearing, Covid-denying, anti-vax, conspiracy-theorist extremists” have been telling them for the past 22 months might not be as crazy as they originally thought.

They are back-pedaling, rationalizing, revising history, and just making up all kinds of self-serving bullshit, like how we are now in “a post-vaccine world,” or how “the Science has changed,” or how “Omicron is different,” in order to avoid being forced to admit that they’re the victims of a GloboCap PSYOP and the worldwide mass hysteria it has generated.

Which…fine, let them tell themselves whatever they need to for the sake of their vanity, or their reputations as investigative journalists, celebrity leftists, or Twitter revolutionaries.

If you think these “recovering” Covidian Cult members are ever going to publicly acknowledge all the damage they have done to society, and to people and their families, since March 2020, much less apologize for all the abuse they heaped onto those of us who have been reporting the facts … well, they’re not.

They are going to spin, equivocate, rationalize, and lie through their teeth, whatever it takes to convince themselves and their audience that, when the shit hit the fan, they didn’t click heels and go full “Good German.”

Fight!

The Last Days of the Covidian Cult (CJ Hopkins, Off-Guardian)

Previously: Farewell To Arms

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This afternoon.

Just in.

Via RTE:

RTÉ and Virgin Media Television today announced details of its historic partnership to bring all of the 2022 Six Nations Rugby action, free-to-air for Irish sports fans. Starting on Friday 4 February with Ireland U-20’s taking on France, coverage includes all matches from Ireland Men’s, Women’s and U-20s tournaments.

The partnership will see all matches in the Guinness Six Nations equally aired across both broadcasters, showcasing the agonies and ecstasies of Rugby’s Greatest Championship. Ireland open the 2022 edition of the Championship on Saturday 5 February against reigning champions, Wales. Then on 26 March the Women’s Six Nations begins with current title holders England taking on their age-old rivals Scotland.

Anyone?

*burns imaginary telly licence*

Pic; Sportsfile

This morning.

Via RTÉ news:

A second man in his 30s has been arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of primary school teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, Co Offaly.

Gardaí say the man is being detained in the eastern region and is being questioned in relation to the potential withholding of information.

Another man, who is also aged in his 30s, was arrested by gardaí yesterday and is continuing to be questioned by gardaí.

The man, who lives in the midlands, is being detained at Tullamore Garda Station.

Breaking Further arrest made in Tullamore murder investigation (RTE)

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