Pope Francis will ask bishops to consider ordaining married men as priests in South America
For centuries men have been told
If they’re wearing a ring made of gold
They can’t be a priest
Or rather, at least
Until they’re sufficiently old
John Moynes
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This afternoon.
Sandymount Strand
Love Hate’s Johnny Ward ‘launches’ LloydsPharmacy Heart Health Hubs, as part of its charity partnership with the Irish Heart Foundation.
60 LloydsPharmacies are now Heart Health Hubs, focusing on “cardiovascular risk assessments, lifestyle advice and blood pressure checks”.
No free balloons.
Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
Save Poolbeg.
This afternoon.
TU Dublin Grangegorman, Grangegorman Lower, Arran Quay, Dublin.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and cabinet colleagues launch the Government’s ‘Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown’.
To wit:
The Government aims to bring 950,000 electric vehicles into circulation as part of the Climate Action Plan, which has been published this afternoon.
It also plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to roll out a nationwide charging system for electric vehicles.
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton described the plan as “ambitious but realistic”.
He said it identified how Ireland would achieve its 2030 targets for carbon emissions, and put the country “on a trajectory to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050”.
Climate Action Plan ‘ambitious but realistic’ (RTÉ)
Earlier…
The first hybrid Dublin buses have arrived. This one will be in service on the 25 to Lucan later this week. We took it down to Grangegorman for the launch of the Govt’s Climate Plan. We want to pass our planet on to the next generation in a better condition than we inherited it. pic.twitter.com/zBfRnp0nXc
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) June 17, 2019
Last week, music editor Nick asked YOU to name the band Holly Johnson fronted in the 1980s.
On offer was a pair of Nick’s Free Tix™ to the Forever Young Festival in Palmerston House, Naas, County Kildare on July 5-7.
You answered in your nostalgic dozens.
‘Speedy’ was the first name out of the hat to correctly identity Frankie Goes To Hollywood, adding:
‘Frankie blew my mind in the 80’s at my 1st ever gig. Help me recapture my squandered youth with free tickets pleeease!!!!
God Speedy.
Thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Free Tix
This afternoon.
The carriage carrying the coffin of Philomena (Phyllis) Lynott, mother of Thin Lizzy rock singer Phil Lynott, passes along the seafront at Sutton after the funeral mass in St Fintans Church, Dublin 13.
Previously: As Good As God Above
Jack Nugent of film deconstruction channel Now You See It explores the way that sound design in cinema (most of which happens long after the cameras stop rolling) is less about creating realistic or believable sounds and more about manipulating and amplifying the emotion of scenes.
