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Police sources: New evidence suggests Jussie Smollett orchestrated attack (CNN)

Yesterday.

Vicar Street, The Liberties, Dublin

Residents at a protest outside Vicar Street music venue where there are plans for an eight storey ,185-room hotel (top). Locals say they want green space, homes and community facilities, not a high-rise building.

Sam Boal/RollingNews


A new animation from German educational design studio Kurzgesagt explains why. To wit:

Everybody feels lonely sometimes. But only few of us are aware how important this feeling was for our ancestors – and that our modern world can turn it into something that really hurts us. Why do we feel this way and what can we do about it?

Previously: Horrible, Horrible Mars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quW1SUWmKPU

yesterday.

Roosky, County Roscommon-Leitrim border

Rooskey resident Niamk Kiernan (top left) clashes with anti-racism activists, including Izzy Kamikaze (top right), during a protest at recent arson attacks at a hotel in the village earmarked for Direct Provision….

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWh8pnSnlJg

RTÉ News coverage last night.

Protest over direct provision plans for hotel in Rooskey (RTÉ)

The Times Ireland edition reports:

American anti-abortion activists are planning to set up a major sister operation targeting women outside every hospital and GP clinic offering terminations in Ireland, an undercover investigation by The Times, Ireland edition has found.

Ellen Coyne, of The Times Ireland edition, explains:

A  researcher claims the increase in Flat Earth believers could be traced back to YouTube.

It’s immediately obvious that
The planet we live on is flat
But a study has found
Those who say that it’s round
It’s clear these folk talk through their hat

John Moynes

Friday: A Poem For Moynes

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