Free tomorrow?

Yes, but how free?

Via Peaceful Assembly for Truth, Transparency & Free Speech:

We will be projecting the BANNED Iconoclast interview with Melissa Ciummei (which was removed from YouTube after being viewed 450K times in 6 days) onto a building near Facebook/Meta HQ, Dublin 2.

After the screening of the interview, we will take the 10 minute walk to YouTube’s office (located at Google HQ) to deliver a letter outlining our concerns.

Thanks KN

Croke Park vaccination centre last week

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

Ireland has a higher Covid-19 vaccination rate than almost all our neighbours apart from Denmark, so the overall level of protection in the community against serious illness is higher than elsewhere in Europe. And most of our vaccines were Pfizer, which offers higher protection and lasts longer than the AstraZeneca doses used widely in the UK.

Meanwhile, the level of demand for boosters is significantly lower than it was for the original vaccine course, even among older and more vulnerable populations.

Over 80 per cent of those aged 80 years and up, along with 75 per cent of 70-79 year-olds, have been given a booster, whereas 100 per cent in both categories received the two-shot vaccine earlier this year.

Given most people are mostly protected through vaccination, this is entirely understandable. Demand has picked up only as warnings about the current Delta wave and the imminent dominance of the Omicron variant multiplied….

Multi-channel booster rollout increases capacity for confusion (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)

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Splutter!

Be a bit rude this Christmas.

Mark at Jam Art Factory writes:

I wonder if Broadsheet folk would be interested in our Irish made Christmas Stocking Fillers?

Lasercut Irish Words by Fiona Snow – €6 to €17.50 from our Christmas section here

Hand Felted Animals by Jamie Lewis from here

Shake Your Tits it’s Friday and Always be Different prints by Mark Conlan from here

Ail and El hand painted concrete candle holders from here

Pop up cards by AllJoy from both of our Dublin shops. Open 10 to 6 every day until Christmas Eve.

Jam Art Factory

Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’

From top: Kevin Higgins and the offending poem

Last night.

Galway poet Kevin Higgins is officially expelled from the UK Labour Party for his poetry.

That’ll learn him.

Colin Farrell

On The Late Late Show…

…Linda Pototzki, writes:

Friday night’s show will highlight the remarkable work of the St. Vincent de Paul Annual Appeal, as the charity prepares to help thousands of families across Ireland to have a brighter Christmas.

Writer, producer, actor, comedian Brendan O’Carroll will be joined on the couch by his wife, business partner and co-star Jenny Gibney to talk to Ryan about their special connection to the St. Vincent de Paul charity…

Colin Farrell will be lending his support to the call for St. Vincent de Paul as will the irrepressible Majella O’Donnell. TikTok sensation magician Joel M, also supporting the SVP, will demonstrate some of the festive magic that has helped him amass almost 2 billion views and 18 million followers across social media.

Pat Shortt and daughter Faye will be on the show to talk about their plans for Christmas and an update on their comedy duo act.

Corrs’ frontwoman Andrea Corr and The Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood will perform the Elvis classic ‘Blue Christmas’ in-studio – their charity single in support of Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services.

There’s more music from the outstanding Irish musical talent, Susan O’Neill, with a beautiful performance of Joni Mitchell’s ‘River’.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9:35pm.

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‘sup?

Carlosfandango writes:

It’s kinda Christmassy no? End of day, sleepy seasonal hounds.

Happy Christmas from little Miss Lette and and Mr Hugh.

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Liam Hackett writes:

‘This is all you get from Max…’

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Paul in Carlow writes:

Sparky thinking: ‘My very own tree at last!’

My Pet at Xmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’.

This morning.

Brussels, Belgium.

Meanwhile…

Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer

This morning.

Via RTE News:

increased risk led Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to warn last night that anyone planning to spend Christmas with older family members, the immunocompromised or those vulnerable to the effects of Covid needed to now avoid crowds, limit their contacts, and work from home unless absolutely necessary.

This is the backdrop to today’s meeting of NPHET which is widely expected to make recommendations to the Government around reducing social mixing, as well as advising that all close contacts of those with Covid restrict their movements.

The possibility of tightening restrictions still further on hospitality led the Restaurants Association of Ireland to warn that such a move would have a “devastating economic impact on businesses already flattened financially”.

NPHET meets amid warning Omicron could cause record high in hospitalisations (RTE)

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Meanwhile…

Oh.

Meanwhile…

Ah here.


Windings – The Ground

Coffee and paracetemol. In that order.

Welcome to the wired and wonderful world of Windings (top), a five-piece indie collective from Limerick that sound like the South West’s answer to Beck.

Labelmates of Anna’s Anchor, Windings’s album Focus On The Past 5 came out last month on Out On A Limb Records.

Windings are: Stephen Ryan, Liam Marley, Patrick O’Brien, Mike Gavin and Brian Meaney.

Nick says: Limerick roll.

Windings

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