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This morning (11.30am)
Anna Kavanagh, Of Athlone Community Radio, reporting on the latest developments from Strokestown, County Roscommon
Anna writes
Reliable sources tell me Garda Commissioner Drew Harris is going to Roscommon and the men arrested yesterday may be questioned by Gardai for up to seven days
Earlier: The Other Guys
Minister @CharlieFlanagan commends the Gardaí for their swift actions in response to the incident in the Family Court at Smithfield earlier today. The matter is now the subject of a Garda investigation. pic.twitter.com/rK7uIcEAeg
— Department of Justice & Equality (@DeptJusticeIRL) December 20, 2018
This afternoon.
Earlier…
UPDATE: A man has been arrested following a major security incident at a courthouse in Smithfield, #Dublin. Gardai have seized an imitation firearm & the Army bomb squad are at the scene to examine a suspect device. @PaulQuinnNews reports: pic.twitter.com/0Qg2f9029b
— Virgin Media News (@VirginMediaNews) December 20, 2018
More as they get it.
Man held, army bomb disposal team at family law courts in Dublin (RTE)
Pic: Niamh Devereux
Minister for Health Simon Harris at a pro choice rally in Dublin last Summer
Tar éis dó a mhachnamh a dhéanamh ar An Bille Sláinte (FoirceannadhToirchis a Rialáil), 2018 tá an tUachtarán tar éis a lámh a chur leis agus dá réir sin tá é ina dhlí.
— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) December 20, 2018
This afternoon.
Translation?
Déanta. The Bill has been signed and is now law. Presumably @SimonHarrisTD will commence the law on or before jan 1st.
Merry Repealmas friends. #legisl8 #RepealedThe8th https://t.co/5G8saZONLo— Prof Fiona de Londras (@fdelond) December 20, 2018
Go raibh maith agat.
What you may need to know.
1. Only this: It IS a Christmas movie.
2. So says this new official trailer from 20th Century Fox (above), promoting the just-released 30th anniversary Blu-Ray release.
Release: Now
Meanwhile…
Just ‘dropped’.
The Men in Black are back.
No.
Thanks Jack Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l87IYrb9Us&feature=youtu.be
Via Discover Ireland:
Tourism Ireland invited a couple on holiday wearing a camera connected to a heart rate monitor. These are the moments their hearts chose.
Mmf.
Daithi writes:
Diabetes marketing…
Oh.
This afternoon.
Ringsend, Dublin 4
Thanks Ploggers In Ireland
Save Poolbeg
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
The new Irish Ferries ship W.B.Yeats arrives into Dublin Port.
Sailing from mid March to September offering up to four sailings a week directly from Dublin to France.
Save Rosslare.
Yesterday: ‘Very, Very Bad For Rosslare’
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Crepe paper sculptures by artist Roberto Benavidez based on the party piñatas common in his rural south Texas home but modelled on the whimsical grotesques that appear in the margins of the 14th century Luttrell Psalter.
Don’t Panic
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar launching the ‘Brexit Ready’ plan at Government Buildings this morning
Published last night.
The Government’s contingency action plan for a no-deal Brexit.
Read full report here
No iodine tablets?
PANIC!
What’s included in the Government’s no-deal Brexit plan (RTÉ)