Disrobed?

Splutter!

This afternoon.

Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin 2

UK-based model Vogue Williams showcasing flimsy, if luxurious, pieces from Brown Thomas’ The Lingerie Room; the “ultimate destination to find the perfect gift to spoil loved ones with on February 14th”.

Vogue is wearing a Stella McCartney Red Bodysuit €139.95 (above) and La Perla Black Robe €231 (top).

I am showcasing a white, wool-blend vest and y-fronts from Dunnes Stores (€20).

Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

Behold: the DroneGun Tactical by Australia/US based company DroneShield – 6.8kg of bad news for any hovering pest that dares to enter your airspace.

Effectively, a directional frequency jammer capable of cutting a drone’s video feed from a kilometre away, the gun can also force a drone back to its starting point or make it land on the spot.

Currently available to ‘government agencies’ only, but it’s only a matter of time before Jay-Z or Julian Assange or, you know, Nathan Carter gets one.

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This morning.

St Audeon’s National School, Cook Street, Dublin 8

Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor and St Audeon’s school choir during the launch at the school of the government’s Action Plan for Education.

But what are they playing, anyone?

Sam Boal/RollingNews

It begins.

Kathleen O’Toole and Noirin O’Sullivan

Last May, Kathleen O’Toole, Seattle Police Chief and formerly of the Garda Siochana Inspectorate, was appointed to lead the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland.

This was to be a root and branch review in the wake of  scandals on several fronts within the force.

Criticism was made at the time that Ms O’Toole had, in her previous role in Phoenix Park, helped select Noirin O’Sullivan as Garda Commissioner in 2014.

But the appointment went ahead.

Last September, Noirin O’Sullivan stood down as commissioner amid pressure over the slow rate of Garda reform and her own role in the Sgt Maurice McCabe saga.

In October, Ms O’Sullivan was appointed as director of strategic partnerships for Europe with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).

The IACP is based in Virginia, United States, and has among its executive committee…head of the Commission on Future Policing in Ireland, Kathleen O’Toole.

Anyone?

Previously: The Future Of An Garda Siochana

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Further to reports of a tenant and a number of housing activists having been forcibly removed from 52, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1 (above) on Sunday, January 28, by landlord Paul Howard [not of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly fame] and a number of men…

Sham Fynan writes:

Dublin Digital Radio have launched their new podcast Current. Current will be a new weekly podcast covering a range of social, political and cultural issues.

Our first episode features a representative from Dublin Central Housing Action talking about their role in the Paul Howard saga and what’s next for tenants. We reckon it’s something that your listeners will enjoy.

Dublin Digital Radio (Facebook)

Related: Dublin tenants report alleged eviction assaults to gardaí (Kitty Holland, The Irish Times)

Injunctions continued against Dublin property owners (Aodhan O’Faolain, The Irish Times)

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