Who knows how many he would have got had he just taken the jab(s).

Pause.

FIGHT!

Earlier: You’re Ruining It For Everyone

Previously: Booster Shots

Meanwhile…

NBA star Kyrie Irving has said he is “being true to what feels good” by choosing not to get vaccinated after the Brooklyn Nets decided he will not be allowed to practice or play with them until he complies with New York City’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

A New York mandate requires proof of at least one shot of the vaccine to enter large indoor spaces. The NBA has said players who are unable to compete due to local mandates will miss out on pay.

“It is not about being anti-vax or about being on one side or the other. It is just really about being true to what feels good for me,” the Nets guard said on Instagram Live

‘Respect my choice’ pleads unvaccinated NBA star Kyrie Irving (RTÉ)

Paul Reid, HSE CEO

Last night.

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

Detecting a pattern?

Health expert says lifting of Covid restrictions should continue as planned (RTÉ)

Last night: Getting The Spins

Meanwhile…

Taoiseach Micheál Martin

Um.

RollingNews

Meanwhile…

Anyone?

Meanwhile…

Minister for Higher Education Simon Harris has suggested an extension of the digital Covid certificate beyond October 22nd as a possible way of society fully reopening in a safe way.

Mr Harris said under the current proposals, the use of digital certificates was no longer required after the ending of restrictions on venues, such as nightclubs, from the end of next week.

He said: “We are not in this binary position of do we open or not to open. We have learned a lot about the virus and learned a lot about how to keep us safe. We have a huge amount of our people vaccinated.

“We should be asking more nuanced questions of each other. How can you open and keep it safely open?”

Extension of digital Covid cert could allow further easing of restrictions, suggests Harris (Irish Times)

Update:

Hmm.

Paddy Moloney on The Late Late Show in 2010

On The Late Late Show…

…Linda Pototzki writes:

Join us as we pay tribute to Chieftans’ founder Paddy Moloney, through music, songs and stories and bid farewell to a most remarkable figure in Irish music.

Action hero, actor Liam Neeson will talk about his most important role, as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador for the Get a Vaccine – Give a Vaccine campaign.

Angela Scanlon, host of RTE’s hotly anticipated new Saturday night entertainment show Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything will be keeping it real…

In a rare television interview, Ireland and Munster rugby stalwart Keith Earls, the second-highest try-scorer in the Ireland jersey, will chat to Ryan about the reality of growing up in Moyross and his many physical and mental battles throughout his time in professional rugby.

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

Gulp.

Sally Rooney brought to book over Normal People’s publication in China (The Times)

Previously: Lost In Translation

Update:

Oh.

Ancient faeces found in salt mines in Hallstatt, Austria reveal a surprising Iron Age diet

The boffins knew just what to do
When faced with millennia old poo
Their analyses
Found beer and blue cheese
Which may sound bizarre, but it’s true

John Moynes

Anwora/NHMW

Behold: a meteor, but an especially bright one (even brighter in reality than seen here), and therefore entitled to a more vivid descriptor. To wit:

The International Astronomical Union defines a fireball as a meteor brighter than apparent magnitude -4, which corresponds (roughly) to being brighter than any planet — as well as bright enough to cast a human-noticeable shadow. Pictured, an astrophotographer taking a long-duration sky image captured by accident the brightest meteor he had ever seen. Clearly a fireball, the disintegrating space-rock created a trail so bright it turned night into day for about two seconds earlier this month. The fireball has been artificially dimmed in the featured image to bring up foreground Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada. Although fireballs are rare, many people have been lucky enough to see them. If you see a fireball, you can report it. If more than one person recorded an image, the fireball might be traceable back to the Solar System body from which it was ejected.

(Image: Hao Qin)

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From top: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly getting his first jab last June;  the Minister at the opening of Rathdrum Primary Care Centre, county Wicklow last Monday

This afternoon.

Amid a ”sudden and unexpected* change” in the ‘behaviour’ of the Covid-19 virus that is causing “alarm” among senior public health officials and may see the lifting of restrictions postponed….

…Via Independent.ie

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly is self-isolating after experiencing mild symptoms of Covid-19.

He was forced to postpone his Budget press conference due at the Department of Health this morning where he was scheduled to appear before members of the media.

The Department of Health said today he “has experienced mild symptoms of Covid-19.

“As per public health advice, Minister Donnelly immediately self-isolated and arranged a test which has returned a not-detected result.

“Minister Donnelly will continue to follow the public health advice (including working from home) and encourages anyone who experiences symptoms of Covid-19 to self-isolate and get tested straight away.”

The minister is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 …

Hmm.

Further easing of Covid-19 restrictions in doubt amid alarm over behaviour of virus (Independent.ie)

RollingNews

*except by tin foilers

Earlier…

Fight!

This afternoon.

Just ‘dropped’.

The first official trailer for Get Back, Peter Jackson’s six-hour docu-series on The Beatles made entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage filmed during the making of 1970 documentary feature ‘Let It Be‘.

Six hours.

Bed-in!

Release date: November 25, 26, and 27, on Disney+

Dublin City Council Chief Executive Owen Keegan

This afternoon.

Further to Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan’s suggestion to UCD Students’ Union President Ruarí Power that his union become property developers to ease and profit from the housing crisis…

….a protest took place outside Mr Keegan’s office.

Via University Times:

UCDSU President Ruarí Power told the crowd:

“To prioritise the profit margins of private purpose-built student accommodation providers over the public good is a shameful act which will push young people into precarious living circumstances over the coming months”

Power told the crowd today: “We’re not here primarily about a few sarcastic remarks … the big problem here is the underlying attitude that students are an economic good. They’re there to be absolutely fleeced, left, right and centre.”

Purpose-Built Student Housing ‘Was Never About Students’, Protest Hears (University Times)

Meanwhile…

The council’s housing committee agreed to hold special meeting to discuss his remarks. The Sinn Féin group of councillors has called on him to resign while almost all councillors called on him to withdraw his remarks.

Mr Keegan’s statement has also been criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and other ministers.

Students protest over lack of affordable accommodation (RTÉ)

Yesterday: Keegan’s Bluff

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