This afternoon.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney with Eamonn Andrews UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis arriving to the first British-Irish Intergovernmental meeting in two years.

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Maria Kelly – eight hours

“It’s in the not knowing
If I’m coming or going.”

Alt.folk queen Maria Kelly (top) tackles self-doubt on her introspective and charming single – the follow-up to the acclaimed Martha. Look out for her new album in the Autumn on VETA Records.

Maria says:

“You convince yourself that it’s just one single thing, and that if you could just find it, fix it, get over it – everything would be OK again. Ironically, through that process of invalidating, there’s so much pressure, guilt and shame, which just sends us further into that spiral.

“It’s a cycle I think a lot of us fall into, because it’s really hard to give yourself permission to struggle. I spent a really long time fighting against my own experience. Feeling down or lost always equated to ‘not trying hard enough’. I was always on the hunt for something to fix, but I’m constantly reminding myself that nothing is inherently ‘broken’ – so there is nothing to fix in the first place.”

Nick says: Maria’s the name.

Maria Kelly

This morning.

Brussels, Belgium.

“We need to have a full assessment of the prevalence of the Delta variant right now across Europe. It’s not just the UK anymore. There are very high numbers in Portugal, for example.

“Full vaccination is the most important protective weapon we have against the Delta variant in our case, or indeed any other variants that may emerge.”

Taoiseach Micheal Martin.

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This afternoon.

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Oh.

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FIGHT!

Or do you?

Haven’t a clue, I’m afraid.

This morning.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

People Before Profit candidate for the Dublin Bay South by election Brigid Purcell and Richard Boyd Barrett TD on the ‘hustings’ oputside Leinster Houser. The by-election takes place on Thursday, July 8.

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Behold: the 1974 Land Rover Series III – or rather, a one-off restomod by Munich-based Falcon Design Germany dubbed the ‘Miami Edition’.

Powered by a 2.25 litre inline four engine, the donor vehicle’s white steel body (with aqua green trim and matching aqua green custom-upholstered interior) sits on a galvanised frame, hand painted by several artists with tropical fowl, ice-cream cones, palm trees, and pineapples, thereby evoking the ‘spirit of the Dade county’ using a vintage British off-road vehicle modified by Germans.

It’s pretty. Just go with it.

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The starting bid on the family home in Rathmines was €685,000, It sold for €1.25 million

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Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan said:

“Paying €1.25m, when the annual rent roll for that property will be nearly €50,000, means the investor makes a healthy return. They will secure a yield of nearly 4pc a year on their investment – which is a much better return than can be found almost anywhere else in the world at the moment.

“It is also a much safer bet than most investments – because the State guarantees this rent roll for 25 years. Instead of building its own social and affordable housing, the Government is reliant on the private market to supply homes. It is doing long-leasing deals with private developers and investment funds, which is the reason they are snapping up any meagre housing supply that comes on the market.

Four houses going for way over their asking price in bidding frenzy (Extra.ie)

Pic: Ed Dempsey and Assoc.

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Oh.

This morning.

FIGHT!

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