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Tánaiste Joan Burton during Leader’s Questions today

The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day (New York Times) – warning: contains upsetting images

Israeli officials say ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ agreed – live updates (The Guardian)

UPDATE:

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Senator Ned O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil) raised the issue of seagulls this morning in the chamber.

Well I have nothing against pigeons. I can take or leave pigeons but I’m very much against seagulls. And eh I think something needs to be done here to address the seagull problem in this city. People may have been listening to Joe Duffy about it there last week. It seems the seagulls have lost the run of themselves completely. I know the apartment block I live in it’s impossible to get a night’s sleep.

…They’re very raucous. They’re keeping people awake. I saw that they’re getting so cheeky now that they attack young children and dispossess them of their lollipops and stuff like that. It might be funny to many people but it’s a serious issue in the city. They’re not seagulls, they really are vermin. They’re scavenger gulls, dump gulls….

..So I’m saying the Minister for the Environment should look at that in a serious manner. It might be funny but if you listen to the details on the radio show you’ll learn that it’s anything but.

Dry your eyes Senator.

Ná bí ag gol.

Meanwhile…

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Longitude Festival begins  at Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin onFriday for three days of acts from Hozier to Sunday headliners the mighty Massive Attack.

We have TWO weekend passes courtesy of Heineken Sound Atlas (see video) to literally giveaway.

THREE days of music, possibly good weather and ‘revelling’ for FREE in a suburb of Dublin.

It doesn’t get any better than that , in fairness.

To enter, complete this sentence.

My most treasured Massive Attack tune is_______________________because_______________________

Lines MUST close at 1.15pm 1.45pm

UPDATE: Winner here

Longitude Festival

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Aaron Jewel writes:

“The kitten is doing great, but it is not a street cat so it might be someone’s lost kitten. Myself and a few friends found it on Tuesday night beside the [Grand] Canal in Portobello [Dublin, crying out for over an hour and stuck down a wall beside the canal. It was completely alone and lost. She took a while to come near any human contact but now is really happy to have been found. I don’t think she would have lasted long out on the canal on her own. If she is not missed from a home, I am looking to find a good home for her.”

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No crying chairs and homes fit for partying/sleeping studying.

Ben Archibald writes:

“USI [Union of Students in Ireland] officers protesting student accommodation shortfall earlier on Grafton Street [Dublin]…”

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