Indeed and you probably are.

Broadsheet on the Telly returns at 9.30pm streaming LIVE above and on our YouTube channel.

Vanessa Foran writes:

Since you probably have already watched all the available Below Decks Mediterranean on the 4Player, why not tag in to Broadsheet on the Telly?

With the usual line up of back line players, Neil Curran, Jimmy Smyth and myself, PLUS this week’s special guest, former Fianna Fáil Minister, Conor Lenihan (top).

Conor will be talking us through his time as a Government Minister and the procedure around signing the Official Secrets Act (subject of  his latest article in The Village), what he thinks of the current Government, and what’s next for Fianna Fáil…

Previously: Broadsheet on the Telly

RollingNews

Behold: the 1980 Lancia Rally 037 – a high-performance, mid-engined successor to the Delta S4 developed by Pininfarina, Abarth, and Dallara for Group B racing, it would be the last rear wheeled car to win the World Rally Championship.

037s are extremely rare and this vehicle is the original factory prototype vehicle, making it something of an icon.

Comprehesively restored having already gone under the hammer for €355,000 in 2016, the car returns to auction in Milan this June where it will no doubt be yours for considerably more.

hiconsumption

This afternoon.

Strasbourg, France.

Compulsory childhood vaccination in the Czech Republic, with failure to do so resulting in a fine or being barred from nursery school, doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that compulsory vaccinations would not contravene human rights law and may be necessary in democratic societies.

The ruling came following conclusion of a complaint brought to the court by Czech families regarding compulsory jabs for children.

“The measures could be regarded as being ‘necessary in a democratic society,'” the court judgment read.

Although the ruling did not deal directly with COVID-19 vaccines, experts believe it could have implications for the vaccination drive against the virus, especially for those who have so far stated a refusal to accept the jab.

This judgment “reinforces the possibility of a compulsory vaccination under conditions of the current COVID-19 epidemic,” Nicolas Hervieu, a legal expert specializing in the ECHR, told AFP news agency.

ECHR rules obligatory vaccination may be necessary (DW)

European court rules compulsory childhood vaccination doesn’t violate human rights (Politico. eu)

RollingNews

Rory & The Island – Miss This

Is this the lockdown anthem of the year?

Former Revs frontman Rory Gallagher has made a heart-wrenching video that contrasts the vibrant life we once knew to the current housebound existence we now find ourselves in.

Rory says:

“It was a simple concept of creating a contrast between old images of normal lively scenes of life such as music festivals, gigs, football games and busy cafes etc against the backdrop of being stuck indoors with my family during lockdown just waiting around and trying to pass the time without going insane.

“I filmed it on my phone and just edited it all together with old footage I had on memory sticks. My two sons – Aidan (5) and Shay (2) – played their parts perfectly and deserve an MTV award. Strangely when I watched it back a week later it looked and sounded less like a lockdown video and more like a mid-life crisis! I hope this flaw makes it timeless, haha.”

Nick says: Great story, Rory.

Rory & The Island

This afternoon.

Passengers are escorted in to a quarantine hotel in Santry, Dublin, after arriving in Dublin Airport from a designated ‘hot’ country.

We can sleep easier tonight.

Meanwhile…

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has said more EU countries will be added to the list of countries on the mandatory hotel quarantine list.

Mr Coveney said the Government is looking at issues that are undoubtedly going to flow from that, such as capacity and potential legal issues.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, he said various Government departments have been working to address the necessary capacity and systems issues before it “dramatically increases” the list.

He said such discussions would conclude this week.

Govt looking at extending mandatory quarantine list (RTÉ)

Sam Boal/RollingNews

 

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik, who has co-sponsored recent bills on reproductive leave and period products which omit the words ‘woman’ and ‘mother’

This morning/afternoon.

Further to removal of the word “mother” from seven Acts of Irish legislation and the omission of the words “women” and “mother” from proposed pieces of legislation affecting women: the Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) and the Free Provision of Period Products Bills….

Via Irish Times Letters:

Euphemisms for menstruation were common when women’s reproductive business was considered unmentionable and slightly shameful. It’s good that we’ve matured to the point of recognising the significance and importance of openly and correctly naming things for what they are.

However, something else is happening which is quite sinister. The euphemisms have moved from the word “period” to the word “woman”.

The word “woman” does not appear once in either of the Bills. It is replaced by “anyone”, “everyone” and “people”. None of the female Fianna Fáil or Labour Senators contacted seem to know why or where the word went, although it must have been deliberately excluded.

Labour’s Ivana Bacik had no difficulty referring to women and girls in 2019 when she raised the issue of period poverty in the Seanad as she used both throughout her speech.

When contacted, neither she nor any of her female Seanad colleagues answered my question – why are you deliberately excluding the word “woman”?

Women need the word women. We are a distinct biological and political class who are oppressed on the basis of our sex. Language matters. Labour and Fianna Fáil must do better.

Anyone?.FIGHT!

Irish Times Letters

RollingNews

A new surreal animated short from Argentinian director Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films (you’ll recall his insane extrapolated amusement park) wherein everyday activities and scenes are taken to other levels entirely.

colossal

Broadsheet.ie