Seagull bakery crew, from left: Dean McManus, Anna McSweeney, Conor Naughton, founder Sarah Richards and Anna Jacques

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Yesterday.

Defying the gloom and doom, the team behind the award-winning artisanal Seagull Bakery in Tramore opened a brand new sourdough bakery at Patrick Street in Waterford City.

Ann Power writes:

The bakery will of course be serving up what Seagull is famous for; its full selection of sourdough bread from its delicious white loaves to seaweed sourdough to 3 seed, rye porridge loaves, baguettes, focaccias and its heritage loaf plus the complete selection of Seagull sweet treats and baked goods will also be on offer.

These include the famous twice-baked Almond Crossaints and the Seagull Cinnamon Buns; plus Chocolate and Hazelnut Croissants, local and seasonal fruit Danish pastries, Apple oaties, Cruffins, plain Crossaints and the Einkorn ancient grain Lemon and Poppyseed treats, Rye Brownies, Wholemeal Spelt Carmel Squares with Dilisk and Einkorn Carrot CNOMNOMNOM

No psychos.

Seagull Bakery

Pics: Patrick Browne

Yesterday afternoon.

A confrontation between Gardai and relatives of George Nlkencho, who was shot dead by armed officers last January.

Meanwhile…

This morning.

Statement from Fingal councillor John Burtchaell

The launch of the ‘Loving 30 campaign’ featuring Lord Mayor Hazel Chu (top right) with Millie Rose Mangan (top left) and Juliet Mangan (top centre).

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This morning.afternoon

Dublin City Council is inviting members of the public to provide feedback on a proposal to have a default 30km per hour speed limit across most areas of the city.

Via Dublin City Council:

The Non-Statutory public consultation opens on Friday, 9th April until Friday, 23rd April 2021. Members of the public are asked to make their submissions on Dublin City Council’s Consultation Hub *at link below) or email speedreview@dublincity.ie

All submissions will be reviewed and taken into consideration ahead of a final decision being made to extend the 30km/h speed limit.

A report will then be prepared and presented the Traffic & Transport Strategic Policy Committee on the 25th May 2021. The report will also be presented at the City Council Monthly Meeting on the 14th of June 2021 for approval to carry out a 6 – week Statutory Public Consultation process to amend the existing Speed Bye-Laws….

Fight!

Speed Review (Dublin City Council)

Pics: Conor McCabe

Dervla Kirwan

On The Late Late Show.

Jennifer O’Brien writes:

We celebrate the songs and lives of John Prine, Kenny Rogers, Charley Pride, Hal Ketchum, and Brian Coll, with Irish country stars including Cliona Hagan, Susan McCann, Declan Nerney, Robert Mizzell, and Michael English performing some of their greatest compositions in a rousing circle of friends country music studio session.

When CJ Stander arrived at Cork Airport in 2012, he considered himself in the last chance saloon as far as his rugby career was concerned. Nine years on, he departs Irish shores with 51 Irish caps. CJ joins Ryan to say goodbye…

…Dervla Kirwan, the family matriarch from the whodunnit series Smother filmed in Lahinch, will be speaking about what viewers can expect as the drama draws to a close…

…Padraig Harrington will cast his expert eye over the US Masters, and talk about how preparations are going for Team Europe ahead of The Ryder Cup…

…Ryan will take a behind-the-scenes look through the treasure trove of historical gems in Ireland’s National Collection, including some of the most intriguing personal objects in Irish history.

Plus, Declan O’Rourke will be performing The Harbour, from his brand-new album, Arrivals, produced by Paul Weller.

The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9.35pm.

RollingNews

A poignant critique of animal testing in the form of an occasionally funny but overall heartbreaking short for the Humane Society of The United States.

The ‘mockumentary’ features a day in the life of upbeat but ailing product-testing rabbit Ralph (voiced by Taika Waititi) as explained to an interviewer (voiced by Ricky Gervais).

colossal

This morning.

Via The Guardian:

Italy, Spain and Belgium have joined other European countries in restricting or recommending the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in older age groups as the EU struggles to agree common guidelines to counter expected public hesitancy.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday found a possible link between the vaccine and very rare cases of blood clots, although it said its benefits far outweighed the risks and did not announce any restrictions.

Spain, Belgium and Italy restrict AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to older people (The Guardian)

Meanwhile…

The HSE is, for now, continuing with its planned rollout of AstraZeneca vaccines to people with underlying health conditions that put them at very high risk from Covid-19.

Any change in guidance would create further obstacles in the State’s protracted vaccine programme given that the AstraZeneca shot accounts for just over 20 per cent of the planned vaccine supplies to the State during the months of April, May and June.

EU ministers ‘frustrated’ by lack of EMA guidance on AstraZeneca vaccine (Irish Times)

RollingNews

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This morning.

The Dublin Fox writes:

Your readers might be interested in these Irish-made prints. The sightings of the infamous Dublin Fox roaming Dublin’s locked-down empty streets is a lovely example of wildlife moving in when people leave. You can now own a print to celebrate our urban foxes. Might make an ideal gift and a momento of eerie Covid times. Cards start from just €3 and poster prints from €9…

The Dublin Fox

Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stuff’

Save Poolbeg.

This morning.

Earlier…

The junction of Lanark Way and Shankill Road in west Belfast last night

This morning.

NI scenes not seen ‘for a very long time’ – Coveney (RTÉ)

Pic: Sky News

Yesterday afternoon.

Centra, Drumcondra, Dublin.

Tributes from customers and staff alongside a Book of Condolences for much-loved shop manager Akram Hussein, originally from Bangladesh, who died on Saturday following a foot chase after a shoplifter.

Peggy Groarke, who owns the Centra store with her husband Nathy, said:

“I was just amazed at the amount of people coming in. We’ve had local politicians, local gardaí, nurses from the Mater Hospital and doctors. He started around 5am and so he knew everyone going to work. I’ve never seen anything like the love people have had for Akram.

“The age profile of people coming in was from about 4 to 90, so he didn’t just appeal to any particular age group. The children loved him, he knew all their names.

“He had a talent that was exceptional and always had a permanent smile.”

Tributes paid to Dublin shopkeeper who died after chasing shoplifter (Irish Times)

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