This afternoon.
Further to Saturday’s shenanigans…
Via Irish Times:
Gardaí have identified a group who launched fireworks at officers during violent scenes on Dublin’s Grafton Street on Saturday and expect to make arrests shortly.
The group comprises males from the Monkstown/Dún Laoghaire area who have a history of engaging in anti-social behaviour.
“They are a bunch of thugs who have terrorised Monkstown Farm for years. They are organised in a sense that they all work together and are into all sorts of stuff. But mainly just thugs,” a source said.
Gardaí have clear footage and images of the group, including of them preparing the firework to be fired during a mid-afternoon stand-off between gardaí and anti-lockdown protesters.
Gardaí identify men behind fireworks attack, further arrests expected (irish Times)
Saturday: Fireworks
Slaney – Chameleon
Slaney is a river in Wexford.
It’s also the first name of budding 24-year-old singer Slaney Power from Tullow, County Carlow, whose new single is a welcome shot of bittersweet pop.
Co-written and produced by Michael Hopkins, it’s the latest in a series of monthly single releases due this year.
Slaney is also an acclaimed actress, starring as Sophie in Normal People and can next be seen in Isaac Asimov‘s sci-fi epic Foundation on Apple TV.
Nick says: Power to the people.
This morning.
Further to the Bank of Ireland’s decision to close 103 branches across the island of Ireland….
…John O’Connell, General Secretary of the Financial Services Union, said Bank of Ireland could not be allowed to withdraw a vital service from the elderly, from people with no internet access, from people with literacy problems at this time of increased anxiety.
He added:
“The announcement this morning by Bank of Ireland to close 103 branches will shock both staff and customers alike. How can Bank of Ireland think it is appropriate to make this announcement when the country is in the middle of a pandemic. It is a shameful act which needs to be reversed.”
Full list of closures here
Decision to close Bank of Ireland branches ‘shameful’ (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Bank of Ireland CEO Frances McDonagh
The 103 Bank of Ireland branches being closed are ‘reasonably well spread’ around the country and include branches in Dublin, CEO Francesca McDonagh has said.
She told @morningireland the closures will begin in September | Read more: https://t.co/XHUo5qi5xT pic.twitter.com/Y3IgBBb5st
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 1, 2021
In our Pirate Pioneers series about the trailblazers of Dublin free radio in the early 1970s, here are recordings of Radio Galaxy and Radio Vanessa: https://t.co/9W4I9vlLpE @BillEbrill @LongLivePirates @irishhistory pic.twitter.com/d6ED459Br6
— pirate.ie (@pirate_ie) March 1, 2021
A group of early Pirate Radio DJs strolling through Dublin?
Or wrongly-convicted pub bombers getting freed at the Old Bailey?
We may never know.
No Fireworks
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There was another protest in Dublin today you sadly won’t hear about now. A protest held safely about church-state abuse of women & children. It’s an issue those behind the other protest will never feature as the far right agree with squashing women’s rights. #motherandbabyhomes pic.twitter.com/aiD0XTFsTa
— Ruth Coppinger (@RuthCoppingerSP) February 27, 2021
Saturday.
Outside The offices of the Mother and Baby Home Commission, Dublin 2.
Mother and Baby Home survivor Sheila O’Byrne (top) joined a protest organised by ‘Baby Shoes Remember’ highlighting the treatment of witness testimony by the Mother and Baby Home Commission and the whitewashing of the gravity of crimes committed against women at Mother and Baby Homes in the Commission’s final report.
‘Baby Shoes Remember’ is a group that commemorates Church and state crimes against women and children.
She’s back!
A new documentary from TG4 will revisit Peig, her personality and her art as a storyteller ‘reclaiming her and portraying her as she has never been before’.
Deirdre Ní Choistín writes:
Peig Sayers – widely considered to be the most hated woman in Irish history has tormented young students across Ireland for decades with her memoir ‘Peig’.
Described as boring, unrelenting, and unintelligible, Peig’s autobiography was part of the compulsory Leaving Certificate Irish syllabus until 1995.
Presented by broadcaster Sinéad Ní Uallacháin (top right with Sharon Granahan who has a tattoo of Peig) is on a rebranding mission to give Peig the mother of all make overs – one that will change her memory in our minds forever.
She will take the viewer on a fascinating journey to find out about the real Peig, listening to recordings of her, dipping into some comedy sketches about Peig, meeting those who love her [ and loathe her, debunking myths and finally uncovering who the real Peig is and a legacy to be proud of….
Troid!
Peig on March 10 at 9.30pm TG4.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Canoo Multi Purpose Delvery Vehicle – an all-electric 200bhp van with a 480km full charge range, available in two accommodating variants: the MPDV1 with 6.5m³ of internal storage room and the MPDV2 with 14m³.
Boxy, good and yours to preorder for €27,000 for the base model (plus shipping).
Staying in Wednesday?
Laura Fitzgerald writes:
RTÉ Investigates tells the story of some of the thousands of children who were illegally adopted in Ireland. How despite being alerted to the issue the authorities did little to intervene. How many decades later those children, now adults, still battle bureaucracy to find their true identities….
RTÉ Investigates: Ireland’s Illegal Adoptions on RTE One at 9.35pm on Wednesday.