Anyone?

More as they get it.

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has tested positive for Covid-19

This afternoon.

The minister’s spokesperson said that a test carried out yesterday returned positive today and the minister is self-isolating at home.

A statement from Government earlier said all Cabinet ministers are restricting their movements. It said that in line with public health advice, all ministers are awaiting a Covid test and result.

Earlier…

33rd Dáil cabinet members with President Higgins

This afternoon.

Via The Irish Times:

A member of Cabinet has tested positive for Covid-19, the Government has announced.

In line with public health advice, all Ministers are now restricting their movements while awaiting a Covid test and result.

More as we get it.

Cabinet member tests positive for Covid-19 promoting Ministers to restrict movements (Irish Times)

RollingNews

‘sup?

Declan O’Leary writes:

Honey looking gorgeous beside the Christmas Tree

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Louise C writes:

Jessica contemplating the meaning of Christmas…

Meanwhile…

Fly, my pretty.

Ros writes:

Paddy Puddins getting ready to assume the position…..we’re gonna need a bigger tree!

Your pet at Christmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Christmas‘.

Behold: Monty the space slug one of several dense, constantly eroding cosmic dust pillars in the Trifid Nebula (M20). To wit:

Visible in the featured picture is the end of a huge gas and dust pillar […] punctuated by a smaller pillar pointing up and an unusual jet pointing to the left. Many of the dots are newly formed low-mass stars. A star near the small pillar’s end is slowly being stripped of its accreting gas by radiation from a tremendously brighter star situated off the top of the image. The jet extends nearly a light-year and would not be visible without external illumination. As gas and dust evaporate from the pillars, the hidden stellar source of this jet will likely be uncovered, possibly over the next 20,000 years.

(Image: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope, HLA; Processing: Advait Mehla)

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Pope Francis

This morning.

The Pope will step down before the end of the year, according to a source close to the Vatican

Via Daily Express:

Austen Ivereigh  the former Director for Public Affairs of the previous Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said:  “I don’t think there’s ever been any doubt that he will resign in 2020.

“He made clear from the beginning that he regarded Pope Benedict’s (XVI) act [of resigning] as a prophetic act of great modesty and he would have absolutely no problem in doing the same.

“What was interesting was he said to Mexican television in 2014 that he believed that he would have a short papacy of about five years.”

‘No doubt’ Pope will resign after Christmas as Francis vowed to ‘follow Benedict’ (Daily Express)

Getty

1991.

Apollo 1?

Via Wikipedia:

The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27, 1967 killed all three crew members

Oh.

‘sup?

Paulus writes:

Bowie, and two turtle doves, keeps an eye out for a partridge!

Meanwhile…

‘sup?

Dougal writes:

Daphne the queen of the tree…

Your pet at Christmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Christmas‘.

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