This afternoon.

Dublin Castle, Dublin 2.

Ministers leave a cabinet meeting where it was agreed that the government would not propose any action that would seek to remove Seamus Woulfe from the Supreme Court and a proposal to fine people gathering outdoors to drink alcohol was withdrawn.

From top: Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar; Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; from left: Michael McGrath, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance; and Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice; Minister for Education Norma Foley; Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien; Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris

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This morning.

Back to you, Frank.

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Members of The board of the Judicial Council last February, from left: Patricia Ryan, George Bermingham, Chief Justice Frank Clarke, Peter Kelly and Colin Daly

This morning.

Further to Golfgate…

Vua RTÉ

A meeting of the board of the council, made up of 11 members, including Chief Justice Frank Clarke was convened at short notice this week. It was due to take place on Wednesday, but will now happen today.

It is understood there is no fixed agenda for the meeting and a “general discussion” will take place.

It comes in the middle of an unprecedented crisis for the Supreme Court following the attendance of Mr Justice Woulfe at an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Galway in August.

The judicial council was responsible for publishing the review of former chief justice Susan Denham into the issue.

It also published a transcript of her interview with Judge Woulfe and indemnified her in relation to any potential legal action in relation to the matter.

Judicial council board to meet for ‘general discussion’ (RTÉ)

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Behold: NGC 2070, aka 30 Doradus, aka, the Tarantula nebula – a giant star forming region within the Large Megellanic Cloud near 1000 light years from side to side. You don’t want to accidentally stray in there. To wit:

About 180 thousand light-years away, it’s the largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The cosmic arachnid sprawls across the top of this spectacular view, composed with narrowband filter data centered on emission from ionized hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Within the Tarantula (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds and supernova shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars, cataloged as R136, energize the nebular glow and shape the spidery filaments. Around the Tarantula are other star forming regions with young star clusters, filaments, and blown-out bubble-shaped clouds. In fact, the frame includes the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, right of centre. The rich field of view spans about 2 degrees or 4 full moons, in the southern constellation Dorado. But were the Tarantula Nebula closer, say 1,500 light-years distant like the local star forming Orion Nebula, it would take up half the sky.

(Image: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo)

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Sup?

This morning.

Hueston Station, Dublin.

Birdsong can be heard as part of a new art project designed to ‘brighten the morning commute’. “On Chorus” was created by sound artist Christopher Steenson, and is playing across PA systems in train stations from 8am to 9am until the end of November. Blummin’ racket.

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Dame Tavern, Dublin last month

This morning.

Hic.

Proposal to fine people for gathering outdoors drinking withdrawn (RTÉ)

Meanwhile….

When hope and history rhyme.

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

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Last night.

US President Donald Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell amplified fraud claims involving US Presidential Election 2020 ballot tabulators manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic software that allegedly changed hundreds of thousands of votes to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Ms Powell’s claims involve six battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — that stopped counting votes after midnight on Election Day when President Trump was ahead in those states.

A ‘glitch’ in one Michigan county converted an estimated 6,000 votes for Trump to Biden.

During a podcast with conservative commenter Mark Levin last night, Ms Powell outlined her claims:

Sidney Powell: “I’ve got a firsthand witness. In fact I’ve just emailed you an affidavit from a witness who can now be used publicly. It’s redacted in some places but he was present for the creation of the system for this specific purpose of falsifying election results for Hugo Chavez and then Maduro [In Venezuala]. They exported this all over Latin America . It’s the Smartmatic and Dominion systems that were built to do this very thing, for changing the results of elections… And he realised when things were happening the way they were here, particularly with the states the suddenly went down, they stopped counting the votes. It was because the need was so great to President Trump that they had to go in and do a separate reset on the machines to have them come out for Biden.”

Mark Levin: “And you have evidence of this affect? Witnesses to this affect?”

Sidney Powell: “I do, indeed.”

Meanwhile…

Smartmatic, a company that was founded in Florida and is now based in London, denied financial connections to Dominion in a post on its website.

“Smartmatic has never owned any shares or had any financial stake in Dominion Voting Systems. Smartmatic has never provided Dominion Voting Systems with any software, hardware or other technology. The two companies are competitors in the marketplace,” Smartmatic’s post read.

Fact Check: Have Senior Democrats Raised Concerns About the Smartmatic Voting Software, as Trump’s Lawyer Claims?

Yesterday: The Kraken Is Mighty

 

Forty Foot, Sandycove, County Dublin last week

Um.

Anyone?

Meanwhile….

Arf.

Last night.

Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One.

A man who had two pints.

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

‘sup?

This morning.

They’re in so much trouble.

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