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Limited Space

Bodger at 11:02 am August 10, 2021

The Government’s holding a press conference today, the first of any minister since Merriongate.

There’s limited space due to social distancing and strict pooling arrangements will have to apply.

It’s outdoors, in a larger courtyard than the Merrion’s, which is 150m away.

— Gavan Reilly is out of office (@gavreilly) August 10, 2021

This morning.

More as we get it.

Meanwhile…

#ResignLeo All day ‘trending’ of #ResignLeo has been rising but Twitter seem to have been playing around with it. I watched recently and took screenshots. pic.twitter.com/BPlYbTjiO8

— Eamonn Magrath (@yamon2008) August 9, 2021

How can 254 tweets just vanish into thin air?

5,324 at 22.01 and 5,070 at 22.23.#ResignLeo pic.twitter.com/9nNgF3ndsV

— rebster_101🏴‍☠️ (@101Rebster) August 9, 2021

Um.

‘Three More Weeks’

Bodger at 4:14 pm April 10, 2020

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking at Government Buildings this afternoon

Just now.

At Government Buildings.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that the restrictions he announced two weeks ago will continue for another three weeks until May 5.

Minister for Education Joe McHugh has also announced that schools will remain closed and will not reopen until health experts advise that it’s safe to do so.

Earlier, RTÉ’s Education Correspondent Emma O’Kelly reported that the Leaving Cert exams will take place in late July/early August while the Junior Cert exams will likely take place in September – subject to health advice.

Watch the Taoiseach’s speech live here or here

UPDATE:

Harris and Varadkar confirm the regulations to give legal effect to the #covid19ireland lockdown will be extended – but “let’s not use them… it’s not our intention to turn Ireland into a police state”

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 10, 2020

Meanwhile, Outside Government Buildings

Admin at 12:34 pm September 11, 2014

Symphysiotomy survivors hold a protest over the State’s proposed redress scheme.

On RTÉ One’s Morning Ireland this morning, chair of Survivors of Symphysiotomy, Marie O’Connor, said:

“First of all there’s no admission of wrongdoing, secondly there’s the issue of legal rights – survivors will be required to sign away their legal and Constitutional rights as a condition of entry to the scheme, before they know the outcome of a process controlled by the State, in other words before they know what money they will be offered.”

Symphysiotomy redress scheme criticised as ‘fundamentally flawed’ (RTE)

Pics via Siobhan Bastible (top) and Sam Griffin (above)