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1. #IRENE US president Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency as Hurricane Irene zeroes in on the east coast of the US. More than two million people have been told to evacuate. Heavy winds and rain have already lashed the North Carolina coast. At least 6,100 flights have been cancelled, including Aer Lingus flights to and from JFK airport in New York.
2. #STABBING A man has been stabbed to death in Tallaght. The 23-year-old was found at the Cushlawn Dale Estate just after midnight and was pronounced dead in hospital.
3. #NUROFEN PLUS The Irish Medicines Board has decided to initiate a precautionary recall of packs of Nurofen Plus from Irish wholesalers. The recall comes in the wake of a complete recall in the UK over fears that the painkillers have been sabotaged with anti-psychotic drugs. The IMB says there is no evidence that packs in Ireland are affected, but that all packs will now be checked.
4. #LIBYA The UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon is seeking the deployment of a major UN mission to help deliver emergency aid and help with a democratic transition in Libya. He has said that the fighting has entered a “new and decisive phase”, while shocking scenes have been reported in Tripoli.
5. #ROAD DEATH A cyclist has been killed after a road collision in Co. Kerry. The man died after being struck by a car at Fossa yesterday evening.
6. #POSTERS Fine Gael and Labour have dismissed calls to ditch their election posters for this October’s presidential election, after broadcaster Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh – who yesterday ruled himself out of the running - called for candidates not to put up posters. Independent candidate Seán Gallagher said yesterday that he supported the call.
7. #HEALTH INSURANCE Irish people are letting their private health insurance fall by the wayside as the recession continues to bite. According to the Irish Examiner 43,000 people stopped paying for health insurance in the first six months of the year.
8. #MARCHES The UK Home Secretary Theresa May has agreed to a police request to ban a march by the far right English Defence League through one of the UK’s biggest Muslim communities.
9. #FACEBOOK A judge in Missouri in the US has blocked a law from taking affect which would have prohibited teachers from conducting private conversations with students on Facebook. The judge said that the law would have a “chilling effect” on free speech rights.
Trump , Johnson and next Putin
@Aunties: Please don’t associate Johnson with Putin.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: dangerous men in different shapes . Good riddance
@Aunties: Say what you like, Johnson recognises strong democracy. Only strong democracy saw off Donald Trump. Removing Putin is a whole different ball game.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: he’s associated with Putin himself. He recently met with one of Putin’s henchmen, in private, in his residence, in Italy.
@Aunties: You’re absolutely right, all 3 of these people have psychotic delusions about their moral and intellectual superiority. They’re ALWAYS right, they’re NEVER wrong, they’re vision and values are right, what would lesser inferior “pleps” like us know. They have No empathy, no conscious, no concerns for anything except their own agenda. They’ve completely forgotten that government is supposed to be about what in the best interests of citizens and society. Or maybe that’s just a utopian dream ….
@Aunties: all excellent leaders, your right
@Shane Lad:
They have followers but that doesn’t make them leaders…
but they are only products of a deeper flaw
Zero humility. Blamed sledgers, leaders and those who abandoned him. Absolutely no ability to recognise his direction failings
@Ciarán Ó Fallúin:
@Ciarán Ó Fallúin: Absolutely no accountability whatsoever.
@Brendan Kelly: I agree
Would be so on trend for FFFG to do the honorable thing also….ah, but we can only dream.
@Keth Warsaw:
What honorable thing?
The parties you are talking about got Ireland from a third world country to one of the richest in few decades… It is considered economic miracle…
Lets compare that to say Sinn Fein… The GFA was signed in the late 90s, Northern Ireland still has 75% of economy working directly or indirectly for the Birtish Government… During the COVID crisis they were will to bring down the Government in the North over the Irish Language but not the senseless COVID deaths due to lack of an Island policy…
So when you say honorable, Some leaders say unpopular things for the right reason like Martin, others say nothing and let bad things happen… Thanks for reminding me…
@Cowboy Paddy: ok…ok….
Unfortunately he’ll just be replaced by another tory toff. Will the labour party sort itself out to properly challenge them?
@Brian Dunne:
This will be an interesting race… If the Soft Brexit get a candidate in the final two it could be very interesting. For Ireland having Hunt in charge could cool things down a lot…
@Cowboy Paddy: From friends in UK I’m told that some of the checks at the ports are already being reduced and will be reduced further. The daftness of Brexit is beginning to hit home.
Its a bit like a soldier of private rank inspecting the troops instead of the General. If you have lost your party leadership , you have lost the prime ministers job….end of
Toodle-oo, muppet
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It’s everyone’s fault but mine
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Small bit of Latin….
Again I did nothing wrong it’s everyone else’s fault but mine
Great news that he finally stepped down, under duress of course. My opinion too is that he should be gone today. Let the deputy ( such as HE is )do a caretaker roll until a new one is appointed.
Pity he is still in charge until October.
He’s only staying on so that he has more time on the pitch than Theresa May in history books.
@Stephen Mogerley: Don’t forget the tax payer subsidized wedding party in Checkers at the end of this month
Will Ukraine still be a priority now that it hasn’t saved him?
They could do worse than have Mr Jason Resse Mogg in the top job. He has a certain and unique decorum about his person. He’ll be in the running for sure. Or I’ll eat my hat!
@Keth Warsaw: is this a parody account?
@Keth Warsaw: Unique indeed. The same Rees mogg who conceded that Britain would have a ten year recession as a result of Brexit. Meanwhile he and his missus ( both multi millionaires) have moved their business interests to Europe.
Covid and the war have distracted from Brexit but it was the worst move that the UK could ever have done.
@dreiglaser: You insult me Sir! Something something how dare you. But in reply to your question, indeed it is not. Not unless one sees the state of current world affairs as a parody also, and one realises that sincere and honest opinion like the fruit falling upon the concrete ground of an urban landscape is destined to succeed only in failing to propogate. But I thank you for your inquiry.
@Keth Warsaw: you could start eating anytime
@Bert Carolan: So….you are a fan or you’re not a fan? Labour just don’t have the charisma or the staunch leadership right now -all at sea – and dare I say, are still reeling from past scandals. Mogg, however he plays it, shows he’s an intelligent and concise individual, not to mention the aforementioned charisma, which thankfully he plays an octave or two lower than Boris.
@Ray Martin: Such ejaculations.
@Keth Warsaw: Not a fan. He and his like pushed for Brexit knowing that others would pay the price while they themselves would be insulated. Maybe I’m naive.
I can’t see any way he is elected Tory leader, too removed from the common man or at least that’s how he’d be perceived.
@Bert Carolan: The thumbs up say it all.
I’m still a fan.
Will he miss the wallpaper?
@Joe L: — All the sheets of wallpaper are zipped together, and they’re taking it with them when the van arrives. Like Trump, they’ll probably take anything else that isn’t bolted down. The front door will probably vanish as well, so that he and Carrie can pretend that they’re still living in Downing Street.
It’s laughable that he talks about his achievements in office, because if there were any to speak of, they wouldn’t have turfed him out.
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