All of us here on Morning Ireland are devastated at the news of Keelin Shanleyโs death. She was the best of colleagues, professional, warm, caring and great fun. Our thoughts are with her family. We wanted to share this photo from happier times
"Please forgive me for leaving you"
The words of Violeta, 86 and from Odesa, who tried to bring her 13 year old dog Tasha with her when she fled Ukraine
She was reunited with her beloved labrador thanks to the efforts of
@debbiedeegan1
More here
Itโs a sad day for us here as we say goodbye to sound engineer Noel Roberts. Heโs been a steady hand on the faders for over 40 years and is headed off on a well-earned retirement. Weโll miss you Noel! Pictured here with his grandson
@nathanr87585267
We are talking about massacres in
#Tigray
.
These are people they are not just numbers, we are trying to tell their stories.
They are people like us who were rounded up and executed
- Jamal Osman Journalist
#TigrayGenocide
Finishing on a happy note this morning ... next Angie Benhaffaf, mother of once-conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein, speaks with us to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic operation to separate them ๐
Minister for Agriculture
@daracalleary
was scheduled to appear on our programme this morning to address the Clifden function he attended in breach of government guidelines. A spokesperson has informed the programme that the Minister is no longer "immediately available".
WikiLeaks editor
@khrafnsson
says it was "an emotional moment" after a British judge blocked Julian Assange's extradition to the United States to face espionage charges.
"About 200 admissions to ICU between April & now. Three quarters of those had no vacc...1 in 20 were 14 days beyond completing their vacc regimen. So 19 out of 20 people who were admitted to ICU over the past several months had no vacc or were partially vaccinated"
@President_MU
In the
#Tigray
region of
#Ethiopia
@amnesty
tell stories of atrocities against civilians- massacres, rape used as a weapon of war, looted villages and ethnic cleansing.
Jamal Osman is one of the first outside journalists to report from Tigray for
#channel4news
he joins us now
Ventilation expert
@Orla_Hegarty
Assistant Professor at UCD is calling on the Gov to reconsider its stance on using HEPA filters to improve ventilation in some schools amid the ongoing risks posed by Covid-19.
She says HEPA filters are highly effective.
Fewer security staff are volunteering for overtime at Dublin airport because they haven't been paid due to IT problems & staff are facing considerable aggression from some members of the public reports
@MoiraHannon
#dublinairport
Go raibh maith agat, John Hume. A flower bouquet at the base of the Free Derry mural expresses the sadness of this city today.
Weโll be with you from Derry tomorrow morning. Join us live from 7am on
@RTERadio1
@RTENewsNow
@rtenews
An independent investigation will help but we need pressure from the international community to really help the situation in
#Tigray
- Jamal Osman Journalist
#channel4news
"The numbers speak for themselves... it's leading to unsafe practices...our hospitals do not have the capacity for these increased attendances"- INMO Phil Ni Sheaghdha on why they are calling for the re-introduction of mandatory mask wearing
Last-known photo of Michael Collins as he left Lee's Hotel in Bandon, Co Cork, now the Munster Arms Hotel (credit Agnes Hurley)
Half an hour later, Collins was dead, killed in an ambush at Bรฉal na Blรกth
Many more photos and info from
@s_mcelhatton
here
"It only takes 2 or 3 percent of us to behave in a really irresponsible way and this virus will jump up again." - Emeritus Prof Ruairi Brugha of
@RCSI_Irl
on the risks associated with easing restrictions
Our youngest guest ever in studio!
Stevie Mulrooney came in to tell us about his dazzling rendition of Ireland's Call at yesterday's
#IREvITA
match at
@AVIVAStadium
Here he is with dad Seamus
@Mary___Wilson
Audrey Carville
@bjennnings
Listen here โฏ๏ธ
As Ashling Murphy is laid to rest, her family, friends and fellow musicians have told us of what a talented musician she was. Thanks to Tony Monaghan of Tullamore Comhaltas for this video of Ashling and her sister, Amy
@rtenews
@RTERadio1
'I hope that if we see very high levels of buy in from the public...in China with 98% adherence they were able to level out the new cases in 2-3 weeks' - Prof. Sam McConkey, Royal College of Surgeons
Minister
@HMcEntee
and her partner Paul have had a baby boy. Delivered at the Rotunda Hospital last night. "Mam and baby doing well," said a spokesperson
#babynews
Thirty years ago,
#MorningIreland
series editor
@s_mcelhatton
sought out Irish veterans of World War I. Terrence Poulter recalled the moment the war ended at 11 o'clock on the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918 ...
Professor Seamus O'Reilly, Consultant Medical Oncologist in Cork, says emergency departments are full and some vaccinated staff are experiencing breakthrough infections - and lack of ICU beds means some complex cancer surgeries have to be postponed
John Hume's message of peace is still relevant to young people. That's what Jayden Nixon, aged 12, told
@lisa_pereira
outside the Guildhall in Derry.
And you can hear more from Jayden and others in
@AengusCox
reports from 7am.
@rtenews
@RTERadio1
@rtepolitics
Fourteen-year-old Eva McParland from Malahide in Dublin has been announced as the overall winner of the Zurich Young Portrait Prize 2020 for this portrait of her younger sister Ellen wearing a face covering. We'll be speaking with Eva shortly.
How did they record the testimonies? How did they allegedly destroy them? What investigations have been done to show they are not recoverable?
These are questions which
@maeveorourke
says still have to be answered about testimonies given to the
#MotherandBabyHomes
Commission
A ship carrying Russian oil docked in Dublin Port last night. SIPTU had called on the government to turn away the ship given Russia's war in Ukraine. Fuels for Ireland had earlier pointed out the shipment had already been paid for, so refusing it has no economic impact on Russia
Message to Irish people who want to help Ukrainians: Please stop sending donations, the reception centres are overwhelmed
@TBuczkowska
of
@immigrationIRL
tells
@Mary___Wilson
She's on a fact-finding mission on the Polish border to assess the needs of those fleeing war
@rtenews
โA quiet trailblazerโ: our longtime sound engineer Sรญle Nรญ Bhaoill was on the Morning Ireland sound desk for the last time yesterday before retirement
@lawlor_aine
paid this tribute to her โฌ๏ธ
Hereโs something we donโt see in the green room very often. Uilleann piper โฆ
@mulcahy_louise
โฉ practising ahead of a short performance in our studio just before 9am. She was also on a few minutes ago paying tribute to her friend and fellow musician Paddy Moloney
#RIP
Hereโs the photo of Allie Gilligan Gore who happened to meet
@PresidentIRL
Michael D. Higgins while out for a walk with her dad in Phoenix Park yesterday. Itโs in todayโs
@irishdailymail
and was mentioned in Fiona Kellyโs
#ItSaysInThePapers
'Britain is a respected, liberal democracy' says
@LeoVaradkar
'A country either abides by the rule of law or it does not. It either honors international treaties and obligations or it does not'
@rtenews
Ireland's Call โ๏ธ - HSE recruitment drive has now received over 30,000 responses.
The call was only put out at lunchtime on St. Patrick's day. 'A phenomenal response' says Anne Marie Hoey, HR director with
@HSELive
"It will lock in and push up those high prices":
@sinnfeinireland
TD
@EOBroin
on documents which show that senior officials warned that a Govt affordable shared equity housing scheme would increase the price of property without improving supply
Rape Crisis Network Ireland's Cliona Saidlear has urged anyone who becomes aware of suspected image-based abuse online to contact the gardai instead of sharing the images on social media.
Her call comes after widespread hacking of thousands of personally explicit images online.
Fianna Fรกil and Fine Gael are "hell-bent" on staying in power, their "overwhelming priority" is not only to exclude
@sinnfeinireland
from Govt but to exclude them from talks about forming a Govt, says
@PearseDoherty
Leona Maguire's father Declan told
@sportsdes
on
@morningireland
her success has been 'a long time coming'.
The family gathered to watch Leona, including his 94-year-old mother, & they had 'one great night ... the kind of night you just dream about happening.'
#SolheimCup
"There's just a sense of devastation":
@AdamPHarris
CEO of
@AsIAmIreland
said remote learning does not work for children with special needs.
Last night, the Govt reversed its decision to reopen schools for Leaving Certificate students and children with special needs.
@rtenews
'My brother was hugely proud and delighted to see my appointment. He continues to make progress and is very much involved in my career...he's making a steady recovery and hopes to be home in the next few weeks' - Minister
@CowenBarry
on his brother & former Taoiseach's recovery
'Right now this country doesn't need the risk or the burden of bringing people into the country unnecessarily' - NPHET's Prof Philip Nolan
@President_MU
cautions against travel abroad unless essential
@rtenews
'There's over 1,300 people under the age of 65 who are inappropriately living in a nursing home' - Dr Joanne McCarthy, of the Disability Federation of Ireland says Covid-19 has shone a light on this long-standing issue
@DisabilityFed
Timing is everything
11-year-old Addison Whelan told
@DrGavinJennings
how she leapt over the barrier once the match was over. Another fan had tried earlier but Ronaldo "dodged out of his way"
Here's the moment Addie's dreams came true when Ronaldo gave her his shirt
#IRLvPOR
The first Covid-19 vaccination in the Republic will be given this afternoon to 79-year-old Annie from Dublin at St James' Hospital, chair of the Covid Vaccine Task Force Brian MacCraith tells
@morningireland
.
Sinn Fein's
@PearseDoherty
says the government's VAT reduction on gas and electricity neglects the issue of home heating oil. He says a third of households use home heating oil, rising to two thirds in the north west
"It seems he is sinking 1 or 2 boats in every harbor he goes in to, so people need to cover their boats...if they have expensive engines on them, it's probably a good idea to remove your engine...This isn't so much a
#Walrus
problem, it's a people & boat problem"-
@PadraigWhooley
Today saw the retirement of John Eagleton, one of Met รireann's most recognisable operational meteorologists.
John was a welcome sight on RTร for many years, and he will be missed by both us and the public. All in Met รireann would like to wish him the best in his retirement.
Coming up: It's older than the Egyptian pyramids and older than Stonehenge. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Easter Tomb at Knowth in County Meath ...
NPHET say they've seen an increase in the incidence of
#Covid_19
in children, reports
@FergalBowers
But they say this is not related to school but that they're contracting it in the community
@rtenews
@RTERadio1
@rte
Gardaรญ have given the name Belle to the baby girl found dead on Bell's Beach in Balbriggan, in Dublin. Master of the National Maternity Hospital Rhona Mahony has urged the baby's mother to seek medical help by phoning NMH: (01) 637 3100 or Garda Confidential line: 1800 666 111
"Because this event was so big, I was beginning to doubt myself in writing the story that maybe I was wrong" -
@aoifegracemoore
on the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in Clifden attended by over 80 people, including the Agriculture Minister and several senators.
Tรกnaiste
@simoncoveney
โwe have achieved something of significance today โ we have a โcast iron guaranteeโ that under no circumstances can we see a re-emergence of a borderโ
"I can't tell friends the truth about being homeless. It's too embarrassing".
.
@emma_okelly
returns one year on, to speak to a young homeless student who is struggling with life in a hotel room -
"It's a bit surreal," says Rachel Millar of being on the cover of
@BritishVogue
. The community midwife, who works in London but is originally from Co Tyrone, says she hopes it's a reminder to people that everyday jobs do make a difference
Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland Larysa Gerasko says nearly 6,000 Ukrainians have now arrived here. Asked how many more are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, she says it's difficult to predict but could eventually be 80,000
@UKRinIRL
"The rate of disease in the country is going through the roof," says
@GeorgeLeeRTE
"We're being asked to move to Level 5, an observer might think, because we started this situation with the worst-positioned hospital service in the whole wide European area"
@RTERadio1
@rtenews
Delighted to have won gold at
@IMRORadioAwards
for best news programme. The award cited our coverage of the cyber attack on
@HSELive
Congratulations also to the other winners and all those nominated
#IMRO21
Fergal Ruane, GP in Belmullet Co Mayo, says people are "shell-shocked". He has
#COVID19
but continues to work from isolation because of the "savage figures"
His colleague
@illonaduffy
in Monaghan says Covid-19 is "ripping through families, ripping through workplaces"
@rtenews
Health Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
says the Government "is frankly very likely" to receive more advice on potential
#covid19
restrictions from chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan tomorrow.
While not speculating, he says this could include new restrictions on playgrounds and parks.
At the moment hurricane
#Lorenzo
is about 2000 miles away. It's expected to decrease in strength, says Evelyn Cusack; "It's all to play for at this stage." Very dangerous sea conditions are expected at the end of the week.
"I'm pleased that we have gotten to this point.....I'm nervous because the virus hasn't gone away...we all need to approach this next couple of weeks showing that collective sense of cop on." Health Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
on easing
#lockdown
restrictions.
This morning we got a call but I wanted to wait. Well, here it is, Lucky Number7. Iโm not afraid..Please send love, prayers and best wishes. Double lung transplant is a go! Love love love
#BEATCF
"Self-isolation means you have to lock yourself in your room and separate yourself from the rest of the household ... Quarantine is that you restrict your movement to home":
@simoncoveney
on whether you can mix with other members of your household under quarantine
@rtenews
"I have agreed with
@rodericogorman
that we would make available between 100 and 150 more places in terms of refugees & will be prioritizing human rights orgs, media, women & girls & other family members that are vulnerable..." -
@simoncoveney
The "elephant in the room" is why these homes were set up in the first place, says Susan Lohan of
@adoptionrights
Many survivors believe it was a form of "social engineering" to keep unmarried mothers, who were deemed "a threat to the moral tone of the country", out of sight
Dr Mary Favier, president of
@ICGPnews
, says "physical distancing" is a better term than "social distancing" and that "there are particular groups who just do not get it".
"The people who will save lives are the community... The doctors will just pick up the pieces."
#covid19
Historian Catherine Corless, whose work uncovered details of the deaths of 796 babies at the Tuam Mother and Baby home, told
@morningireland
she declined an invitation from the Taoiseach's Office to attend the reception with the pope in Dublin Castle
On now:
@amyniriada
reports that the winner of the 2020 Texaco Children's Art Competition will have his painting displayed in galleries across Kerry. 17 year-old Casey Etherton of Caherdaniel won the competition last November and should have been travelling to Tokyo
@rtenews
Gardaรญ have said a girl missing from the Whitehall area in Dublin has been found safe and well tonight and have thanked the public for their assistance.
We will delete our earlier tweet about the search.