Elizabeth Glazie walks through a poppy field in Northumberland. The flowers have bloomed early due to warm weather.

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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of all the latest news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed.

• After 100 days in government Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore stood side by side at Government Buildings this afternoon to discuss their achievements three months in. Kenny also admitted that they have not gotten around to everything they promised, but did promise no income tax rise or welfare cuts in the next budget. You can read their speeches here and here.
• Twenty-eight per cent of readers who voted in TheJournal.ie‘s poll to see if the government should go to the top of the class or wear a dunce’s hat thought that the coalition have made an average effort. Twenty-three per cent thought it’s been a satisfactory performance, while just five per cent would give them an A.
• The government meanwhile will have to publish 15 bills in 15 days if it’s to stick to its schedule before the summer break.
• Taxi drivers at one Dublin rank say 19 of their colleagues suffered strokes or heart attacks in just one week. The Committee for National Taxi Drivers says there is too much pressure on its members to make a living.
• A business and IT expert has said that there are 2,500 gaming and IT jobs waiting to be filled in Ireland. He says expertise in cloud computing needs to be ramped up in this country.
• The price of petrol and diesel has come down for the first time in eight months. The AA says prices at the pumps have not risen for the first time in October with a litre of petrol now costing around 151 cents.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron has intervened after it emerged that Libyan leader Colonel Gaddaf’s son was snapping up 1,000 tickets for the Olympic Games in London next year. The International Olympic Committee are doing a U-turn, realising that it’s not exactly the type of news to delight people who applied for tickets and missed out.
• Back home and the affordable housing scheme has been scrapped in a bid to get people to rent out their homes instead after the fall in property prices.
• Irish rugby stars Gordon Darcy, Eoin Redden and Trevor Horgan have posted a YouTube video in which they express their support for an aid flotilla that’s trying to break the Gaza blockade. The video features the phrase ‘stay human’ and backs the Irish ship which is due to set sail next month.
• Have you ever done a ‘Hasselhof’ and ended up in hospital. Are doctors calling you ‘Father Jack’ behind your back. No idea what we’re talking about? Well that’s because you’re not down with the doctor lingo, innit?
• Phew! Vincent Browne has sold his house.
• Yesterday TheJournal.ie asked what you thought Natalie Portman should name her brand new baby son. A lot of you said you don’t care, which is fair enough, and a good few thought he should be called Séamus. But the public relations division of the Death Star (you know, the giant ship from Star Wars) would probably like him to be called something galactic. They’ve penned a letter to their ‘beloved’ Natalie, offering some parenting tips.
• Finally, it’s Bloomsday. Whether you’ve read Ulysses or you haven’t, it’s a joy to see Irish literature celebrated around the world. Here’s some of the festivities in New York and Dublin…