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Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Ireland’s vaccine rollout moved forward, the SNP to vote against the Brexit trade deal, and the 1990 State Papers are released.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

IRELAND

birmingham-6-are-freed The Birmingham Six outside the Old Bailey in London after being released in 1991. Eamonn Farrell Eamonn Farrell

  • The Covid-19 vaccine rollout will begin on Tuesday instead of Wednesday
  • There were 744 new cases of Covid-19 today, but people were warned that there has been a drop in the number of Covid-19 tests requested over the past two days
  • Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the pandemic has “exposed the duality of the Irish economy” and said that the Government would begin looking at a living wage
  • The Moriarty Tribunal is set to finally conclude early next year after costing the taxpayer at least €65.5 million
  • Coastal flooding is expected in several counties due to Storm Bella 
  • The 1990 State Papers show that the Irish Government refused a request from the Birmingham Six to act as bail guarantors amid concerns it could prove embarrassing
  • Also in the State Papers, Charles Haughey rebuked the British ambassador after Margaret Thatcher questioned the State’s commitment to defeating the IRA.

WORLD

central-african-republic-elections President Faustin-Archange Touadera speaks to the media after casting his vote in the capital Bangui, Central African Republic. AP / PA Images AP / PA Images / PA Images

#VACCINE ROLLOUT: European Union nations began a coordinated effort to give Covid-19 vaccinations to adults among their 450 million citizens.

#BREXIT TRADE DEAL: SNP MPs will vote against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s trade deal, branding it a “disaster for Scotland”.

#OXFORD VACCINE: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy.

PARTING SHOT

There is a deep, deep attachment with the dolphin. He’s very as much a part of Dingle as say, Paddy Bawn Brosnan, the Kerry footballer, or Wran’s Day on 26 December. He was central to the town’s identity, and because of that, there was a great fondness for him. 
Three generations of my family have known Fungie – my father, my brother and me, and my children. Thirty seven years. It was a privilege to have had him in Dingle. He was a comfort and joy to everyone.
What the dolphin gave was people could stay here, people had a choice. They can go, of course, but they can stay too. Even through the recessions, people could always make a living here in the tourist industry… because of the dolphin.

Some of the reasons Dingle locals gave TheJournal.ie as to why Fungie was so important to them – and how they’re so sorry to lose him. 

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