Friday 6 December, 2019
The 74-year-old has been diagnosed with a form of dementia that affects his ability to communicate.
The show is now sold out, it’s bereft of availability, the sales process is now history. They are ex-tickets.
They’re baaaack!
Theatre show to be first Python project in 30 years.
Protesters in Afghanistan are still angered by the burning of the Islamic holy book at a church in Florida last month.
Eight foreign staff – five of them Nepalese – are killed, with two beheaded, as four protesters also die.
The controversial pastor who called a mass-burning of the Qu’ran last summer has been told he cannot enter the UK because of his “unacceptable behaviour”.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: five members of the cabinet have now resigned; Fine Gael renews its call for an immediate general election; and the ESRI revises its economic forecast for the coming year.
A ‘final’ cost on Anglo Irish Bank, scorn for Conor Lenihan, and questions over Brian Cowen’s Morning Ireland performance.
Preacher who threatened to burn the Qu’ran to mark 9/11 has been invited to speak at a far-right rally in Britain.
Rival protests stay peaceful (just about) but sour the air as New Yorkers observe the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
THE PASTOR behind the controversial plan to burn 200 copies of the Quran today, on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, has said the plan has now been formally cancelled. CNN reports that Terry Jones said the mass burning would take place “not today, not ever”.
The president seeks to ease tensions between Christians and Muslims as New York marks the ninth anniversary of the attacks.
A round-up of the best reactions on Twitter today.
Following violent protests in Afghanistan the book burning is cancelled for the second time in 24 hours.
Pastor Terry Jones’s latest change of mind: the book burning is suspended.
FARMERS ARE CURRENTLY staging a protest outside a major Aldi distribution centre in Naas, Co Kildare.
Organised by the Irish Farmers’ Association, the protest began at 7am and is expected to last all day.
Farmers are blocking exits and entrances at the site. IFA President Joe Healy said farmers are sick of “being short-changed” by meat factories and retailers.
The action comes after a taskforce was agreed by beef farmers and representatives of the beef processing sector in October, following weeks of protests.
So what do you think? Do you support these protests by beef farmers?
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The 25-year-old moved from Dublin to Kildare to cut down on expenses
A couple of showers this morning
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Min: 6 °C
Some sun, then turning cloudy
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Variably cloudy, a shower or two; windy
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Min: 5 °C
