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Thursday 4 March 2021
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People thought she’d gone way over the line and some classed it as sexual assault.
The phrase ‘a drunk turtle dozing under a sunflower after ingesting a bottle of Valium’ makes an appearance.
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Don’t upset a hungry person.
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Kanye called Donald Trump his “brother” on Twitter, because they both have “dragon energy”.
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Comedian Steve Rannazzisi made the claim on WTF with Marc Maron.
An expert gives the lowdown.
And loud. Very, very loud.
And loud. Very, very loud.
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People have accused it of promoting “rape culture”.
The currency has already hit a new 12-year low today.
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No-one does a ‘Four Pubs of Christmas’. But it might seem like a hell of a better idea, after reading this.
Western counties should expect gale force winds overnight.
Their scaffolding collapsed while they were working at the building.
It can hover like a helicopter and fly like a plane…
Vicente del Bosque has announced a hugely impressive 30-man panel ahead of next month’s finals.
Who needs a dentist when you’ve got a daddy with a drone?
Two adventurers planning the first Irish trek to the North Pole have been acclimatising themselves in remote northern Canada.
The Chicago Bears wide receiver performed the stunt for a documentary.
Or neither. You decide.
The plane carrying 150 people collapsed on landing at La Guardia airport.
Egypt’s political trouble causes concern – and Portugal crisis is affecting markets worldwide.
The only thing to fear is fear itself – except that sometimes it can seem like other things are a lot scarier…
Banking giant HSBC paid the huge sum to settle allegations of money laundering that were said to have helped terrorists and Iran.
He even shrugs if he misses the ball.
Figures compiled by Eurostat show that economic output in both the eurozone, and the EU as a whole, is down.
The costs had fallen after Greece’s election, but are back up this morning as the fear of contagion remains…
If you’re afraid of flying you may want to look away now.
American cyclist Levi Leipheimer was fortunate to avoid serious injury when struck by a car during a training ride in California.
The local children were chased down Clonmeen Drive in Derry by two men in their 40s.
From The Daily Edge
The two Earth-sized planets were discovered by a NASA team in the Kepler-20 star system.
How many of these famous faces can you identify from their official court sketch?
THE NUMBER OF people in hospital with Covid-19 on Monday night fell to the lowest level since New Year’s Eve.
There were 494 patients in hospital at 8pm on Monday, the first time this number has fallen below 500 so far in 2021. It has also fallen significantly since a peak of 2,020 cases in mid-January.
Last night a further 359 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Ireland, representing the lowest number of cases reported on a single day since mid-December.
On 23 February, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced the government’s new Living with Covid-19 plan and confirmed that the current public health restrictions will remain in place until 5 April, when a further review will be carried out.
Ahead of the unveiling of the plan, Minister Michael McGrath told RTÉ’s News at One that “there can be no fourth wave coming to Ireland”, adding that “what we are doing now, we need to make sure that we are doing for the last time”.
In the North, Stormont’s First Minister Arlene Foster last night vowed that Northern Ireland must never return to lockdown after a cautious plan to ease restrictions was published.
So, today we want to know… Do you think this will be Ireland’s last Level 5 lockdown?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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