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Boost for State's vaccine rollout as AstraZeneca jab gets go-ahead HSE poised to begin administering single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine about an hour ago Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan and the National Public Health Emergency Team are due to meet on Wednesday before advising the Government on the plan for reopening the country. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   The State’s vaccination programme received a double boost last night when the Natio...

Then and Now: Our debt to Sean lives on Reporter: 14 Apr 2021 Minister Niall Collins lays a wreath at the grave of Sean Finn on the 100th anniversary of his death. A memorial service was organised for Sean Finn by the Rathkeale GAA club ');  '); WE CONTINUE on from last week the story of Irish Volunteer Sean Finn who lost his life, in the fight against the Black and Tans at Ballaroe, Ballyhahill 100 years ago. A strong wind was blowing the sound away from where the other Volunteers were billeted, removing any last chance they had of help arriving. The battle continued for over two hours be...

Updated / Saturday, 10 Apr 2021 10:30 Limerick was described in the Forbes article as the 'murder capital of Europe' A Forbes article about Irish tech billionaires Patrick and John Collison has been removed from the US publication's website after being denounced as "defamatory and ill advised" for its description of the brothers' native Limerick. The profile, by contributor Stephen McBride, introduced it as "stab city" and continued: "Many folks think Ireland is all rolling green hills and five-star golf courses. But in the middle of the Irish countryside is a city called Limerick known as ...

Billionaire brothers furious over Forbes 'stab city' slur Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe, described the article's references to Limerick as "daft".  Sat, 10 Apr, 2021 - 12:44 Pádraig Hoare One of the world's most prominent financial publications has been lambasted for allowing an article relying on outdated and objectively nonsensical tropes about Limerick to be published while profiling the co-founders of major multinational firm Stripe. In one of the most bizarre profile pieces on John and Patrick Collison, the Treaty County's most celebrated global exports of recent yea...

Article on US website about Limerick removed after anger over one phrase in particular In the first line the article labelled the city as the "murder capital of Europe", despite this not being the case The 40-foot Limerick flag erected at King's Island, Kimallock (Image: Brendan Gleeson) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters...