There he is, only 6th in the World like... Good luck in your other final today @eentjebeen

A thread on the Road from Damascus Challenge - a 5000km sponsored journey, the distance from the refugee camps of the Middle East to our community of Ovens, Co. Cork.  Our task - to raise enough € to welcome a Syrian refugee family to our community & help sustain them for 2 yrs.

I’m delighted to announce membership of the Programme Board overseeing the ending of Direct Provision. The Board includes a former resident of Direct Provision, independent experts in housing, health & change management, NGOs, and the UNHCR. 🔗 gov.ie/en/press-relea…

The Programme Board will play a critical role in providing guidance & expertise during the implementation of the White Paper, and monitoring progress and targets on an ongoing basis. This includes monitoring progress on the reduction in processing times by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

I wish to thank the new Board Members who are committing their time & expertise to the ending of Direct Provision. And I look forward to working together to create a new model of international protection that focuses on the needs of people and has human rights at its very core.

Delighted to be asked by the Minister to contribute at project board level to this important objective.

🍿 Movie Night 🍿 The children in Redclyffe Family Hub had a great night yesterday evening at their drive in cinema. They spent their week making their cars & had treats while watching Luca 🎬🚙

We just launched our new “List your close contacts” portal. We are asking Covid positive patients to click the link and list their close contacts. We will then text their contacts so they know. This enables faster tracing. Thanks to those who have already used it today@HSELive

Worth the wait! Old enough to attend walk-in booster vax clinic in Cork City Hall this AM. Hats off to HSE Ireland Paul Reid + team for efficient experience. Great to see thousands of others in good mood + eager to build our community protection.

The luck is all mine. 2pcs.

Always a special date in the diary. To see the sunrise and the beauty of a new morning. Thanks so much to all those who make it happen.#HOPE Anne O'Leary Pieta Darkness Into Light #DarknessIntoLight2022

Always a special morning. Fantastic work by volunteer committees to organise events that allow Pieta to bring #DarknessIntoLight #gratitude

Brendan Lenihan Fiona Tierney Anne O'Leary Pieta Darkness Into Light Well done Cork and thanks for your support. Thanks to the local DIL committee 💛🌅Pieta Darkness Into Light

Dip done! Lovely swim to kick off #WorldGODay this week in Blind Strand near beautiful #Courtmacsherry Co. Cork. Looking forward to seeing more #Swim4GODay photos! Thank you to dippers - Anne H, Anne O'Leary ,Brendan Lenihan, Kev, Mar and Mitz 💙💜

Imp point in Ire's response to #UkraineRussiaWar. Putin wants to break Eur. He is using fleeing Ukrainians to do it. All we can do is ensure Ukr refugees are welcome & not weaponised. Don't let Putin win for the sake of a little discomfort here. Our sons are safe,our homes intact

Hats off to @HSElive colleagues for a quick, efficient, friendly walk-in Covid booster in North Main St Cork yesterday. Covid cert arrives on email in under 24 hours! Please, please get boosted, to protect us all. #ForUsAll #VaccinesWork

Real pleasure to officially re-open ⁦Good Shepherd Cork⁩ today. Thank you for all you’ve done over 50 years providing emergency accommodation for women and children. Countless lives improved.

So great to catch up with my UCC Commerce Society class at Cork Chamber. Great night celebrating Cork business success #CCAD23

Over the coming months no doubt there will be some soul-searching done within the RTÉ Board about what might have been done earlier to prevent the reputational damage done, Brendan Lenihan writes irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…