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From review: the spooky sci-fi drama that's like a landlocked Lost (The Guardian)

This show about a village where the laws of nature don't apply has plenty in common with the plane-crash drama – even down to the fact it stars Harold ...

It is the kind of show in which Jim brakes hard and says: “What the … – ?” When there is a tree blocking the road, Tabitha says: “Why is there a tree blocking the road?” It must be the storm, says Jim. “That’s one selective storm,” she replies. Hence the show’s title: there is only “from”, never “to”. Jack Bender, the director of the first four episodes, has fun with this well-worn trope. They pull over to ask how to get back to the highway just as the funeral service for Meagan and her mum is concluding. From is landlocked Lost – there are malevolent forces that come out at night to kill people (and probably nibble the flag, too). Perrineau plays Boyd Stevens, no longer the baby-faced poppet of Lost, but rather a middle-aged sheriff tasked with sorting stuff out. It is the kind of town where men wear dungarees without irony. The stars and stripes fluttering outside the post office is tattered.

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Research reveals how maternal antibodies can protect babies from ... (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have found antibodies that summon virus-engulfing white blood cells play a role in protecting infants from cytomegalovirus.

They did find evidence, however, that mothers who did not pass on the virus had higher levels of antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis. A key finding was that women in the non-transmission group tended to show higher levels of the white blood cell-summoning mechanism, known as antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis, against HCMV. But conventional vaccine and antibody-based therapy strategies have so far proven ineffective against congenital HCMV infection—underscoring the need to understand how the immune system can fight this virus effectively.

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The Main Exit Route From Homelessness Is Collapsing (Dublin Inquirer)

Most months, he'll get three viewings. But so far – even though he has help from a rental subsidy, the Homeless Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) – never an ...

But the real solution is a massive increase in the number of homes the council builds, he says. Allen says homelessness looks set to increase for the rest of 2022. The real solution is, of course, more housing, he says. The numbers succeeding in renting properties through the standard HAP subsidy in Dublin have been falling for a while. “Because in Dublin there is rent control,” he says. This can be justified if they are homeless, because that is such a damaging experience, he says. Homeless HAP applications are fast-tracked, so people avoid the waiting times of around three months associated with applications for the standard HAP payments. “Is that really going to address what seems to be facing tenants in DCC [the Dublin City Council area] where rents have just gone bananas?” he says. Meanwhile, tenants already living in the house often have set requirements about who they are willing to live with, he says. Hundreds of families have also been granted the rental subsidy to prevent them from becoming homeless. “Some aren’t even looking because they know how difficult it is at the moment. But Maguire says he can’t remember the last time somebody moved out and into their own tenancy.

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Woman who shoplifted from Penneys came to Ireland for better life ... (Independent.ie)

AN asylum seeker caught shoplifting clothes in Dublin had fled her home country because it was not accepted there that she was lesbian, a court heard.

The goods were recovered. She did not have enough clothes and the weekly asylum payment was €38. Ouriachi left Algeria in hope of a better life because she was a member of the LGBTQ+ community and “wasn’t accepted” there, her solicitor Evan Moore said.

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Jordan steps down from top NEFL role | Meath Chronicle (Meath Chronicle)

Declan Jordan has step down from the leading role as General Secretary of the North East Football League.

"It is with a heavy heart I have informed the officer board of the NEFL last night of my resignation as secretary. "I would like to wish him the best of luck in the future." Both himself and Dee will be forever very close friends.

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Small square bales get density boost from Massey Ferguson (Agriland)

Small square bales are very much still with us and while rounds bales and large square bales may account for the lion's share of baling that is done.

To keep up with the high speed plunger the pick-up reel has been borrowed from a MF 185 big square baler which turns 37% faster than its predecessor. It is built to work at a high rate and so make the most of windows in the weather that allow the safe baling of crops, be it hay or straw. Small square bales are very much still with us and while rounds bales and large square bales may account for the lion’s share of baling that is done today, there is still a demand for the smaller package, especially so from the equine sector.

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Learning lessons from the past (Mayo News)

FROM THE ARCHIVES Then-Leitrim manager John O'Mahony shakes hands with then-Mayo manager Jack O'Shea after the 1994 Connacht SFC Final at Dr. Hyde Park, ...

“Players had asked for his return”, said O’Malley, “but one of the officials organised against him. He was beaten by 18 votes to 12 for the job, “ said O’Malley. Mick O’Dwyer had that ruthless streak in preparing Kerry for a slew of All-Ireland titles in the seventies. There was great joy when after a lapse of twelve years Mayo, captained by Martin Carney, won the Nestor Cup in 1981. He was skilled and smart, one of the brightest of the sixties squad. He resigned after a year, having become principal of Davitt College. In 1975, at the request of some players, Langan allowed his name go forward again. He won six county senior medals with the club, scoring a total of 4-10 and was captain of the team on two occasions. He was deeply involved in the football affairs of Castlebar Mitchels before moving to Mulranny, cycling all over the county to matches as a teenager. And for the most part respect was returned. It’s not about self-importance; not about the anticipation of a change of style or who will find favour with the new man. ‘Team trainer’ they called him when he took charge of the county’s senior side. He later set up a thriving business in the seaside village and joined the local Burrishoole club.

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Divorced couple avoid jail for laundering €180000 from education ... (BreakingNews.ie)

178965 was taken through an invoice redirect fraud after the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board paid a construction company for work carried out ...

It was accepted that she has not come to garda attention since 2014. She ordered that Falaye pay a sum of €1,000 to the Peter McVerry trust. Ibrahim was arrested in February 2015 and brought in for questioning where she made certain admissions. Mr Spencer asked the court to accept that Ibrahim had no involvement in the re-direct fraud that led to the money be taken but instead allowed her account to be used, when she should have made more enquiries as to why her account was needed. He accepted that she had entered the plea on the basis that she was reckless in accepting the money into her account. Gda Fitzsimons confirmed that Ibrahim is responsible for the €178,965 which was lodged to a bank account in the name of a fashion boutique she owned in Co Cavan, while Falaye is responsible for €50,000 that was later transferred to his bank account on November 3rd, 2014.

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Penneys takes €72m hit from Covid lockdowns (Independent.ie)

Primark's Penneys stores in Ireland took a €72.1m hit to retail revenue last year due to Covid-19 enforced closures.

Today the business operates over 380 stores in 13 countries across Europe and America. The company is also making a €60m investment in its Patrick Street store in Cork and a €20m investment in the Eyre Square store in Galway. Penneys said it intends to invest over €250m in the Irish market over the next 10 years and increase its retail space by 20pc in the next three years.

Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to ... (Science Daily)

Feral horses have roamed freely across the island of Assateague off the coast of Maryland and Virginia for hundreds of years, but exactly how they got there ...

According to the National Park Service, which manages the northern half of Assateague, the likeliest explanation is that the horses were brought over in the 1600s by English colonists from the mainland in an attempt to evade livestock taxes and fencing laws. "Horses were reserved for individuals of high status, and owning one was a sign of prestige," he said. The specimen's biggest surprise wasn't revealed until Delsol compared its DNA with that of modern horses from around the world. That's because the specimen in question, a fragment of an adult molar, wasn't a cow tooth at all but instead once belonged to a horse. Feral horses have roamed freely across the island of Assateague off the coast of Maryland and Virginia for hundreds of years, but exactly how they got there has remained a mystery. These seemingly unrelated threads were woven together when Nicolas Delsol, a postdoctoral researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History, set out to analyze ancient DNA recovered from cow bones found in archaeological sites.

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