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Newstalk Breakfast host Ciara Kelly has revealed she left Twitter after receiving death threats on the platform.
She was speaking amid
calls for reform in the area, which could see proof of identification needed to open a social media account.
Ciara had a Twitter account for seven years, but she said had to close it down. I ve had death threats, I ve had deliberate lies and smears told about me that were absolutely untrue. I ve had fairly vicious insults, I ve been defamed over and over again. I have trended on Twitter ahead of the Late Late on a Friday night because drunk Twitter is bearing, what I would describe as, it s generally fairly cowardly teeth.
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Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast she said that a further surge could be on the cards if Ireland opens up too soon. I m very worried about what is going to happen, the numbers are currently going up as we know, and in that context to talk about further reopening and an accelerated pace for that reopening, she said. I really just don t understand what they re thinking.
Presenter Ciara Kelly challenged the professor by saying that the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is on board with the recommendations. The fact that the vulnerable are vaccinated is the game-changer, Kelly responded.
The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 met on Wednesday night to discuss the National Public Health Emergency Team s (NPHET) recommendations for the reopening of Ireland s economy in the months ahead.
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An Taoiseach Micheál Martin visits Dublin Zoo as the facility reopens its doors to the general public after four-months of closure due to Covid-19 restrictions. Video: Ronan McGreevy Siamang Gibbons, Cayha, her baby and her partner, Luca keep an eye on Taoiseach Micheál Martin during his visit to Dublin Zoo. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
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