Patron of the Irish Refugee Council and retired Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness, second from top, addresses asylum seekers, refugees, human rights supporters and members of the public at a protest outside the Department of Justice earlier today.
And, bottom picture, protesters gather outside the Dáil, Kildare Street, Dublin.
Earlier: An Asylum Seeker Writes
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Damn Egypts
Minister for tourism Leo Varadkar and Niall Gibbons, of Tourism ireland, celebrating earlier the greening of worldwide landmarks this St Patrick’s Day.
Hang on.
What’s that on Leo’s lapel?
Great.
Now they’re trying to piggy back on Aidan’s buke.
They will stop at NOTHING.
Pin via Adrian Cummins
The “Rafter” Dempsey’s, Kilkenny.
Family room for the August bank holiday weekend: €150
Family room for the weekend Bruce Springsteen plays in Kilkenny: €380
Fáilte!
@dublinairport @gatheringirl Ireland is now a country divided between optimists in denial and realists in Ireland #Irishfact
— Donncha O’Connell (@donnchanuig) January 1, 2013
Where’s my cheque?
RTE’s New Year’s eve ‘gathering’
We expected Bressie.
He’s too beautiful to understand.
But Dougal?
(RTE)
There are no new ideas.
The Gathering, 1997
Starring Gabriel Byrne.
Good times.
Thanks Michael Le Cool
Ah here.
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