Yikes.

Lightning strikes inside the churning ash from the still-erupting Grimsvötn volcano in Iceland. Taken from just 1km away.

Seriously. Imagine flying through that. Naked. Soaked in lighter fluid. Or, you know, don’t.

Amazing Photos Show Lightning In Iceland’s Volcanic Ash Cloud (Live Science)

UPDATE:

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Filmmaker, Jon Gustafsson captures the most breathtaking video footage of Grimsvötn yet.

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(Johann Ingi Jonsson)

DRINKS GIANT Diageo is reviewing its operations in Ireland with a view to job cuts being implemented among its 1,800-strong workforce on the island.

This is part of a wider restructuring plan being formulated by the London-based company for its European operations. An announcement is expected shortly, possibly this week.

It is not clear how many redundancies will be sought in Ireland as part of the restructuring but sources familiar with the plan suggested it would be “significant”.

Diageo Workers In Ireland Face New Threat Of Job Losses (Ciarán Hancock, Irish Times)

Presidential Pint Of Plain Worth Millions To Guinness (Ann-Marie Walsh, Irish Independent)

(Photocall Ireland)

Thank you Michelle and Mr…

Hang on.

Via Les Tunes

Always working.

White House photographer, Peter Souza’s just-released shot of Barack Obama on a call with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, regarding the deadly tornado that touched down in his state on Sunday. We are told it was taken “in Dublin” and we’ve put two and two together. We’d recognise those lamps anywhere.

World Stage Gives Obama Edge On His Challengers (Michael D Shear, New York Times)

White House Flickr Stream

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That’ll be Brian Cowen.

Oh.

Of course this is where the whole Yes We Can thing began.

Meanwhile, and because they don’t call it Moneygall for nothing:

Moneygall.com