Monthly Archives: May 2013

phoenix parkThe Phoenix Park, Dublin, this afternoon.

Thanks Ian Begley

athyAthy, Co Kildare, this evening.

775739651Dublin Bay at Clontarf this afternoon.

Thanks Buzz

grattanDublin, from the Grattan Bridge, tonight.

Thanks Simon Judge

sunsetSunset at the national Convention Centre, Dublin, tonight.

Thanks Eoin Dunne

dublinfromgeorgesstreetDublin from George’s Street, tonight.

Thanks Jack Brady

braybrayBray, Co Wicklow, tonight (Pic2: Marsupial).

 Via Killian Cassoni

beerschoolbeerschool4beerschool2beerschool5beerschool6beerschool3Helping to ‘educate’ the Irish palette with flavour-savouring measures, ‘notes’ and other unexplainable sorcery.

The FREE multi-sensory beer tasting experience organised by Thisisbeer.ie in 37 Dawson Street, Dublin, this evening.

They’re guiding our Emily through a “beer tasting journey like no other”.

Along a very winding road signposted with beer’s four natural ingredients: Hops, Barley, Water and Yeast.

Which is why the photos are a little blurry.

Yet another appointment for the Onion-Man.

For next beer event: ThisIsBeer

Pics: Emily

90302527 90302529 90302537 90302547 90302550 90302559 90302562 90302568Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association, including its president John Bryan (blue coat,pic 5), outside Dublin Castle, housing a meeting of EU agricultural ministers, protesting about CAP payment regulations.

The IFA is opposing a “major reduction in CAP payments to the most productive, highest-paid farmers in favour of those who currently get much lower payments”.

Farmers Protest As EU Ministers Discuss reforms (RTE)

Earlier: They Brought Their Own

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

Screen-Shot-2013-01-08-at-08.58.47Coxswain Lovalot writes:

Back in January you covered the bush fires in Tasmania and the photo of the Holmes family (above) that went all over the world, today the Guardian has published an awesome multimedia piece (below) on the same.  If newspapers are to survive in the digital age I think we will be seeing a lot more articles like this.

 

INTERACTIVE: Firestorm: the Story Of The Bushfire At Dunalley (The Guardian)