Ireland has a terrible drink problem.
But seriously, Eoin OC sez:
First episode of a great new web-only Irish comedy (cameo by Love/Hate’s Pete Coonan!).
Stephen Jones sez:
Meet Jonesy and Dave. They are best mates and are in the middle of a 5 week bender. Jonesy has just broken up with his long term girlfriend while Dave has just been invited to his 10 year school reunion. Join them as they answer the question ‘What is The Goo?’
C&H
A timelapse of crowd movements in Lansdowne Road Nua for the Ireland v Wales game on Saturday.
Thanks Oisin Gregorian
Meanwhile…
Rainbow over Lansdowne on Saturday.
Thanks Liza Finnegan
Reform Alliance TD Lucinda Creighton says she has “reservations” about gay marriage. Ms Creighton said she was in favour of holding a referendum on gay marriage, but declined to say if she would support it. “I have reservations,” she said.
Lucinda Creighton has ‘reservations’ about gay marriage (Fionnan Sheahan, Irish Independent)
Previously: Creigh Me A River
Anything Good On BBC News 24?
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
The Taoiseach is wearing a frown,
‘Cause there’s buggers all over this town,
Is it some hacking phreak,
Or an old fashioned leak,
That’s bringing the ombudsman down?
John Moynes
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
€16 from Etsy seller Stephanie Kilgast – one of many such aural confections.
From 1984, an ad for the Ford Escort “Laser”.
Optimistic mpg figure, in fairness.
Ford closed its factory in Cork the same year.
Good times.
Grafton Street Quarter tweetz:
Brief trial of rough prototype public light on Grafton St this [morning] to assess scale, impact and form of feature leaf.
Kenny Egan confirmed to run in the Clondalkin Local Electoral Area for Fine Gael.
— francis fitzgibbon (@francis_fitz) February 10, 2014
Top: At the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel, Dublin this morning, from left Kenny Egan, FG Junior Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Derek Keating FG TD.
Previously: To The People Of Clondalkin
Pic: Irish Sports Council