This morning.
Connacht Rugby captain John Muldoon bumps into Katie Taylor at Dublin Airport.
Katie is on her way to a possible fifth in a row world boxing title at the WQBA championships in the Jeju Islands, South Korea which gets underway on November 14.
Warning: dodgy refs.
18, Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6
The flip.
It’s back.
Aidan Murphy writing in today’s Irish Times
Among these flips is 18 Highfield Road, Rathgar, which was bought in August 2012 for €835,000 – it was in need of a complete overhaul. With this renovation complete, the house sold again last month for an astounding €3,300,000 – 10 per cent above its €3 million asking price
*flips bird*
Backing the market: the art of flipping (Irish Times)
(MyHome)
Oh yes.
Navan-based pumpkin growers Alright Pumpkin are back in the big smoke [Dublin] with their unique brand of pumpkin patch TODAY in South Studios, New Row South, Dublin 8 from 12 til 5 with Cool Beans offering edible warmth, comfort and support.
To celebrate Broadsheet readers can put it all on red/orange.
The prize is a chance to take home as many pumpkins as they, or their nominee, can physically carry from the patch.
To enter, just complete this simple sentence:
‘I demand my body weight in pumpkins for the following reason(s)______________________’
Lines MUST close at 12.45pm
No cash, fee or squash plants were given for this post.
Carbon ‘paintings’ by Canadian artist Steven Spazuk, who deposits candle soot on his canvasses then etches the detail with pencils and feathers – a technique honed over the last 14 years.
National Library of Ireland tweetz:
Did you know…the National Library of Ireland had over 250,000 visitors last year alone! Have you paid a visit yet?
Man arrested over McConville murder http://t.co/kJ0hLBkiFF
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) October 30, 2014
Detectives investigating 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville have arrested a 73-year-old man in Dunmurry area of Northern Ireland
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) October 30, 2014
Laser Video, George’s Street, Dublin last night.
Farewell.
The best-stocked video store (and best informed video store staff) in Ireland.
Mark writes:
One of Dublin’s most well known stores for picking up classic films, world cinema and some indie surprises is to close its doors after 25 years. Laser DVD has been located on George’s Street for the past 22 years. But the decline in the movie rental market and the rise of online streaming and downloads has meant that the store is now in the process of selling off its library before shutting up shop…
Mmf.
From top: Joe Murray (13 years at Laser), right, and Gerard Morgan (10 years); Joe Murray and a Hitchcock death mask; Peter Dunne (10 years with Laser); Gerard and R2D2; Joe locks up.
(Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Do you feel a cold northerly breeze,
As the leaves fall away from the trees?
You’ve seen nothing yet,
‘Cause the boffins all bet,
That soon the whole country will freeze.
John Moynes
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
What you may need to know:
1. After a couple meet at a gathering to watch a meteor shower, their relationship is told through 5 different random stories.
2. As any ambitious comedy romance film shot across parallel universes would, it is dividing critics.
3. Doesn’t Justin Long look like a cleaner living Anthony Kiedis?
4. Long is a mac.
5. Long and co-star Emmy Rossum are also listed as executive producers. Guess that means they didn’t get paid.
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Maybe not a Deep Impact (1998)
Release Date: TBC
(Delboy as is away pumpkin carving. Dylan is Tom Dillion, Broadsheet social media boss)