Yearly Archives: 2014

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The Green machine is rolling.

Ireland’s preparations for the World Lacrosse Championships continued with a FULL exhibition game against Austria in Denver, Colorado.

Ireland won with a positively Germanic 14-4 scoreline.

Tom writes:

“The Irish attack line to work together to create plenty of chances. Kris Prior, Brian Gillis and Tom Riley all notched goals from that position, while Cillian Murphy also made a notable contribution to Ireland’s dominant offense…”

The opening ceremony of the tournament will take place on Thursday evening, followed by Ireland’s opening game of the tournament on Friday against Uganda.

More to folly.

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They think it’s all over.

Not so fast.

Vinny writes:

“Whelans of Wexford St. [Dublin] is hosting a World Cup final party. It’s free and it’s curated by Rob Smith. Yes this Rob Smith:…

The World Cup Final In Whelan’s (Facebook)

Alternative suggestions welcome below.

Margaretta D’Arcy received a two-week prison sentence on June 24 at Ennis District Court. Judge Patrick Durcan offered to suspend it on the condition she signed a bond stating she would not enter restricted areas of Shannon Airport.

As she has refused to sign this bond, she was sent back to Limerick Prison this morning for two weeks, after she presented herself at Mill Street Garda Station in Galway.

Ms D’Arcy, who is 80 and suffers from cancer, is planning to refuse food during her time in jail.

Ms D’Arcy served nine and a half weeks of a three-month sentence earlier this year after refusing to sign a bond agreeing not to enter the unauthorised zones at Shannon Airport on foot of being arrested at the airport in October 2012.

Meanwhile

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxuT7W4sJqc

The protest carried out by Ms D’Arcy and her fellow protestor Niall Farrell on September 1, 2013 – the incident for which she is going to jail today.

‘I feel very honoured to be going back to jail’ says peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy as she’s taken into custody (Irish Independent)

 

Margaretta D’Arcy goes back to jail (Facebook)

Previously: Margaretta D’Arcy on Broadsheet

Pic: Tommy Donnelan

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The apparent mass synchronous movement of flocking birds ‘captured’ by French photographer Alain Delorme which, on closer inspection, turn out to be composed of thousands of meticulously placed digital images of plastic bags.

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