Yearly Archives: 2014

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[Ireland South MEP Brian Crowley with Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin at this year’s FF Ard Fheis]

Fianna Fáil’s Cheif Whip Seán Ó Fearghaíl has said his party is “reeling and indeed bewildered” by Brian Crowley’s decision to leave the liberal group in the European Parliament and join the grouping that includes British Conservatives and parties described as far right .
Mr Ó Fearghaíl told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland the parliamentary party will consider this “extraordinary development” and it will decide how to deal with Mr Crowley’s decision.
Mr Crowley was elected as a Fianna Fáil MEP running under the ALDE banner six weeks ago and he has now made a “unilateral” decision to transfer to a grouping in Europe with which Fianna Fáil has “absolutely nothing in common”, Mr Ó Fearghaíl said.

Fianna Fáil ‘reeling’ and ‘bewildered’ over Crowley’s move (RTE)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

underwater

‘Sup?

In the Mulkear River, Silvermine Mountains, Co Limerick.

Victor Karu writes:

“It’s a sea lamprey, quite scary but harmless to humans (live humans, I heard that they can attach to dead bodies). It was captured in the Mulkear River where they come for spawning.”.

90256851[Damien Dempsey]

There’s always a risk you’ll be drowned,
In a river, while splashing around,
So it’s really quite neat,
When some guy with a sheet,
Gets you safely back on to dry ground.

John Moynes

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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Three years ago, Dublin based physics student David Whyte started a Tumblr called Bees and Bombs where he posted gifs he’d created.

Since then he’s become adept at the open source programming language Processing which, combined with his physics and maths background, has resulted in an ongoing series of striking, minimalist loops.

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