http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qbi3NKHmKA
Early Saturday morning clutch-grabbing antics at Moll’s Gap, Diffin, Co Kerry ahead of the ‘Rally of the Lakes’ .
Among a swarm of petrol-headed, skid-marking, mini-Clarkson tykes bringing CHAOS to Killarney at the weekend.
*shakes fist*
Name that model anyone?
Boy racers cause chaos in tourist town of Killarney (Independent.ie)
Pop culture carved deftly into crayons then painstakingly coloured with wax melted from other crayons then offered to you, the discerning wax-crayon-sculpted-popculture-mini-figurine aficionado, by Etsy seller Hoang Tran.
MORE: Wax Nostalgic
The latest in the Fianna Fáil storm in a South Dublin teacup local election hoo-hah.
Via Kevin Purcell
Earlier: They’re Hanafin A Laugh
File photo: Photocall Ireland
Peter Riordan, 83 and Terry at St Brigid’s Church in Kill, Co Kildare on Saturday
Michael O’Riordan writes:
“I just wanted to share a little update with you. You may remember that I won a bottle of Teeling Single Grain whiskey for my Dad who had just stepped down as Carer of the Year? I referred to his fiancé-in-waiting? Well, the bottle has finally been finished as the waiting is over! Last Saturday, May 3, my Dad got married to his fiancé Terry. He was resplendent in his old Irish Army dress uniform, fitted for him in 1961 and which he still fits perfectly. Thanks again to Broadsheet.ie and Teeling for the prize…
Mmf.
Also: Hic.
Defence Forces Veteran Peter Riordan Marries In His Uniform (IrishMirror)
Previously: That Warm, Tingly Teeling
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday prohibiting swearing in public performances, including cinema, theatre and other forms of art.
The law will come into effect on July 1, and afterwards swearing in films, plays and concerts will incur penalties of up to 2,500 rubles ($70) for individuals and up to 50,000 rubles for companies and organizations.
A similar measure was passed in April 2013, banning swearing in media. In December 2013, the Institute of Russian Language at the Russian Academy of Sciences complied a list of four words that constitute swearing and will thus be banned. Two depict male and female reproductive organs, one describes the process of copulation and the last refers to a promiscuous woman.
Putin Bans the F-Word From Movies and Plays (Ivan Nechepurenko, The Moscow Times)
Photocall Ireland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5nTwq5zlrw
YOU decide.
Roomicube writes:
“Dunno if you caught it over the bank holiday but Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that began as a joke and inspired by an internet meme, sponsored driver Josh Wise in the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Talladega over the weekend after raising $50,000 in Dogecoin on Reddit….”
Ben Farr writes:
“Who wouldn’t vote for someone whose middle name is Porridge?”
Anyone?
Update:
Johnny ‘Porridge’ on RTE News during the storms.
He’s got a Ready Brek glow.
Thanks Diarmuid Hayes
From Libraries: a new coffee-table tome featuring 44 of the world’s most lavishly appointed, architecturally impressive and beautiful libraries, among them Trinity College Library and The National Library of Ireland (bottom two pix).
Above (from top): Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Humboldt University Berlin, LiYuan Library, Beijing, The Black Diamond, Royal Library of Copenhagen, Denmark and Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
