http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVURl5UH9F4
A perky montage of 236 signs spotted by videographer Ben Churchill in the course of a road trip across America.
Music: Never Too Late by Robi
Yearly Archives: 2014
[George’s Fish Shop, Monkstown Farm, Dun Laoghaire, and (above) a notice from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council]
Karen writes;
“Not content with parking costs that are already putting the entire town out of business, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. [DLRCOCO] will now be CHARGING [and fining] retailers and restaurants for plant pots, sandwich boards and tables and chairs outside their premises.”
PIKE! FIGHT!
[Scene from the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin last year]
Stop weeping.
Vanessa Gildea, of Coco Television, writes:
We are looking for Irish people around the world to send a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” video message back home to be included in this year’s coverage of the St Patrick’s Festival Parade shown on RTÉ One. All you need to do is record yourself on a mobile phone, digital camera or any video device and send to parade2014@cocotelevision.ie
To give us a sense of where you are in the world, choose a backdrop that shows off the location e.g the Taj Mahal, Ayers Rock, Golden Gate Bridge or the beach in Thailand
Please note, however…
Your clip cannot have any association with alcohol.
Your message must not exceed 8 seconds in duration. Example of message: “Hello to everyone back home in Ireland, Happy St. Patrick’s day from New York”. The deadline for submissions is Saturday, March 15 2014.
Right so.
Send the rambling, boozy ones to us.
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Ross Coughlan writes:
“A cow outside Neary’s [off Grafton Street] just now.”
Anyone?
UPDATE:
Ahh.
Damian Kearney (left) and Stephen Jones with Rhonda promoting Stones In Your Pocket, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, next Tuesday.
(Sasko lazarov/Photocall Ireland).
[Monocle-wearing Dubliner Raphael Kelly on Bloomsday]
A monocle?
YES.
From the New York Times:
Martin Raymond, a British trend forecaster, credits the rise to what he calls “the new gents,” a hipster subspecies who have been adding monocles to their bespoke tweed and distressed-boot outfits. On a recent trip to Cape Town, Mr. Raymond said, he saw such a group carrying monocles along with tiny brass telescopes kept in satchels.
“All of this is part of a sense of irony and a way of discovering and displaying old artisanal and craft-based technology,” Mr. Raymond said. “You see the monocle appearing in Berlin, parts of South Dublin.”
*raises eyebrow*
FIGHT!
One Part Mr. Peanut, One Part Hipster Chic (New York Times)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Thanks Michael le Cool
…And two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn [with the Executive Director of NGO Frontline Deefenders, Mary Lawlor] in City Hall, Dublin this morning
Sean Penn presents Human Rights Award in Dublin (Newstalk)
Via Sinéad Crowley
Update:
Sean Penn and Emer Costello TD MEP getting billionaire photobombed.
Via Emer Costello
A Steal
at
Steve Kingston writes:
“Off to work in Google? Herbert Park, Ballsbridge just now…”
Anyone?
Great Hounds In Need write:
“Two years ago we took approx 30 dogs from a hell hole with the help of other rescues. One died, one had a fractured skull, all had fleas, a few were shut down mentally. We have word of approximately 15 greyhounds who need all our help quickly, two young ones with broken legs (probably never had any veterinary treatment or setting), varying ages and sexes, these poor souls are in an awful state and have been given no chance of life or happiness.
“It’s up to us all to pull together and make this misery end for these lovely gentle dogs. We have no more details and given our experience the last time we won’t get them till the dogs are in our care. Please help, we need spaces fast. Please share this with other rescues time is of the essence. We will also need donations for kennel spaces, thank you. We need you. Contact: info@greathounds.eu or 0870987064.”