This afternoon.
Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin
This Stars Wars merchandising is getting out of hand….
Yearly Archives: 2016
Gabriel Dawe is one of nine artists commissioned to create ‘room sized’ works for the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in Washington this year.
This 5.8m hight work, stretching from the floor to the ceiling of the gallery and entitled ‘Plexus A1’, uses 9.7 kilometers of polyester sewing thread in 15 colours to represent the full spectrum of visible light.
Now for you.
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Grace G writes:
Ballsbridge [Dublin 4] lunchtime today, cheery bicycle locked to bollard begging to be nicked…
‘sup?
Team CLR write:
At [political blog] Cedar Lounge Revolution, we’ve been running a cryptic quiz over Christmas – one question for each of the thirteen days of Christmas. There’s a wee prize and entries close on Sunday. Your readers might be interested. Details on how to enter and the questions are at link below
Here are some of the questions…
2. (a) Why in Ireland are there no 12th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, or 32nd?
(b) And why can we not yet say if the most recent, not included in this question, will remain in the list?
(c) In the USA, what happened to the 18th?4. The one in Kerry is designated 08/26, the one in Donegal 03/21, as is the one in Waterford (although they may not be exactly parallel), and the one in Sligo 11/29. The location of the one in Co Clare has a different name, but it is designated 06/24. Apart from those we ask about, there is one other which we have not identified because it would give subject of the question away. What are the designations in Cork and Dublin?
9. This comes up too frequently, but what’s the next number:
587 659 698 587 659 587 523 49310. It first occurred in 1963 and was not repeated until 1982. In 1983 it was done by a different state for the first time, but was not until 1994 that it was done by, technically, a further different state for the first time (although three other states had other firsts in this field in the intervening period). Then in 2012, the final state to have done it did it for the first time (although another state has had a first in this field since then). What is it?
11. How are Galway United, Longford Town and Kildare County related?
Anyone?
This afternoon.
College Green, Dublin 2
Piers Scott writes:
Tramlines return to College Green, 67 years after they were removed…
Large crowd turn to protest at proposals to redevelop area around national monument in Moore Street pic.twitter.com/dqg0UjlrxM
— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) January 8, 2016
Save Moore Street #Protest #SaveMooreStreet https://t.co/hvZrAZsF0c — David Lynch (@gribers) January 8, 2016
This afternoon.
Further to the continuing occupation of buildings linked to 1916 on Moore Street, Dublin 1, a group of demonstrators against demolition works gather to protest – and sing Dublin In The Rare Old Times.
Earlier: ‘I Have Been Asking Questions And Not Getting Answers’
Previously: Moore Of It
Update:
This afternoon.
People Before profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett (second pic) and Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams and Mary Lou McDonald join demonstrators on Moore Street.
Rollingnews.ie
David Magnier writes:
I’m an Irish Director and I have just spent some time over Christmas walking around County Wicklow with my drone taking some videos, kind of a love letter to Wicklow…
Free stuff!
Not so fast
Ronan writes:
If a media company, like Virgin Media, promise you a ‘sparkling new’ something, what would you think it could be? A ‘sparkling new’ remote control? Or even a ‘sparkling new’ TV?
No, it’s even better than that: a ‘sparkling new’ account number!!
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Funky3DFaces makes bespoke printed heads (yours or anyone else’s) that you can attach to LEGO minifigs.
The company will recreate whatever photo portrait you send them in a 3D printed sandstone material for $30 (€27.60) per 15mm high head (other sizes and attachment points are available).