July 19th 1972 Muhammed Ali defeats Al “Blue” Lewis at Croke Park Dublin in the 11th round. On his trip he tried his hand at the great game of hurling and had some fun with Garda along the way! #Ireland #OTD #Onthisday pic.twitter.com/KJLLAQNtX2
— Old Ireland (@OldeEire) July 19, 2019
Lose the Ali-tude.
Previously: When Ali Came To ireland
Free tomorrow?
Enjoy making stuff?
Jeffrey Roe writes:
Your readers might like this event we are putting on tomorrow, Dublin Maker.
Over 60 maker exhibits will be taking over Merrion Square [Dublin 2] from 10am to 6pm.
A free tented festival where visitors will see makers from all over Ireland.
We will have jellyfish experiments, woodturners, 80’s style arcade, wool looms, coding workshops, lasers, a periodic table escape room and much more.
In fairness.
This morning.
Clinch’s Court, Dublin 1
Gardai at the scene where a 45-year-old man was stabbed to death in the early hours of this morning. A second man, who was injured in the incident, is being treated in hospital.
BallyGowan do not pay Limerick council for the water they put in plastic bottles and sell gazillions of. But, hey, residents of homes must pay for water. Do you see the dicothamy @LeoVaradkar ? #corporatewelfare means the polluter is not paying. pic.twitter.com/c8BcFBdxe8
— John Fitzpatrick (@JFTAXI) July 18, 2019
Anyone?
Wednesday: Charges for excessive usage of water approved by commission
Thanks Mick Caul
Morning all.
Yesterday I asked you to post your favourite memory of an Irish music festival for our competition to win TWO three-day camping passes to this weekend’s KnockanStockan festival in County Wicklow which kicks off today.
You answered in your tens.
Some of your posts made me laugh out loud. Some left me a little confused!
Some were inspirational. And some were really poignant.
This was a tough one to call. So with sincere apologies to Dillon, Rachel, Electriclady and Millie, the tickets go to the reader called The Wha? who gets to bring an old friend to the festival:
The Wha? wrote:
I love music. It was the noughties. It was Oxegen. It was the first time you could buy floral patterned fashionable wellies.
Everyone wanted to go see Richard Ashcroft.
I didn’t. I managed to persuade a bunch of my friends to go see The Who and James Brown on the other stage.James Brown was amazing. It was seeing The Who that made it the best festival experience though.
Nobody knew any of The Who’s songs or why it meant so much for me to see them.
My first love, the guy who brought me to my Debs was mad about The Who. Each song was a memory of the nineties. Remembering the nineties in the noughties through songs of the sixties… magic! I’m back with him now and would love to bring him to KnockanStockan.
Congratulations and thank you all for your great posts.
Last night; Win Nick’s Free Tix
Behold: The BMW X Krautmotors Bauhaus 100 F850 GS – a collaboration celebrating 100 years of the 20th century’s most influential design school.
To wit: a stylistic update of the classic 1969 BMW /5 with the slimline engine from the BMW F 850 GS adventure bike all set in a frame designed using Bauhaus principles of handcrafted geometric minimalism.
The bike is fully functional but really only intended as an exhibition piece.
They’re making a film about cats
So they’ve put out a trailer and that’s
Causing fury online
As some think the design
Is so bad that it’s driving them bats
John Moynes
Get your wellies.
KnockanStockan has firmly established itself as the best festival in the land for new music and certainly has the most picturesque setting looking down on the Blessington lakes.
Thanks to my friends at Good Seed PR, I am offering you the chance to win TWO weekend CAMPING passes for the three-day hooley in County Wicklow which starts TOMORROW.
Featuring an eye-watering array of Irish and international acts over multiple stages, including Soda Blonde (ex-Little Green Cars) and ace DJ Donal Dineen, it promises to be one of the highlights of the summer.
To enter simply tell me below about your favourite experience at an Irish music festival over the years. The answer will be chosen by my Burmese cat Peadar.
Lines MUST close at 1am 7.30am.
Nick says: Good luck!
UPDATE: We have a winner
