Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen
Midlands 103FM report:
The former Taoiseach Brian Cowen is seriously ill this afternoon.
He was rushed to hospital last night with a suspected bleed on the brain and remains at the Beacon in South Dublin.
The 59-year-old was treated for fluid on a lung in April, having become unwell at a golf event.
Former Taoiseach seriously ill (Midlands 103FM)
Former Taoiseach Brian Cowen seriously ill in hospital (Offaly Express)
Muslim Sisters of Éire tweet:
We received this message last night. The reason we are sharing this here is to show you the kind of stuff we have to deal with sometimes. This won’t bring us down, it only makes us stronger and pushes us to keep going. It is being dealt with by the Gardai #SayNoToRacism
Two adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) face off in a forest at Kuhmo in Finland.
Violent but bloodless and – fair play to both parties – they know when to leave it.
Honour is preserved.
Behold NGC 1566 – also known as ‘The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy’. To wit:
An island universe containing billions of stars and situated about 40 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Dolphinfish (Dorado), NGC 1566 presents a gorgeous face-on view. Classified as a grand design spiral, NGC 1566’s shows two prominent and graceful spiral arms that are traced by bright blue star clusters and dark cosmic dust lanes. Numerous Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 1566 have been taken to study star formation, supernovas, and the spiral’s unusually active centre. Some of these images, stored online in the Hubble Legacy Archive, were freely downloaded, combined, and digitally processed by an industrious amateur to create the featured image. NGC 1566’s flaring centre makes the spiral one of the closest and brightest Seyfert galaxies, likely housing a central supermassive black hole wreaking havoc on surrounding stars and gas.
Full sized image here.
Living the dream.
This morning.
Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2.
Demand for houseboat living is on the rise. Waterways Ireland says it is receiving hundreds of queries every year and has an ‘interested list’ for Grand Canal Dock alone running at 215.
However, there are provisions for just 28 residential mooring permits across Ireland – 20 at Grand Canal Dock and eight at Shannon Harbour in Co Offaly.
There are two types of extended moorings. One is a residential permit, which allows people to live full-time on their boat. At present, it carries a mooring charge of €278 a year, which is set to increase. That excludes utility charges.
Other extended mooring permits allow users to stay on their boat in certain location for no more than 90 nights.
Gillian Toole, former Fine Gael member and councillor on Meath Council
Fine Gael has confirmed it is investigating allegations that a former member in Meath was referred to as “the n****r in the woodpile” and “the f***ing bitch” at a party meeting on Monday.
The comments are alleged to have been made by a senior party figure about independent councillor Gillian Toole, who quit Fine Gael earlier this year.
The comments are alleged to have been uttered by the person to other members at a party meeting in Kells on Monday that was attended by around 20 people.
Previously: Gillian Toole Quits Fine Gael (Meath Chronicle, March 12)
From left: Christine Lagarde, new president of the European Central Bank; Charles Michel, president of the European Council, Josep Borrell, EU foreign policy chief. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission and David Sassoli, president of the EU Parliament
This is brilliant. “How can Europe be safe in these people’s hands?”.
Andrew Neil destroys a pro-EU journalist’s attempts to defend the disastrously bad appointments of new EU officials. Brutal, but hugely watchable….Neil at his best. pic.twitter.com/AmBBRuZCBW
— Voice of Reason (@brexitblog_info) July 5, 2019
Yesterday: Meet The New Boss
Pics: AFP
Thanks Charger Salmons
‘Matta Via’
Dave McFarlane writes:
Two brothers from Bray – Paul Flanagan & Warren Flanagan – made a Sci-Fi short (above) that only huge mega companies are renowned for doing.
In fairness
‘sup?
This morning.
Glasnevin, Dublin 11.
Meanwhile…
‘sup?
This morning.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Sam writes:
An unusual site of a Terrapin Turtle sitting on the side of the duck pond this morning. Some say turtles like this left at the park due to the fact that they are difficult to keep as pets. Several have been reported being in the park…
