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British nuclear reprocessing plant Sellafield said it had detected “high levels of radioactivity at one of its on-site monitors and was operating at reduced staffing levels.

Relax.

Rory O’Neill (no really) of Sellafield assures us:

“One of the 20-odd site perimeter monitors that we have is registering above normal levels of radiation. It’s not a level that would trigger any kind of activity on or off site. It’s below levels that would demand us to do sheltering or anything like that.”

Above normal?

Sheltering??

RUN!

UK’s Sellafield detects elevated levels of radioactivity (Reuters)

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Thanks Martco

 

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For the weekend that’s in it.

Saturday, February 20th, 1982.

The year of the “big snow”, Delorean’s bankruptcy and multiple General Elections..

Scotland travelled to Dublin intent on putting an end to Ireland’s run of unbeaten matches in the 5 Nations Championship.

Awaiting them, however, was a team containing Ciaran Fitzgerald, Mike Kiernan and the Ollie Campbell’s canny right foot.

Ollie remorselessly booted, tapped and dropped-kicked Ireland to its first ‘Tripler’ in 33 years, scoring a then individual record 21 points (in old money).

The following Monday’s Irish Times reported:

“Anguished large Scotsmen deep in alcoholic melancholy littered the streets of Dublin on Saturday night, a sight for bleary Irish eyes.“

Any excuse.

(Match Programme: Rugby Relics / Team Pic: Gaelic Art)

Previously: Giving It A McLash

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At the announcement of the Irish Winter Olympic team for the Sochi ‘Games in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin this afternoon.

From top: Conor Lyne (Men downhill slalom and giant slalom); Florence Bell (women downhill slalom and giant slalom) and Seamus O’Connor (Snowboarding-half pipe and slopestyle).

Part of a five member squad including…

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Canadian-born Sean Greenwood who will compete for Ireland in the skeleton event.

Sochi 2014: Sean Greenwood to continue Irish skeleton tradition (BBC)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

Thanks Wayne F

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Meanwhile, from last week..

 

Oh.

Paul Kimmage quits as Brian O’Driscoll ghost-writer (Mark Hillard, Irish Times)

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[Wexford’s Adam Nolan and Wicklow’s Katie Taylor at the refurbished Bray Boxing Club in Bray, Co Wicklow yesterday]

Following a €300,000 renovation.

Including long-promised ‘Jacks’.

[Said Katie] “We’re probably the best equipped club in the country now at this stage, so it’s definitely going to make training a lot easier for myself and Adam and the rest of boxers in the club.” Taoiseach Enda Kenny famously paid a visit to Bray Boxing Gym in May 2012…with boxers forced to use the toilets in the nearby Harbour Bar.

Katie Taylor opens new Bray boxing gym (WicklowNews)

Pic: Joseph Keogh

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Pete Seeger, folk singer (above right with Bob Dylan) and peace activist has died at the age of 94.

Jon Pareles of the New York Times writes:

His agenda paralleled the concerns of the American left: He sang for the labor movement in the 1940s and 1950s, for civil rights marches and anti-Vietnam War rallies in the 1960s, and for environmental and antiwar causes in the 1970s and beyond. “We Shall Overcome,” which Mr. Seeger adapted from old spirituals, became a civil rights anthem.

Any excuse

Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 (New York Times)

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€20m over six years.

Chris Stephenson, Canterbury CEO, said:

In the IRFU we have found a partner with shared values, a shared heritage and a shared focus and ambition to succeed at the pinnacle of our disciplines. These mutual traits were paramount in our decision to join forces and share in what we believe will be a truly exciting journey for Irish Rugby, most particularly the supporters, and Canterbury through the next two Rugby World Cups.

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