Mmf.
Alan Nolan writes:
Defiant raffle tickets at Arclight Drama Studios Macbeth table Quiz in The Club Dalkey. Proceeds to send teen drama group to Shakespeare in the Park festival in Stratford upon Avon in August.
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Yesterday.
North County Dublin
Paul writes:
Some poor tourist not understanding pay and display at Skerries train station.
Name those ‘crotch rockets’ anyone?
In Dreams
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How to explain your strange subconscious shenanigans to others. A School Of Life short, written and narrated by Alain de Botton. To wit:
We often wake up from a dream with a powerful urge to tell those around us about what happened. But our listeners are also liable to feel restless and bored during our narration of the dream. The issue takes us to the heart of the challenges of communication.
MORE to folly
Pillow Queens – Rats
A thrillingly topical video by Dublin four-piece Pillow Queens – Cathy, Pam, Rach & Sarah – currently touring the UK. Cameos from the band members feature throughout.
Pillow Queens write:
The video for Rats takes place on the set of a radical left queer educational television programme for children.
Despite being severely underfunded and under-rehearsed the show goes on, their aim being to enlighten the youth of Ireland to the wonderful world of leftist politics.
Hosted by Snotsey-May Darcy and co-hosted by resident artist Síle O’Surelook (played by founder of Dublin’s best queer variety show GlitterHOLE; Beth Hayden, and drag extraordinaire; Daniel Power).
The content of the show and set itself is littered with references to pop culture and pays particular attention to Ireland’s current political climate with nods to ongoing struggles against the state.
Pillow FIGHT!
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Zarooq SandRacer 500GT – a Paris-Dakar bothering 6,2l, V8, 525bhp offroader, of which only 35 will be made.
Yours for a ground-clearing €392,500+.
War Is Over
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From left: Minister for Health Simon Harris, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Health Promotion Catherine Byrne TD
This morning/afternoon
The launch of the National Drugs Strategy.
To wit:
Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin’s city centre;
Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs;
Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol-related harm;
A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities;
Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services;
Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s;
Recruitment of 7 additional drug-liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency;
Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment….
Hurrah!
Taoiseach has open mind ahead of report on drug possession (RTÉ)
The All Blacks thought they couldn’t lose
The test with the Lions a cruise
But the Lions proved tougher
And meaner and rougher
And the All blacks Slunk off amidst boos!
Martin Cahill
A geezer named Donald Trump,
Gave most of the world the hump
When he said to them all
I’ll build a big wall
And the brickies ill pay on the lump
Mick O’Brien
I once knew a dolphin called Jim
Who went and forgot how to swim.
He quite nearly drowned,
Jumped up on the ground,
And prayed ’til he sprouted a limb.
Darren Hughes
An eager young beaver named Leo
Was Enda’s pretend Alter Ego
Til one day with a shout
He cried, “please let me out!”
And now he’s Fine Gael’s Padre Pio
Frances Browner
There is a wonderful place in the west
A City which is the very best
The People, the Places and all the smiling faces
A step above all the rest.
Lucy Gibbons
Some of the entries to the Limerick competition for the 4th annual Bring Your Limericks to Limerick festival hosted by the Limerick Writer’s Centre this August.
The competition has a a grand prize of €500 for the best Limerick.
Enter you ‘rick here.
Bring Your Limericks To Limerick
Earlier: A Limerick A Day
Dublin 8, last night.
The annual Synge Street Feast.
Friendly neighbours. Chilled minds. A baffled greyhound.
Just like last year, only moreso.
(Pix: Oisín Kane)
Yesterday’s Sunday Independent
Derek writes:
A technical question. Is there a measurement available for who exactly the squeezed middle are? I earn 45k a year and my wife takes home about the same. We live in rented accommodation in Dublin city and cannot afford a house and won’t be able to afford one for years. We take one holiday a year and have one car and no kids yet… Do we qualify?
Squeezed middle or squashed bottom?
YOU decide!