Yesterday.
Some Dad tweetz:
Someone is well prepared in Aldi Ballymun. This is not one of the bats they are selling.
UPDATE: bat origin dispute (see comments).
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Yesterday.
Liamo writes:
Bar wars. Spotted in Milan.
MORE to folly
From top: The Neonos Holland Watch; John P Holland
The HOLLAND//01 watch takes inspiration from the original Holland class submarines and military submarines of today. The design has subtle curves with sharp edges giving a stealth look while also incorporating blue highlights and a dial legible in darkness or light. The innovative U-shaped lugs hide the ends of the strap creating a unique design feature…
Phil Callaghan writes:
We’re a new company based in Dublin who have just Kickstarted our first watch, a tribute to Irish engineer John P Holland who developed the first submarine..
Over the last 18 months our team of 4 designers have created this watch. We’ve used high quality materials such as Forged Carbon and DLC (Diamond like Coating) stainless steel; this allows the watch to reach depths of 300m! .[more at link below]
Daly Prayers
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This afternoon.
Saint Eugene’s Cathedral, Derry.
A not-inconsiderable quantity of priests arrive at the funeral service for former Bishop of Derry Edward Daly who died on Monday aged 82.
A message of condolence from Pope Francis was read out during the mass for Dr Daly, who famously tended to the dying during Bloody Sunday,
Funeral hears Bishop Edward Daly dedicated his life to serving peace (RTÉ)
Ciaran Savage writes:
Dublin band, All Tvvins release their self-titled debut album (‘All Tvvins or ‘llVV’) tomorrow with an instore performance and album signing in Tower Records, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 from 1pm tomorrow. Current single is ‘These 4 Words’ (above)…
Pat Answer
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Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland and a OCI statement this afternoon on the Rio ticket brouhaha.
Pat Hickey exclusive – “no impropriety whatsoever from anyone in the OCI or myself in the dealing of tickets” #rterio2016
— Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) August 11, 2016
“What I can tell you very clearly is that there is no impropriety whatsoever from anyone in the OCI or myself in the dealing of tickets and I want to reassure you on that 100%,” Pat Hickey said.
He fully expects that the OCI will come out of this with a clean bill of health.
“I would of course be very sorry for any embarrassment caused to Ireland in this issue. I intend to rectify it as soon as I can,” he added.
The OCI president said he had no advance knowledge of the controversy and found out about it from the media….
No impropriety in OCI regarding tickets – Hickey (RTÉ)
Updated Statement from OCI Re. Ticketing Issues – Thursday 11 August 2016 (OCI)
Previously: The Golden Tickets
A 2016 graduation short by Cornelius Joksch, to wit:
A secret garden, an epic struggle and a huge disappointment.
Oil paintings by Spanish artist Paco Pomet subverting vintage holiday photographs with extrapolated weirdness and flashes of neon colour to depict a bizarre realm of freakishly elongated limbs and irradiated landscapes.
Good times.