This afternoon.
Newbridge, county Kildare.
Members of the public stop to admire a melting polar cap Culture Night 2021 mural by Paul Woods.
Inconvenient truth: In 10 years, the mural will be entirely water with the butterflies painted out.
Author Archives: Bodger
Bread Heads
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2021 National Brown Bread Baking Competition finalists, from top: Siobhan Hassett, Louise Taylor, Martin Malone, and this year’s winner Aisling O’Toole
This afternoon.
Unidentified location.
Scenes from the final of the 2021 National Brown Bread Baking Competition, sponsored by Aldi. Held in association with the National Ploughing Association and The Irish Country Women’s Association, baker Aisling O’Toole took home a €15,000 prize and will have her bread on sale in Aldi stores for twelve months later this year.
Our money was on Louise with her mountainy crust. Better luck next year.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Mica Drop
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Sage appliances at Currys PC World
This morning.
Our pals at Currys PC World write:
Have you spent the last year using the time you had at home perfecting the perfect coffee? Do you know your americano from your flat white, and your cappuccino from your mocha, your double shot from your latté art? If so, this competition is certainly one for you!
Currys PC World in association with Sage Appliances have announced the launch of their Home Barista of the Year Competition, looking for Ireland’s best, self-taught, Home Barista!
This competition aims to find the Home Barista in Ireland who can show their passion for making their home brewed coffee. Currys PC World and Sage® want you to tell them how you make the perfect coffee at home. Do you think your skills make you the #HomeBaristaOfTheYear?
How to enter:
Submit your videos or photos on Instagram using the hashtag #HomeBaristaoftheYear, for your chance to win the ultimate home brewing set up with Sage® coffee machines, Currys PC World vouchers & yearly coffee subscriptions worth over €10,000 up for grabs. Entries close on Thursday, 30th September.
People scared of taking vaccines are sure to be convinced now with comforting names like “SpikeVax” and “Vaxzevria” https://t.co/0LWXbrugoa
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 16, 2021
Last night/this morning.
Health Canada has authorized brand name changes for the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will now be named Comirnaty, the Moderna vaccine will be named Spikevax, and the AstraZeneca vaccine will be named Vaxzevria.
These are only name changes. There are no changes to the vaccines themselves.
Health Canada authorizes new names for COVID-19 vaccines (CTV)
Meanwhile…
As the official narrative is suddenly changing from the initial selling point of preventing infections outright to now only preventing a more severe illness in some people these past media releases need to be shared to prevent them going down the #COVID1984 memory-hole. pic.twitter.com/okbuTtiCWY
— KB (@halftwottered) September 16, 2021
The Dogs of Dublin by John Rooney
‘sup?
Like dogs?
Mark at Jam Art Prints writes:
Artist and designer John Rooney drew up a commission piece for all the dogs in Dublin sent into us over social media recently. We’ve one signed A3 print to giveaway to the lucky winner who can tell us their funniest/most memorable dog story.
Lines MUST close at 9am.
Arf.
The Jam Art Prints competition runs here every second Thursday. Latest winner here.
They cuddle you.
Save yourselves.
This afternoon.
Merrion Square Park, Dublin 2.
Metal teddy bears form part of a sculpture trail which Dublin City Council has arranged with artist Patrick O’Reilly and Gormleys Fine Art, as part of Culture Night 2021 tomorrow.
Um.
This afternoon.
Dame Street, Dublin 2.
The Olympia Theatre becomes the 3Olympia Theatre.
Meanwhile…
…don’t touch the stained-glass awning thing…
…Phew.
This afternoon.
Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy (top) defended using dáil privilege last night to ‘out’ Simon Harris as the minister who allegedly leaked details of Katherine Zappone’s appointment to the press.
Via RTÉ
Mr Carthy told RTÉ News at One that Taoiseach Micheál Martin has a responsibility to investigate the leaking of Cabinet information and said that “if anyone has evidence it is Fine Gael” and they should share any evidence on the matter to An Garda Síochána.
He said that he “only knows what is general knowledge” that a sting operation was conducted by a junior minister.
The Cavan/Monaghan TD said his remarks are not a surprise to anyone in the Oireachtas, in the media or within Government circles and he does not think “there should be any problem with the public being aware of what is the talk of Irish political circles”.
Carthy stands over Cabinet confidentiality claims (RTE)
Earlier: Confident Swagger