#Ukraine: An interesting buggy with a mounted Browning M2 .50 heavy machine gun, belonging to the Ukrainian forces, was destroyed near Marinka, Donetsk Oblast. The buggy was also transporting an AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher and a Barrett M107A1 .50 sniper rifle. pic.twitter.com/txaCNIVyaw
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 20, 2022
Um.
Also: Hmmm.
Yesterday.
Name that Irish Army jammer, anyone?
‘sup?
Yesterday.
River Dodder, Dublin.
Thanks Sauvignon Blanc
Free Sunday?
Do you have broken items at home – clothes, small appliances, toys, electronics?
Read on.
Jeffrey Roe from Tog Hackerspace, writes:
We are looking for all your broken things. We want to stop you from throwing them out and help you repair them for free.
On Sunday we will be holding a Repair Café. A grassroots event to stop things from going to landfill and repairing them.
Broadsheet readers must have broken things lying around that they have put off for years repairing. We want to help you this Sunday.
Repair Cafe, TOG, Unit 1B Motor City, Kylemore Road, Dublin 12 between 11am–4 pm.
Mariupol, Ukraine with the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant behind buildings damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict
⚡️#Putin called the storming of #Azovstal‘s industrial zone in #Mariupol unreasonable and ordered its cancellation. pic.twitter.com/ieGFVIqqEr
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 21, 2022
This morning.
Via The Guardian:
Russia has claimed it has captured the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, with the exception of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, where about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are holding out. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has ordered the plant to be blockaded, but cancelled plans to storm it.
More as we get it.
Russian defence minister claims to have captured Mariupol – reports (The Guardian)
Reuters
DJ Annie Mac
On The Late Late Show…
…Linda Pototzki writes:
Cork men, Timmy Long and James Leonard, otherwise known as The Two Norries will join Ryan and will share their personal stories of addiction and recovery, and what inspired them to start a podcast together.
DJ and former top BBC Radio host Annie Macmanus aka Annie Mac will talk about bringing clubbing back to life after two years of empty dancefloors…
…Ahead of her support slot with her mentor Ed Sheeran in Croke Park this weekend, new pop hopeful Maisie Peters performs her single ‘Psycho’ live in studio…
…Westmeath comedian Alison Spittle will be live in studio with Ryan to talk about the very unexpected inspiration behind her new show,…
Queen of ventriloquism Nina Conti will surprise members of The Late Late Show audience with her hilarious match-making skills….
Plus, Ryan will be joined by the cast of the musical Girl from the North Country, based on the music of Bob Dylan, who are also in studio for a live performance of a Dylan classic. The hit Broadway musical by Conor McPherson comes to Dublin’s Olympia Theatre this June.
The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow at 9:35pm.
BBC
Rockwood Parade, Sligo
This morning.
Via BreakingNews:
A man has died after being seriously assaulted in Co Sligo on Tuesday.
The incident happened at Rockwood Parade in Sligo at around 6pm on Tuesday evening.
Emergency services attended the scene and treated the man, aged in his 30s, for an apparent head injury.
He was taken to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin where he later passed away.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out, the results of which will direct the further course of the investigation, gardaí said.
Man dies after assault in Co Sligo on Tuesday (BreakingNews)
Previously: Another Violent Death In Sligo
Property.ie
The return.
Finally.
Dublin city centre.
Leather Jacket Guy and ‘Jesus’ ask Dubliners to kiss or slap Chris Rock.
This evening.
Shannon Airport.
Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal shakes hands with Taoiseach Micheál Martin as he departs Shannon Airport for the United States.
Earlier…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will land at Shannon Airport today as part of a stopoverhttps://t.co/E9M8RcCksk
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) April 20, 2022
This afternoon.
Shannon Airport.
Denys Shmyhal is scheduled to meet Taoiseach Micheál Martin about now, between 2pm and 3pm.
More as we get it.
Taoiseach to meet Ukrainian PM Shmyhal at Shannon Airport (RTE)
This afternoon.
Parnell Square. Dublin 1.
Giggles the Clown, Deputy Lord Mayor Deirdre Heney and Chief Executive of Dublin City Council Owen Keegan the Klown at the launch of the inaugural Lá Mór na Gaeilge happening on May 1.
The initiative of DCC and Conradh na Gaeilge is a ‘celebration of the diversity of Irish language speakers in the capital’.
All levels of Irish welcome.
You’ll be relieved to hear.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
From left: Johnny the Juggler; Barry Lyons (guitar); Adam Ó Faolán (bouzouki); Giggles the clown; stilt walker Emer Phelan and dancers Isabel Nic Craith and Cara Nic Raghnaill both from Glasnaíon (Glasnevin).
4/20: Major Group for #Cannabis Reform staged a demo at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin. They want regulation and decriminalisation of cannabis to allow better access for medicinal needs and take the product out of the hands of criminals. @Ginosocialist pic.twitter.com/26ijwdQFzS
— Mike Gilmore (@MikeGilmore08) April 20, 2022
This afternoon.
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin 1.
Turned out spliffing.
Happy 420 all.
