Gulp.
Steve writes:
Further to your “View to Achill” item yesterday, I was looking for the location in Google Maps and stumbled across this nearby item of interest – an aircraft overflight.
However, when in 3D view, it gets a bit distorted, making it look like it’s on a low-level bombing run of Achill Island…
Yesterday: View To Achill
South William Street, Dublin 2
Before you leave…
Pre-booking is required where a distance of two metres between tables cannot be maintained.
A maximum limit of six people will be able to sit at each table and they can all be from different households.
Their time there will be limited to one hour and 45 minutes though, unless the tables are spaced two metres or more apart.
Multiple table bookings for the same group will not be allowed, ruling out the holding of Christmas parties or events.
One member of each party will still have to give their name and contact details for potential contact tracing if required.
No live music or loud music will also be permitted, nor will live performances.
Venues that are serving food and beverages will have to be cleared of all customers by 11.30pm and nightclubs and discos will remain shut.
Late Late Show and Deliveroo so.
You’ve read his poetry.
Now wear it.
Sweden-born artist Gunilla Andersson, whose photograph features on the cover of poet Kevin”s latest book, has made jewellery – brooches, earrings, and necklaces – featuring lines from Kevin’s poems.
This jewellery is now on sale, with 100% of the proceeds going to Galway Cope Homeless Services.
Gunilla says:
“I met Kevin at a poetry reading in a wine cellar in Galway late 90s when I was spending a summer working with Macnas, preparing for the Arts Festival. We have been friends ever since and somehow now was the time for a collaboration. He needed a cover picture for his latest poetry bundle and I suggested randomly adding his words to my pictures, printing them out, and cutting them up to see what happened. This jewelry is the result.”
kevin says:
“We are selling each brooch, necklace, and pair of earrings for €20.This offer is specifically available to those in Galway and surrounding counties as you should contact me on 087-6431748 to make an appointment to choose and collect your favourite necklace, pair of earrings, or brooch. As well as being something you might wear, these could become collector’s items for poetry aficionados.”
To purchase a piece of the jewellery, and a copy of Kevin’s book see here.
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘irish-made Stocking Fillers.
Recent examples of street art in Dublin including Liberty Lane (above) in Dublin 8
Dublin Street Art.
Harry Warren writes:
I love walking around Dublin and discovering new street art Frequently I will take a quick photo of a new piece of art as you never know how long it will be there. Art isn’t just for stuffy institutions and galleries. Street art can simply be a visual treat on its own merit, or for many artists, it is also a creative space for political and social commentary.
Dublin is lucky to have a vibrant bunch of urban artists, street artists and muralists. Their creativity and vitality are accessible to one and all and it brings a much-needed brightness and soul to many areas suffering from bland architecture and monotonous design.
To name but a few, not forgetting that there are artist collectives as well, the creativity by artists like Canvas, Solus and Maser are always a joy to behold. Aches is a master of colour and perspective. Emma Blake‘s artwork “Not Asking For It” painted in Dublin at what was the Bernard Shaw pub in Richmond St is a thought provoking example of social and political commentary in a very accessible form.
If you would like to see some excellent examples of Dublin’s vibrant street art scene, take a stroll along Liberty Lane, it is an alleyway that connects Kevin St to Camden Row in Dublin and it features a continuously changing canvas of colourful street art and graffiti. If you are lucky you may catch one of the artists hard at work on their latest masterpiece.
In the past Liberty Lane extended all the way to Portobello and led to the long-gone St Kevin’s Gate, that was the entrance to the Liberty of St Sepulchre but that’s for another story. Follow the route up Camden Street and check out the side streets of Grantham St and Pleasants’ Place that also feature some excellent work. Continue towards Portobello and you will find more excellent art around the environs of the old Bernard Shaw pub.
Some folk see street art as vandalism. I personally draw a distinction between a type of tagging and street art i.e. those mere scrawlings that are motivated by a desire to mark territory. It is disappointing to see tagging scribbled over a street artist work or mural, or when I see the gable end of houses, walls and apartments defaced with bad tagging.
More effort and encouragement should be put into encouraging the tagging brigade to develop their self-expression away from tagging and into more artistic efforts. Real street art is urban culture in action and more designated wall space should be given over to it.
I hope you enjoy just a few of the many photos I have taken of Dublin Street art. If any Broadsheet readers have any favourite street artists or know of some good locations to visit please let us all know in the “replies” section.
Anyone?
Pics by Harry Warren
McGwire House
This morning.
Gardaí are investigating the deaths of two homeless men whose bodies were found in a hostel in Waterford city yesterday evening.
Via RTÉ:
It’s understood that the emergency services were called to the hostel, McGwire House, on Bath Street in Waterford at about 4.45pm.
They found a man, aged in his early 40s, who was unresponsive and subsequently pronounced dead.
While at the scene, they found another man, also aged in his 40s, in a bed and he was also pronounced dead
Two men found dead at hostel in Waterford city (RTÉ)
Pic: CJ Falconer
Yesterday.
During the Georgia Senate Government Oversight Committee looking at voting irregularities during the 2020 US Presidential Election.
Video footage from a count shows suitcases apparently filled with ballots pulled from under a table after supervisors told poll workers to leave and four people stayed behind to allegedly keep counting votes.
Meanwhile…
BREAKING: Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp calls for a signature audit after CCTV footage was leaked of hidden ballots being secretly counted.
— Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) December 4, 2020
Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp roused the ire of President Trump in recent days for not doing more in response to reports of election fraud in his state. But that may be changing now that Gov. Kemp is calling for a signature audit after CCTV footage was presented on Thursday showing election workers purportedly unloading suitcases of hidden ballots.
Hours after the hearing, Gov. Kemp is reportedly now calling for a signature audit to be conducted in the state.
Meanwhile…
Joe Biden is asked about his disagreements with Kamala Harris on certain issues:
"Like I told Barack, if I reach something where there's a fundamental disagreement we have based on a moral principle, I'll develop some disease and say I have to resign." pic.twitter.com/SLcvrwaPCA
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 4, 2020
Good times.
This afternoon.
Leinster House, Dublin 2.
A danse macabre from ballerina Niamh O;Flannagain as she joined a silent, Covid-friendly protest on behalf of dance school owners, drama and stage school owners, dance teachers, professional dancers and others who are calling on the government to reopen their sector.
Pics Karl Ffrench
Earlier: Undoing the split.
Pics: Karl Ffrench
A Millie Christmas Eve Brownie
By popular demand.
Broadsheet reader Millie writes:
First things first, there’s nothing actually Christmassy about these brownies. It began life as a Rachel Allen brownie recipe and over the years was adapted many times over the years, before becoming a beloved Christmas bake. I usually make these on Christmas Eve, and the house is full of the scent of melting chocolate and good, Christmassy cheer. They’re usually gone before Stephen’s Day. It’s a good tradition, if you ask me.
I like to use a blend of caster sugar and muscovado sugar, which you can play around with according to what you have – but the muscovado sugar is a must in order to achieve the fudgy texture essential to a good brownie. You can, of course, add nuts if you wish but that’s considered high treason in my house.
Millie’s Christmas Eve Brownies
175g chocolate – 100g milk chocolate, 75g dark chocolate (you can use all dark chocolate if you prefer, but I find it too rich for my tastes)
175g butter, cubed
25g good quality cocoa, sifted
3 eggs
225g sugar – 150g dark muscovado, 75g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g plain flour, sifted
100g chocolate chunks – 50g milk chocolate, 50g dark chocolate
Icing sugar, sifted
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Melt chocolate, butter, and cocoa powder in a bowl, over a pan of gently simmering water. Make sure that the water doesn’t touch the bowl or the chocolate will ‘catch’, resulting in a lump of chocolate that will not melt and, frankly, a waste of perfectly good chocolate. Once melted, remove melted chocolate from heat and set aside to cool.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract, for around 5 minutes or so, until the mixture is nice and treacly.
4. Add the cooled melted chocolate mixture to the eggs and sugar, before combining using a spatula or wooden spoon.
5. Sift the flour into the mixture, folding until just combined.
6. Add the chocolate chunks and carefully mix until well dispersed, taking care not to over-mix. I prefer to use roughly chopped chocolate, as they make for good hearty chocolate chunks, which overall bake a lot better than chips or finely chopped chocolate. There is nothing more unpleasant than a shard of hard, burnt chocolate.
7. Transfer mixture to a greased and lined tin and bake for 15-20 minutes, until just set. I use a 12 inch x 9 inch baking tray to bake mine, but use whatever tray you have and adjust the time accordingly. I would recommend that you don’t use a larger size tray, as there isn’t quite enough batter for that.
8. Once brownies are baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool slightly in the tray before cutting into generous slices. Serve warm with ice cream or cream. But really, it’s gotta be ice cream, doesn’t it?
Previously: Janet’s Steamed Clootie
March 26, 2020
Last night
Yesterday evening.
A motion supported by Solidarity PBP, The Social Democrats, Sinn Féin, Labour and all Independent TDs to reinstate the same rate of pay that student nurses and midwives were given at the start of the pandemic was defeated by 77 votes to 72. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party all voted against the plan.
When the payment was first announced, Mr Harris said:
“This is an offer and not an obligation. But I know so many of our student nurses want to play their role as we navigate our way through these difficult times.”
Student nurses will be paid during Covid-19 crisis (RTÉ, March 26)
Dáil vote against paying Student Nurses and Midwives (Buzz.ie)
Paul Reid, CEO, HSE in Dr Steevens’ Hospital at the weekly HSE operational update on the response to Covid-19 this afternoon
This afternoon.
Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.
Speaking at the weekly HSE Covid-19 update, Mr Reid said there is a “natural urge to hug people and wish them a Merry Christmas” after spending time at a restaurant or a gastropub, but he warned this will pose “an extreme risk”.
He said he foresees three phases of risk, namely this weekend as restaurants and gastropubs reopen, the second being next week until 18 December when people can visit other households, and from the week of Christmas until the New Year being the third phase.
Mr Reid said the HSE will be “watching very carefully” during the third phase “which poses the highest risk for the HSE and health services” due to an anticipated level of inter-generational mixing.
Not inhumanly weird at all.
