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Above from left: Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin; Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht; Brian Moran, Chair of the Irish Architecture Foundation; and Karen Lee Walpole, Open House Dublin Manager

This morning.

Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.

The launch of the Open House Dublin 2020 Festival programme, Inspired by the theme of the ‘Extraordinary Ordinary’, events are due to take place online and on location around Dublin from October 8-11.

Open House Dublin 2020 (Irish Architecture Foundation)

Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews

Last night.

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich was cut off by a Fox News panel after linking George Soros to the instances of violence that have happened at Black Lives Matter protests in American cities.

Via Newsweek:

Gingrich claimed that the “number one problem” in cities like Portland, New York and around the country which have seen protests against police brutality since late May due to the killing of George Floyd, is “George Soros-elected, anti-police, pro-criminal district attorneys who refuse to keep people locked up”.

The Fox News host Melissa Francis then said: “I’m not sure we need to bring George Soros into this. I was going to say you get the last word, speaker…”, to which Gingrich continued to claim that Soros paid for the protests, asking why couldn’t the “millions of dollars” be discussed on the panel.

“No, he didn’t,” said one of the other panellists. “I agree with Melissa that he didn’t need to be a part of this conversation”.

Gingrich then said: “Okay… so it’s verboten.”

Fox News Shuts Down Newt Gingrich For Linking George Soros to Violent Protests (Newsweek)

More To Life – Living the best life in County Mayo.

Last month, The Western Development Commission launched a video campaign to showcase the career and lifestyle opportunities available in the West of Ireland.

Today the Commission has released a second video (above) to further lure people out of the cities.

Alan Mulrooney writes:

The video features Nathalie Moyano who moved to Foxford, Co Mayo from Dublin in March this year and is now enjoying the fruits of working remotely with a more relaxed pace of life.

Born in France, Nathalie moved to Ireland in 2002 and spent years commuting from Wicklow to the city centre. She moved to Co Mayo on the first day of lockdown and found herself surrounded by woodlands, beautiful riverside walks and stunning gardens at a time when many people were confined to city apartments with no access to open spaces

In fairness.

Western Development Commission

Yesterday.

Casement Aerodrome, County Dublin

Minister for Defence Simon Coveney mark the arrival via Switzerland and Denver of three new Pilatus PC-12 NG Spectre Aircraft for the Irish Air Corp.

Previously: Incoming

Rollingnews/@IRLDeptDefence

The votes are in.

Yesterday, with a beautiful Irish-made Pieces of Wood watch (above) on offer, we asked you to complete a watch-based rhyme:

‘My watch not only tells the time,

It helps the the forests remain sublime,

For the strap and dial are made of wood,

_________________________________________’

Pieces of Wood founder Gavin Duff writes:

We loved the range of entries! We had everything from Fresh Prince and Ghostbusters references to Elmer Fudd getting a look in. So thanks to everyone! We chose our winner because they rightly said that this is something you’ll keep all your life :-)

And that winner is….

Well done, Leo and thanks all.

Yesterday: Psst! Wanna Wooden Watch?

Pieces of Wood


Last night.

Some reaction to Garda Commissioner and former RUC Assistant Commissioner Drew Harris’s fleeting appearance (above right) in Unquiet Graves: The story of the Glenanne Gang, which was broadcast on RTÉ One.

The documentary details how rogue members of the RUC and UDR were centrally involved in the murder of the innocent civilians during the conflict in Northern Ireland.

It  claimed state collusion facilitated the actions of known sectarian murderers in the killings of civilians in a campaign that was aimed at terrorising the most vulnerable in society.

Unquiet Graves (RTÉ)

Now then.

What have we here?

At risk Dublin resident Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina enjoys lunch among friends in Galway seemingly disobeying the plea from Taoiseach Michaél Martin for people to stay in the capital.

So, when did he leave Dublin?

Anyone?/Fight!