First #Eurovision rehearsal was a blast. I have such a good feeling about this! 🇪🇺🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/eLRjvlHHah
— Philly McMahon (@McMahonPhilly) February 16, 2020
Ew.
Meanwhile…
…on various online forums and via social media platforms such as Twitter, rumours abound that the Irish act will either be 4-piece baroque-pop band ELM or US-based singer-songwriter Lesley Roy….
ELM or Lesley Roy heading to Eurovision 2020 for Ireland? (Escxtra Eurovision)
Thanks Frank
Uncanny.
RTÉ broadcaster John Creedon (left) writes:
This is Liam (right). His mates reckon he looks so like me that they actually call him ‘John Creedon’.
They spotted me in Scotland yesterday and just had to do a ‘double-take’ selfie. Dunno.. if I thought I looked as good as Liam, I’d be in movies….
FIGHT!
The Remedy Club – I Got You
Irish Americana never sounded so good.
Husband-and-wife duo KJ McEvoy and Aileen Mythen aka The Remedy Club deliver a heartfelt hymn to romance on the new single from their second album True Hand True Heart, due on March 27.
Recorded in Nashville with pristine production from Ray Kennedy, the song features guest appearances by Lex Price on bass and Lynn Williams on drums.
Catch them live at The Crown, Wexford, on March 27.
Nick says: Cultured Club.
Irish men the ‘undisputed ugliest’ in the world, according to dating website for ‘beautiful people’https://t.co/sWt3Avya0D
— Irish Daily Mirror (@IrishMirror) February 16, 2020
Meanwhile…
Behave. https://t.co/snlHDns9Lp pic.twitter.com/xODRvJiewT
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) February 16, 2020
Via The Irish Mirror:
A new poll by picky international dating site beautifulpeople.com has seen Irish males slip to the foot of a table of the world’s most attractive nationalities.
Just six per cent of Irish single men who applied to land their profiles on the elite Los Angeles-based site were successful – less than any other nationality…
In contrast Ireland’s women have climbed up the table to sixth overall in the world – their highest-ever ranking and tied with France, with an impressive 35 percent acceptance rate.
Further analysis of Ireland’s data – which is taken from statistics from the island of Ireland as a whole – reveals Dublin to be home to the “most attractive” inhabitants, followed by Cork, Galway and then Belfast. However, romance-hunters from Limerick were most likely to be rejected.
Seems fair.
FIGHT!
Meabh O’Leary – Beatha (Life)
For your consideration.
A too-short, gorgeously cinematic orchestral instrumental by Dublin-based composer Meabh O’Leary
Spring is nearly here!
Previously: For Your Consideration: Meadbh O’Leary
Can you feel it?
Storm Dennis Love is in the air.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day I’m giving away a smoochy Golden Discs voucher worth €25.
Simply tell me below your favourite love song.
Here’s one of mine.
The winner will be chosen by Cupid.
Lines close at 2am!
Please include video links if possible and a dedication to a loved one should it suit
Nick says: Good luck!
UPDATE: Heartfelt stragglers will be mushily accepted until 6.30am Monday morning. I’m a romantic fool.
Free tomorrow?
Dublin indie guitar supremos The Dinah Brand (Top) play a free gig in the newly sprung Bloody Marys bar on South William Street in the capital on Saturday night.
Support comes from Oh Boland and Johnson.
Formed from former members of Pet Lamb, Jackbeast and Legion Of Two, The Dinah Brand’s 2019 album Thank You Driver was a hit with the critics.
Their most recent video (above) was directed by Brendan Talbot.
Nick says: I’m with the Brand.
Kay McNulty (left) and colleagues operate the ‘differential analyser’ in the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1940s
This day 74 years ago – 14 February 1946 – the world’s first general-purpose computer, the ENIAC, was unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
One of its six primary programmers was Kay McNulty, who was born in Co Donegal and had emigrated to the US with her family. pic.twitter.com/AXiDsld4gd
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) February 14, 2020
In fairness.
Top pic: Wikipedia
Yesterday.
Mullaghmore, County Sligo.
The Blue Planet Society write:
Dead dolphin washed up…Supertrawler Dirk Dirk, formerly Geelong Star and banned from Australia after killing nine dolphins and 12 seals, is currently fishing off Mullaghmore (top)…
Glenda Gilson wearing Kangoo jumpers at the official launch of Thrive Festival 2020
The votes are in.
Last week, with a pair of tickets to give away to both the Saturday and Sunday of this year’s Thrive Festival in Dublin’s Convention Centre on February 29 and March 1 on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song about food or which mentions a particular food.
You answered in your dozens.
I am giving the tickets to two different winners: a pair of tickets for Saturday and another for Sunday in an effort to get four people fitter rather than the previously advertised two.
Runner up:
I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll by Leon Redbone.
Gary Flood writes:
Classic jazz from a classy man.
Joint winner:
Beer & Sex & Chips n Gravy by The Macc Lads
Scottser writes:
Should be first on everyone’s list…
Joint winner:
Horse It Into Ya, Cynthia by Conal Gallen.
Fearganainm writes:
Onions, burgers, cheese and onion crisps – what’s not to love? For the truly committed, or those who need to be committed, there’s a dance version…Kiltimagh gets namechecked and the whole oeuvre is redolent of a vanished Ireland – buíochas le Dia
Nick says: Thanks all!
Last week: Win Nick’s Tickets To Thrive
