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Thank your lucky stars it’s Friday.

Once more, we have our treasured Broadsheet Trailer Park supervisor Andy Pipkin to thank for the theme of this week’s voucher-free music sesh.

Andy writes:

“As a suggestion for this week’s Esteem post, might I be bold enough to suggest the following? For the last few years you’ve always asked ‘your favourite’ so this week I’m putting forward your least favourite, most annoying song that most people enjoy! Here’s mine: Honestly it makes me physically vomit!”

Thanks Andy. Here’s mine.

Please include video link if possible.

Lines close on Saturday at Midnight

Last week, I asked for your favourite Eurovision Song Contest entry down all the days.

You answered in your tens but there could only be one winner. Capernosity & Function won my esteem with this entry:

Daði og Gagnamagnið – Think About Things

Capernosity & Function writes:

“The great lost Eurovision winner that never was from the cancelled 2020 contest. The Eurovision jobsworths wouldn’t let Dadi Freyr enter this song again in 2021, so please let him win this equally prestigious song contest.”

Justice is finally served!

Nick says: Congrats Capernosity and thanks to everyone who entered.

Last week: Win Nick’s Esteem

Pic: Steamboat Vinyl, Limerick

The results are in

Earlier this week, we offered you the chance to win 2 tickets to see the Black Eyed Peas and guests in Galway’s Pearse Stadium on June 4.

We asked for your favourite memory of Galway.

Cú Chulainn’s very adult, brazenly TMI story hit the G spot:

“My favourite memory of Galway: Mid-20s and away with a beautiful sexy and very horny young woman for a dirty weekend. We had both fancied each other for good while so it was full-on. So full-on we didn’t even stay out for late pints on the Saturday.

“Cue Sunday morning and I had the aforementioned in completely wide open and exposed position – did I mention she was quite kinky? – when the hotel room door opened and the chambermaid walked in. That was the moment I discovered that I like an audience, I like more than one person in the room, and the day my life changed for the better.”

Nick says: Congratulations (and Splutter!), Cu Chulainn and thanks to everyone who entered.

Previously: Peas In Our Time

Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director general of the World health Organisation

Mwahahaha.

This afternoon.

Lizards assemble.

Political and business leaders from around thw world meet in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2022 from 22-26 May. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation’s Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May, where members will discuss the pandemic treaty.

FIGHT!

Davos 2022: Who’s coming and everything else you need to know (World Economic Forum)

Seventy Fifth World Health Assembly (WHO)

Ah here.

Yesterday: It’s Like ‘Independence Day’, Without The Independence

Pic: WEF

This afternoon.

Eden Quay, Dublin 1.

Members of the ‘Revolutionary Workers Union’ protest at the Salvation Army-owned Lefroy House.

Earlier…

This morning/afternoon.

Eden Quay, Dublin 1.

The Salvation Army Ireland yesterday secured a High Court injunction requiring persons to vacate Lefroy House after members of a group calling itself the Revolutionary Workers Union entered the property earlier this month and then refused to leave.

Via Irish Times:

The building, on which the Salvation Army holds a long lease, had been operated as emergency accommodation for minors in crisis for many years until its closure early last year when funding ceased. The charity had been renovating the property to accommodate refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and had hoped to open its doors to a first group next month.

Plans were put on hold after the building was allegedly broken into and occupied on May 1st last The court heard that in social media posts the group, which has renamed the property James Connolly House, claims it intends to use the building to accommodate homeless people.

Salvation Army secures injunction requiring alleged trespassers to vacate Dublin building (Irish Times)

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

Five Grand Stereo – Dancing Mary

Come dance with me in Dublin.

Five Grand Stereo pay tribute to one of the last true characters of the Fair City: Mary Dunne aka Mad Mary, who in decades past could be seen dancing and praying on O’Connell Street.

Written by singer Chris Singleton, the song was recorded in London during lockdown and is released by Brown Paper Records/Style Factory.

The video is by Jonny Pollard.

Lads, how about a double album about Bang Bang?

Nick says: A holy show.

Five Grand Stereo

This morning.

Capel Street, Dublin 1.

Key elements of the changes?

Via Dublin City Council:

Permanent closure at Parnell Street after Jervis Lane to remove through traffic on Capel Street.Delivery access will be facilitated between 6am and 11am. Car parking spaces will be removed and converted to loading bays to ensure there is sufficient space. There will be all day loading provided at a number of side streets.
Mary’s Abbey traffic flow direction will be reversed and residents exiting from Abbey Street will exit via Mary’s Abbey.
Mary Street between Capel Street and Jervis Lane will be reversed.
Strand Street Little and Strand Street Great will remain open to traffic all day.
Initial street improvements including seating and greening are to be provided.

Fight!

Top Pic: Stephanie Dickenson