Enda Kenny will present a programme on Irish railways

This morning.

Via Independent.ie:

Later this year the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader will front a television series on RTÉ 1 about old Irish railways from times past. Mr Kenny, a fluent Irish speaker, will present the series in Irish.

Mr Kenny is understood to be enjoying revisiting the old railways in Mayo and adjoining counties, as well as throughout the country.

Always a keen student of history, he is developing a new-found interest in railway history.

Meanwhile…

….The evisceration of Irish railways mainly occurred in the decades Enda’s father, Henry Kenny, served as a TD and eventually a junior government minister.

Luckily some railways survived in his native Co Mayo, unlike other counties.

Good times.

Full steam ahead as Enda Kenny to present RTÉ show (Independent.ie)

Previously: A New Age Of The Train

Rollingnews

Saturday night.

Killarney, County Kerry.

Independent Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae said the scenes in Kerry over the weekend would not have happened if all pubs were open.

“That is why I would use that scene in Killarney on Saturday night as an argument in persuading Government to allow all public houses to open. Because if our public houses are open, people will get alcohol in a measured and principled way, by responsible people who go before our courts every 12 months and who run what I call respectable public houses.”

He said he was “advocating that all pubs should be open, not just ones who serve food”.

Michael Healy-Rae: Killarney scenes would not have happened if pubs were open (Irish Times)

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

This morning.

Slight change.

Same bias.

Meanwhile…

Um.

Musical events and gigs may be allowed to go ahead if alcohol is not served

It’s looking like maybe quite soon
You can go hear a band play a tune
But the staff will refuse
To let you drink booze
So it isn’t that much of a boon

John Moynes

Pic: Whelan’s

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