This afternoon.

Custom House Quay, Dublin 1.

Maskless Mick writes:

‘A protest against recent developments/challenging the official narrative on a range of issues organised by the Yellow Vest movement. Good turnout: maybe 200-300. Antifa turned up and threw petrol bombs so organisers decided against a march to Dáil.

Main speaker was immunologist Professor Dolores Cahill (pic 9). Also volunteers from Health Freedom Ireland spoke plus a  group of doctors, nurses, parents etc. Very peaceful and well mannered. Next march August 22.’

Pics: Maskless Mick

Meanwhile…

FIGHT!

What’s your favourite opening line to a song?

That’s the question for you to ponder this week, with a shining €25 Golden Discs voucher to be won for the best entry.

Here’s mine.

The winner will be chosen by my publisher.

Please include video links if possible.

Lines MUST close at 6am [Saturday].

Nick says: Good luck!

Golden Discs

Last week’s bronzed winner here.



Dude?

This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

An unidentified phone-fixated press photographer (at left) misses his prey, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar, who had just purchased a wrap of some manner in Petit Cafe opposite Leinster House in a bid to ‘support local businesses’.

That’ll learn him.

Sam Boal/RollingNews

UPDATE!

Ah here.

Damn you, Storan.

Heavens.

This afternoon.

Oxford Street, London.

Via Reuters:

A man strolled down central London’s most popular shopping street on Friday with only a mask to cover his nudity, leaving passerbys astounded, amused and shocked.

As the man walked nonchalantly along Oxford Street, naked except for the light blue face mask over his groin, some took pictures on their phones while others simply stared.

It was unclear what prompted the stunt but masks became compulsory on Friday in English shops.

Some liathróidí, in fair.

Man parades down Oxford Street wearing nothing but mask (Reuters)

Gulp..

Hope you brought your PPE.

Meanwhile...

Keith Duffy (left) and Brian McFadden of Boyzlife

 

Proper order.

Hang on.

Where’s Shane, anyone?

The spectacular fruit of photographer and stormchaser Paul M.Smith’s ongoing mission to capture images of rare Red Sprite lightning.

Jellyfish, column, carrot-style – it’s all good.

Related: Sprites Rouges

mymodernmet

JyellowL – Doesn’t Feel Like

‘Love is priceless and so it doesn’t come cheaply here We don’t provide the other cheek because one cheek we share On chic we care the sheepskin the sheepish wear…’

Don’t go chasing waterfalls…

Dublin-based rapper JyellowL (top) returns with a new single tackling racism from his forthcoming album 2020 D/Vision, due in December.

Nick says: Dancing queen.

JyellowL

owl

GBS.

He was a red

And a ginger.

FIGHT!

George Bernard Shaw

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