Century Ireland writes:
This week in 1920 Irish members of the National Union of Railwaymen joined.
with the dockers of Dublin in refusing to handle British war munitions arriving into Ireland.
For more on this story read Helen O’Keeffe’s article ‘The 1920 Munitions Strike: “An unusual kind of strike“‘
James Vincent McMorrow – Headlights
Never mind the lockdown, here’s James Vincent McMorrow inviting us in to his world for his new video directed by Tom Speers.
James says:
“When it became impossible to create our original idea for the Headlights video, we embraced the chaos. No grand plans or aspirations, simply capture life in as natural and unforced a way as possible.
“For people who might think me opaque, you know my music but you might not know me or what I am, this video is for you.”
Nick says: Homely.
Oh.
Fergal Bowers of RTÉ News tweetz:
Private hospitals occupancy released to Louise O’ Reilly, Sinn Féin Health spokesperson…
Here’s a better view so mammy & daddy can see their precious little boys up close! @NeilRedFM pic.twitter.com/3qRUfOEZTH
— Lenny Clarke (@lennyc81) May 23, 2020
Gardaí are investigating reports that dozens of teenagers met for a prearranged fight in Co Cork on Saturday night in breach of the Covid-19 regulations.
Videos posted on social media show up to 60 people – all believed to be minors – fighting in groups in a wooded area near Mount Oval Village in Rochestown.
Gardaí are understood to be investigating if the fight was prearranged between pupils attending a Cork city school and a group from east Cork who travelled for the confrontation.
Gardaí investigate reports of fight involving up to 60 youths in Cork (irish Examiner)
Calls for parents to ‘step up’ after Mount Oval mass teenage brawl (Irish Examiner)
Meanwhile…
This was not the organised.youths from outside of mount oval came up looking for a fight and picked on a group of youths who were casually sitting and talking.the deadly youths proceeded to ask for money and then hit the other group of youths
— Garda Síochána Cork (@CorkGarda) May 24, 2020
Meanwhile…
The ‘Rochestown Neighbourly Watch Action Group’ break their silence on the violence in #MountOval yesterday. pic.twitter.com/a8zEWvqrSM
— Quarantadhg (@TadhgHickey) May 24, 2020
Behold: Valles Marineris on Mars – the grandest canyon in the solar system. To wit:
…the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep. By comparison, the Earth’s Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep. The origin of the Valles Marineris remains unknown, although a leading hypothesis holds that it started as a crack billions of years ago as the planet cooled. Several geologic processes have been identified in the canyon. The featured mosaic was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s.
(Image: NASA, USGS, Viking Project)
Memories Of An Irish Summer.
By Fran Cassidy (top), who writes:
This is a poem that might resonate wth anyone who’s parents ever brought them for an Irish Summer’s day at the beach…
Previously: Waiting For A Start
County Limerick.
Aidan writes:
Checked out the old rail line between Patrickswell and Rosbrien at the weekend. Starting to look more and more like a GREENway thanks to nature reasserting itself.
Previously: Heber Rowan: A New Age Of The Train
‘sup?
Carlosfandango writes:
Miss Lette & Mister Hugh livin’ it large on the front yard in lockdown. Fupp the begrudgers
Meanwhile…
Pob writes:
Isis discovered a handy keyboard shortcut for rotating the screen.
Your pet in isolation to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet In Isolation’
