Free Sunday?

If you like your music to be fast, loud, socially aware and infused with the spirit of The Clash, then you’re going to want to see The Gakk live at The Alternative Sunday Social Club in The Wild Duck, Sycamore Street, Dublin 2 at 4pm.

The Dundalk-based band are supported on the night by Huntings and Dazed.

Nick says: How low can you pogo?

The Gakk

Behold: The Pagani Imola – an 864bhp, 6.0 litre hypercar named after the iconic 17-bend Ferrari home-circuit racetrack.

The low profile V12 track-monster has an ultralight carbo-titanium monocoque chassis with a massive roof-mounted air scoop and rear wing.

Only five will be made and you can’t have one because they’re all spoken for, despite the €5 million+ price tag.

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Meanwhile…

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This must be the plaice.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris

“In national security matters and matters around the State, it is my obligation to report to the government as you would expect me to do.

Also, we have been contributing to the IRC (Independent Reporting Commission) reporting on the status of various paramilitary groups and we would hold with their opinion on these matters.

I am also aware of the PSNI and the British security services assessment and we do not differ from that view.”

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris

Harris agrees with PSNI assessment that Sinn Féin, IRA overseen by army council (RTÉ)

Meanwhile…

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How soaking?

Damian O’Halloran, of Weatheir.com, writes:

We are on course to see rainfall records for February being broken at some stations in Ireland. Rainfall amounts in the western half of Ireland are almost three times greater than those recorded in the east so far this month.

More heavy rainfall on the way for the north and west of Ireland (Damian O’Halloran, Weatheir.com)

Behold: one of the most familiar sights in the night sky: Orion – seen here above the Central Bohemian Highlands of the Czech Republic – the constellation has been known to stargazers for over 30,000 years. To wit:

Orion has looked pretty much the same during this time and should continue to look the same for many thousands of years into the future. Prominent Orion is high in the sky at sunset this time of year, a recurring sign of (modern) winter in Earth‘s northern hemisphere and summer in the south. The featured picture is a composite of over thirty images taken from the same location and during the same night last month. Below and slightly to the left of Orion’s three-star belt is the Orion Nebula, while four of the bright stars surrounding the belt are, clockwise, Sirius (far left, blue), Betelgeuse (top, orange, unusually faint), Aldebaran (far right), and Rigel (below). As future weeks progress, Orion will set increasingly earlier.

(Image: Vojtěch Bauer)

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From top: Patricia Kavanagh and Mary Redmond; Audry Tormey, Zorro the dog and Karen O’Connell

This morning/afternoon.

National Council for the Blind (NCBI), Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

SIPTU healthcare workers employed by Section 39 organisations are taking strike action today in an effort to resolve a dispute over pay restoration.

Section 39 organisations are voluntary organisations which have service legal agreements with the HSE to provide health and social care within communities. These workers receive dual salary funding between the HSE and voluntary contributions.

‘First time in my life I’ve been on strike but this is a real problem’ – SouthDoc staff striking (Independent.ie)

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