Behold: the Aston Martin X Brough AMB 001 – a track-only collaboration between the auto manufacturer and legendary British motorcycle maker Brough Superior – the first ever hog to carry the Aston Martin name.
With a 180bhp turbocharged V-twin engine packed into a lightweight carbon fibre frame, it’s also one of the most powerful bikes ever built. Limited to 100 units, the AMB 001will go into production next year.
Yours for €108,000.
CEO of Ryanair Michael O’ Leary in front of one of his company’s Boeing 737-800 NGs aircraft after delivery of the first of 180 new 737-800 NGs in September, 2014
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ:
Ryanair has confirmed that some 737NG planes have been taken out of service due to cracks, a problem that has grounded dozens of the jets globally.
In a statement to RTÉ News, Ryanair said Boeing is carrying out repairs on behalf of the airline after an inspection of more than 70 of its oldest aircraft in full compliance with the Airworthiness Directive.
But the carrier dismissed reports [see below] that some of its Boeing 737NGs have been affected by the ‘pickle fork’ issue. Pickle forks are components that attach the wings and the aircraft’s body.
Ryanair confirms some 737 planes being repaired for crack (RTÉ)
Earlier…
At least three Ryanair Boeing 737s have been grounded due to cracks between the wing and fuselage but this was not disclosed to the public, the Guardian can reveal.
The budget Irish airline is the latest to be affected by faults in the “pickle fork” structure, which has sparked an urgent grounding of 50 planes globally since 3 October.
A high concept post apocalyptic short by animator Louis Morton in which survivors have turned to nature to get the world back in shape.
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
A kissing protest has taken place outside the Dail to highlight “the lack of hate-crime legislation”. The ‘Shift The Hate Away’ demonstration follows attacks on two gay men in Dublin in recent weeks.
Yesterday: Ctrl + Shift
Behold: the six fastest rotating disk galaxies known to man. But why? To wit:
If you estimated each spiral‘s mass by how much light it emits, their fast rotations should break them apart. The leading hypothesis as to why these galaxies don’t break apart is dark matter — mass so dark we can’t see it. But these galaxies are even out-spinning this break-up limit […] It is therefore further hypothesized that their dark matter halos are so massive — and their spins so fast — that it is harder for them to form stars than regular spirals. If so, then these galaxies may be among the most massive spirals possible. Further study of surprising super-spirals like these will continue, likely including observations taken by NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope scheduled for launch in 2021.
(Images: Top row: NASA, ESA, Hubble, P. Ogle & J. DePasquale (STScI); Bottom row: SDSS, P. Ogle & J. DePasquale (STScI))
This afternoon.
The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) has published the latest insights into the lives of over a third of its members, who are third-level students.
To wit:
35% had to repeat a college exam; 11% had to repeat an entire academic year
65% feel their training load negatively affects their academic performance
54% don’t receive supports from their college if they are under pressure
48% felt more like an inter-county player than a student trying to earn a degree.35% had to repeat a college exam; 11% had to repeat an entire academic year
65% feel their training load negatively affects their academic performance
54% don’t receive supports from their college if they are under pressure
48% felt more like an inter-county player than a student trying to earn a degree.83% are playing with at least three teams
81% take part in social activities less than most other people their age
70% travel home for training 3 or more times per week
48% felt confident to talk to their county manager about a reduced training load.78% report feeling stressed at least once a month (up 24%)
73% would like to spend more time with family and friends (up 12%)
69% travel from college to training at least three times a week (up 17%)
69% would like more time to devote to their studies (up 13%)
Gulp.
Via GPA:
63% of the GPA’s student-members are 21 – 24 years of age and 93% are full-time students, and all of them face the specific challenge of managing the demands of being an inter-county player alongside their academic commitments and personal lives.
The GPA Student Report 2019 highlights the challenges experienced by GPA student-members, some of which were also highlighted in the most recent ESRI study published in 2018 on the demands on all senior, inter-county players. This report also provides actionable GPA recommendations to help student-members achieve better-balanced lifestyles so they can thrive on and off the field….
1989.
Gay.
On Gay.
Jack Jones writes:
Gay being interviewed on his own show while still presenter to promote his own book by Deidre Purcell (his co-author) and Andy O’Mahoney….
Good times.
Earlier: The Late Wake
Above from left: Anthony Owens, Director of Industrial Relations, IMO, Dr Mathew Sadlier past president of the IMO, Doctor Clive Killgallen, Chair Consultant committee IMO and Dr Anthony O’Connor,a member of the IMO consultant community
Um.
This afternoon.
Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2
A press briefing by the Irish medical organisation (IMO)in advance of a National Meeting of Consultants and Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) to decide on whether to proceed to ballot for industrial action over a consultant ‘recruitment crisis’.
Go diversity (while you’re at it).
Not too late to join us to demand that the govt #StopKillingCyclists pic.twitter.com/Gqv3trEpYY
— I BIKE Dublin (@IBIKEDublin) November 6, 2019
This lunchtime.
Outside Leinster House.
Cyclists held a ‘die-in’ demonstration following the death of Neeraj Jain (top) who was cycling to work last Friday morning when his bike collided with a cement mixer at the back of the building site of the National Children’s Hospital.
Mr Jain, from Faridabad, India, moved to Ireland in 2018 to pursue a Masters degree in Engineering in UCD and was working with Deloitte in Dublin.
Last week in the Shankill area of Paulstown, Kilkenny, a cyclist in his 70s died after he suffered serious injuries following an incident with a parked lorry.
Today’s ‘die-in’ is the second such ‘die-in’ in as many days.
Meanwhile…
Neil Fox (above) – whose sister Donna (above inset) died when she was hit by a lorry turning left at the junction between Seville Place and Sheriff St Upper in September 2016 – has written a blog post about today’s “die-in”.
From this post…
“‘Die-Ins’ have a very clear purpose and the fact they horrify is the real reason for them, they bring the harsh reality across in a way nothing else quite can.
“As someone who had to wait days before I could see my sister, one might imagine I’d never need a reality check on the horror.
“But I do, and if I do, how much more others who have thankfully never been directly effected by the tragic brutal violent death of a loved-one in a cycling collision.
“I’ve recently been thrilled by the new dangerous overtaking of a cyclist regulation which Minister Ross will bring in next week, but of course the other key ingredient is: infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure, so I am in total solidarity with those protesting today in our shared vision for a safer Ireland, in particular a safe Dublin for cyclists.
“…I call on the Government as ever, to wake up, to do whatever possible to curb such carnage. Carnage, lives lost, lives destroyed. Real people. Not mere statistics.
“…I really hope some good comes of today’s demonstration. It is heartbreaking but perhaps a re-enactment, dramatic as it is, is needed to bring our government to act. Really act.”
Yesterday: Extreme Steps
Top pic: Muiris Ó Conchúir
