Thin Lizzy’s manager said he contacted An Post telling them 2019 did not mark the 50th anniversary of the band  – as they launched in 1970 – but “they went ahead anyway” with commemorative stamps (above)

Old rockers will give a loud cheer
Now that stamps of Thin Lizzy appear
And while this is great
Take a look at the date
It seems An Post got the wrong year

John Moynes

Rollingnews/AnPost

Meanwhile…

Last night.

GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1.

This evening.

Pic: David Costello

Meanwhile…




This afternoon.

Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.

Rollingnews

Earlier: Meanwhile, In Galway

It Is Upon Us

We’re going out.

To see Hillbilly Moon Explosion downstairs in The Thomas House, Thomas Street, Dublin 8 at 9pm.

Switzerland’s foremost purveyors of rockabilly the band – led by Emanuela Hutter – delve deep into swing, surf, rock’n’roll, country and jump blues.

Check out their new album The Sparky Sessions.

Nick says: Hillbilly heaven.

Hillbilly Moon Explosion

Richie Sadlier

On The Late Late Show…

Jennifer O’Brien writes:

It has been over two months since his phenomenal win at the British Open, and tomorrow night, Ryan will catch up with golfer Shane Lowry to see how life has changed for the Offaly man…

Jeffrey Archer joins Ryan in studio to chat about why, at the age of 79, he has no intention of putting down the pen…

Former Ireland International and RTÉ soccer analyst Richie Sadlier will be in studio to discuss a very personal story for the first time….

Twenty-five years since Riverdance debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ryan will be speaking to show dancers from down the years…

Limerick native Jean Tierney captured the hearts of the nation when she told her story on Operation Transformation earlier this year… Jean will be in studio to share some news with us all….

And D.Cullen performs his new single for the first time …

*begins 48 hour unnecessary journey*

The Late Late Show at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

Screenshot: RTÉ

“The ideal way to meet this requirement [accommodating asylum applicants], obviously is by providing permanently-built accommodation and this is what the government plans to do.”

Fianna Fáil Minister for Justice John O’Donoghue (above), launching Direct Provision as an ’emergency measure’, March 2000.

Nineteen years later….

“What is the Government’s plan to provide further accommodation for the increasing number of people coming and seeking asylum? We have obviously had difficulties in establishing direct provision centres as we saw in Oughterard this week.

“We need to be careful. We have generally dealt well with the issue of immigration. It is apparent that some people from outside the country are opportunistically going to places such as Oughterard for the purposes of drumming up a racist agenda.

“We need to be careful that we do not allow their populist and racist appeal to spread in the country. One way to ensure that does not happen is by the Government having a clear plan in place to ensure people seeking asylum are accommodated in the future.”

Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan (above) in the Dáil this morning on the recent withdrawal of a tender to provide a Direct Provision centre at a hotel in Oughterard, County Galway.

Good times.

Dail transcript via Oireachtas.ie

Previously: Direct Provision on Broadsheet

Galway City Council tweetz:

The Defence Forces have turned 130 tonnes of sand into 10,000 sandbags which are being deployed as part of a total of almost 20,000 sandbags from three locations in the city.

-Claddagh Hall

-The entrance to Mutton Island Treatment Centre

– By the Aquariam in Salthill

Yikes.

Storm Lorenzo beginning to bear down on south coast (RTE)

An impressive, award-winning mashup of live action, animation and moveable sculpture by filmmaker Daisy Jacobs and animator Chris Wilder telling the story of an acrimonious marriage from the perspective of two siblings.

colossal

Broadsheet.ie