Iveagh Market at its opening (top) in 1907 and today (above)

Temple Bar hotelier and publican Martin Keane secured planning permission in 2007 to redevelop the Edwardian market in the Liberties, following a long-term lease deal agreed with the council in 1997. That permission expired in 2017. However, Mr Keane said he will be in a position to submit a fresh application for a €100 million development of the market and surrounding area within the next two months.

Hmm.

Iveagh Markets ‘unsafe’ and in ‘advanced state of dereliction (Irish Times)

Top pic via Stephen Coyne

Meaow.

Erwin Schrödinger?

His cat?


This afternoon.

Elm Green, Griffeen Glen Park, Lucan, Dublin.

Via RTÉ

A man in his 40s has been shot and seriously wounded

The shooting happened just before 2pm. As many as ten shots were fired at a man in a Toyota car. The car appears to have been rammed beforehand.

Man seriously wounded in shooting in Dublin (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

Above from left: Michael Heffernan in Tangos Formal Wear, Dublin and Simona Va in Pronovias from De Stafford Bridal, Dublin

Stop that.

This morning.

A survey by The Wedding and Honeymoon Show has revealed that cash is the most preferred gift for Irish couples who have just tied the knot.

The survey explored wedding trends across Ireland with newlyweds opting out of the traditional ‘gift list’ and  87% of couples preferring cash as a wedding gift.

The findings come ahead of the Wedding and Honeymoon Show this weekend at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.

Beats a toaster, spose.

The Wedding And Honeymoon Show

Sasko Lazarov /Photocall Ireland

This month’s cover of Dublin Inquirer by Conor Nolan.

In the Dublin Inquirer, he writes:

F or this cover I wanted to focus on the subject of overtourism and the cost of it to the city.

I came up with this idea of a character looking like they’re shadily dealing out the city.

Print edition cover (Dublin Inquirer)

Conor Nolan

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Behold IC417 and NGC1931, two large emission nebulae toward the constellation of Auriga. Also known as the Spider Nebula (for obvious reasons) and (less obviously, but continuing the theme), ‘The Fly’. To wit:

About 10,000 light-years distant, both nebulae harbour young, open star clusters. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across. The featured picture in scientifically-assigned, infrared colours, combines images from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Spitzer is celebrating its 16th year orbiting the Sun near the Earth.

(Image: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope, 2MASS)

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Dublin Rental Watch tweetz:

A #TipOff for this ‘WEEKDAY TENANCY ONLY self-contained studio’ at €800pm. 30 Hamilton Street. Planning was granted in 2004 for a ‘storage/utility room’. Photos show a toilet with a kitchen sink and a sitting room with microwave. €800pm!

30 Ham, South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 K0Y1 (Daft.ie)

UPDATE:

‘How On The Turn didn’t make superstars of Kilkenny’s Kerbdog is an enduring mystery. Boasting three superb singles (JJ’s Song, Sally and Mexican Wave), fistfuls of killer riffs and genuine personality, the band’s second album – a perfect blend of alt.metal and alt. rock – should have been huge..’ (Kerrang!)

Kilkenny rock tyros Kerbdog have been given a huge shout out by legendary metal magazine Kerrang! who included their 1997 album On The Turn in the list of most underrated albums of that decade.

Singer Cormac Battle described the accolade as bittersweet on Twitter (below). A few extra million sales would have been his preferred option!

The 12 Most Underrated Albums Of The ’90s (Kerrang!)

Meanwhile…

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