Last week, with two free tickets to see Mack Fleetwood on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song from the vast Mac canon.

You answered in your tens.

But there could be only one winner.

Third place:

Fleetwood Mac — Albatross

Slightly Bemused writes:

‘I have to admit my favourite song is Albatross, followed closely by Man of the World. A very good friend of mine used play Albatross on his guitar and lamented that he could not get it right (I could not tell the difference). Then he learned that they use 2 guitars and felt so much better. I worked in a lot of countries, and the same friend made me a mix tape to take with me, and one of the songs was Man of the World. That tape cheered me up in a lot of dark places.’

Runner-up:

Fleetwood Mac – Landslide

Millie Vanilly writes:

‘It’s a beautiful song with a lovely sentiment behind it and one of my daughter’s favourite songs. I sing it to her at bedtime and now I associate it with an extremely precious time of day.’

Winner:

Fleetwood Mac- The Chain

Odockatee writes:

‘It’s s a class tune, so far, so good. But then the pause just after the fade out of “keeps us together…….” and the bass line kicks in and its all Formula-1-head-shaking-running-on-the-spot-air-guitaring action.’

Thanks all.

Last week” Win Nick’s Free Tix

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

‘Here’s How’

Episode 90 (!) of the current affairs podcast presented by William Campbell (top).

William writes:

Two Harrys on this podcast- Harry Todd of the hardline pro-Brexit group Get Britain Out reacts to the potential wiping out of the Northern Ireland dairy industry, and an analysis of   of the analysis by Harry McGee (above), of the Irish Times, of the Maria Bailey Swinggat saga…

Listen Here

Nealo feat. God Knows, INNRSPACE & SENU – Questions

For those about to rap…

Dublin hip-hop newcomer Nealo (top) has just dropped a new single Angel On My Shoulder.

But to get you in the mood, here he is live and dangerous (above) earlier this summer at an RTÉ Studio 8 Live session ably backed by slinky jazz neo-soul trio INNRSPACE and rapper SENU.

Nealo headlines the Grand Social, Dublin, on September 27.

Nick says: Hip-hop hooray!

This afternoon.

Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Manager of Dublin Pride Eddie McGuinness (in tunic) and Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland Colm O’Gorman (red top) join ‘revellers’ at an open air disco opposite the Dail protesting the visit of US VP Mike Pence to Ireland.

Dancing until 3pm.

No ‘jeans shorts’.

Earlier: Welcoming Matt

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From top: The PSC card; Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina O’Doherty (left) and Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner

This afternoon.

On RTÉ’s News at One, Pat Leahy, of The Irish Times, spoke to Christopher McEvitt about his article concerning the Government’s decision appeal the Data Protection Commissioner’s report on the Public Services Card.

It comes ahead of a Cabinet meeting this afternoon whereby it’s expected that ministers will be briefed about this decision.

Christopher McEvitt: “Tell us a little bit about the sense of embarrassment felt by the minister in charge of this project, Regina Doherty?”

Pat Leahy: “Yeah, Government have been very quiet about this. Albeit that the report was issued during August – the full report, by the way, hasn’t been published, merely the announcement of the report by the Data Protection Commissioner.

“But there was calls for Regina Doherty, who’s the Minister for Social Protection, who had promoted and defended the use of the card during her period as minister, calls from the Opposition for her to resign, came under a lot of criticism, not just from Opposition politicians, but also from activists in the field.”

“She’s said very little about it since then now and frankly I suppose some of that period was during the traditional political holidays, during August. But we haven’t heard from her in any great detail about the Government’s response to it. But today we find that she is bringing a memo to Cabinet which will inform that Government intends to appeal this, or to challenge the findings of the Commissioner’s report in the High Court.”

McEvitt: “And presumably she has found good reason to appeal the Data Protection Commissioner’s findings on the Public Services Card, we have no idea, have we, as to what the legal argument would be?”

Leahy: “No we don’t have any sight of the detail of the Attorney General’s advice on it, but I’m told what ministers will be briefed on this afternoon, when they meet for the first Cabinet meeting since the August break, is that advice has been taken not just from the Attorney General’s Office but also from an external counsel engaged by the Attorney General’s Office.

“And the advice is that the decision of the, or the findings of the Data Protection Commissioner, in relation to the Public Services Card, were wrong in law, that she exceeded her legal powers and that they are likely to be set aside by a court.

“So I think the next stage that will be taken will be that the Data Protection Commissioner will be informed of this and if her report is not withdrawn that then, which I suppose is unlikely to happen, that High Court proceedings will be issued.”

McEvitt: “Any response thus far to your story on the front page of The Irish Times today from those civil liberties groups, those rights campaigners who were very concerned and who, indeed, welcomed the Data Protection Commissioner’s decision or findings on the Public Services Card, i.e. that it was being used beyond its scope unlawfully, by the Government?”

Leahy: “Well, I suppose campaigners who had been saying these sorts of things about the extension of the use of the Public Services Card for some times felt vindicated by the Data Protection Commissioner’s report and many of them pointing out that this could spawn a series of legal actions against the Government.

“I suppose many of them will not be surprised by the Government’s decision to challenge he findings of the Data Protection Commissioner. I suppose at a basic, political, level, it kicks the issue into touch.

“I think there will likely be criticism by both the Opposition and activists on the Government’s decision but from the point of view of Government Buildings, once that criticism is out of the way and I suppose once this story has died down, then it means it’s not something that has to be immediately addressed by the Government until such time the legal action has resolved itself which, as we know, is not something, that generally happens very quickly.”

Listen back in full here

Earlier: ‘They’ve Been Collecting Data About Voters For A Very Long Time’

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