Alternate history
With Monsieur Z, who writes:
What if the Irish Rebellion of 1798 succeeded in liberating Ireland from British Rule, and established a free Irish Republic with support from France?
FIGHT/Bagarre
Illustration: The United Irish Patriots of 1798
I am appalled by what I have witnessed on @RTE_PrimeTime this evening. Such rogue operators cannot be permitted to operate and such bad practices cannot be tolerated anywhere. Action must be taken immediately.
— Alan Farrell TD (@AlanFarrell) July 24, 2019
Me too, Alan. Got so agitated I fell off my chair, sprained my back, haven’t been able to sit on a barstool since.
My solicitor’s on the job, the letter’s on its way to #RTEInvestigates, I’m demanding a modest €50k. https://t.co/fN41zcdJf8— Gene Kerrigan (@GeneKerrigan) July 25, 2019
Previously: Whiplash Away
Back in a ‘jiffy’.
An Injection room, Vancouver Canada
Last night.
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for Ireland’s first ever supervised injection rooms for drug users.
Merchants Quay Ireland had applied to run the facility from its building in the city centre.
It would have compromised of seven booths and would have catered for around 65 to 100 users per day.
The council turned down permission citing a lack of a policing plan and the effect it would have on the tourist economy.
The supervised injection facility was a major part of the national drugs strategy and was included in the 2016 Programme for Government.
Dublin City Council refuses permission for drug injection centre (RTÉ)
Previously: More Than A Fix
An eloquent personal statement by cosplayer Hot Glue Burns (who is of Osage Nation and Oglala Lakota heritage) at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.
A school of Great White sharks have made their home in Montery Bay, California
The Pacific can be a delight
But while swimming you may get a fright
Look over there, hark!
It’s a rather large shark
And it’s hungry, it’s great and it’s white
John Moynes
A tribute to the late, great Rutger Hauer by way of his star turn as Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner’ (1982) by Brazilian artist Butcher Billy.
RIP
MORE to folly
Dillon Quinn in his KnockanStockan Festival outfits
Last week, Limerick fashion designer Dillon Quinn landed VERY LATE free tickets with the ‘sheet to see the KnockansSockan festival in Blessington Lakes, County Wicklow.
He promised to dress up.
Above are the festival-friendly outfits Dillon sported throughout the weekend.
Dillon writes:
The bodysuit is from a vintage store I work for called Spice Vintage in Limerick. All the vintage is hand picked by Grace (the owner) from vintage that’s 20 years old!
The boiler suit (black outfit with 777) is from Dublin Vintage factory. A festival essential! Keeps you warm & you can wear as pants which I did for the 3rd look….
…The 3rd look (Pic 1) is just a cropped vintage tee with a harness I made myself from old elastics & hardware from the tent materials….
In fairness.
