The seat in the SG, the most common model across the Dublin Bus fleet of 1,014 buses

Ten recent drivers’ signing-off sheets, nine from between February to June 2019 and one with an unclear date, mention complaints with seats, and the cushion in particular.

These sheets are filled in when a bus driver reports a problem with a bus and are given to the depot inspector or relief driver.

“Foam failed in drivers’ seat,” says one.

“Bottom of seat unwinding,” says another.

“No support on left hand side of seat,” says a third.

The majority say the left side of their seat cushion has worn down. “Drivers’ seat very hard to sit on,” says one. “Leg getting painful in back.”

The seat problem doesn’t seem consigned to one model of bus. The signing-off dockets, show drivers were steering a few different models: SG, GT, and EV.

Some Dublin Bus Drivers Say Their Seats Are Making It Painful to Work (Aura McMenamin, The Dublin Inquirer)

Pic: The Dublin Inquirer

FIGHT!

‘Row over Rockall – a tiny eroded volcano in Atlantic – hints at eruption of hostility a no-deal Brexit will set off’ (Collette Browne, Independent)

Related: The Wolfe Tones vow to climb Rockall and claim it for Ireland as fishing row with Scotland rages on (Ken Sweeney, The Irish Sun, June 11)

Yesterday: Between Rockall And A Hard Place

Behold: the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato Continuation Coupe – the result of 4,500 hours of labour using original manufacturing techniques and modern technology – a reconstruction of the mighty 1960 DB4 GT Zagato of which only 19 were ever built.

This one-off remake, (which debuts this month on the Circuit de la Sarthe during the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans – the race that prompted the creation of the original), features exterior paint matched from the original 1960s supplier, an Obsidian Black leather interior, FIA approved roll cage, carbon fibre racing seat, four speed transmission and a 390bhp, 4.7-litre inline six engine.

Making it the finest and most powerful DB4 GT Zagato in the world.

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Philomena Lynott at the Phil Lynott exhibition opening in the Green Gallery, Dublin in 2009

Philomena Lynott, the mother of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, has died aged 88.

She died on Wednesday morning, Hot Press has confirmed, after battling cancer for the past number of years.

Any excuse.

Phil Lynott’s mother Philomena has died aged 88 (RTÉ)

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Meanwhile…

This morning.

Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Dublin.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and renowned fashion plate Queen Maxima with President Higgins and Sabina during an official visit by the royal couple.

How about a visit by some commoners, eh?

FIGHT

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This Sunday.

Phibsboro Library, Blacquiere Bridge, North Circular Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7.

The first Bloomsday in Phibsborough, a neighbourhood steeped in Joycean connections.

Organised by journalist and local resident Eamon Delaney and hosted by Phibsboro Tidy Towns.

With readings, music, dance and snacks – and a climate change angle.

Long overdue, in fairness.

Bloomsday in Phibsboro – A sustainable CIty for Joyce & Us

A [unnamed] restaurant has been ordered to pay €20,000 in compensation to a gay bar manager after a director called him ‘queer’ almost every day at work.

In the case before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the bar manager gave a number of examples of being subject to offensive comments from his two bosses.

‘Director A’ uttered the vast majority of comments to the bar manager. WRC Adjudication Officer Marian Duffy said: “I cannot comprehend how senior managers in a workplace would consider it acceptable to call such offensive names or make such offensive comments to a gay man.”

Restaurant must pay €20,000 to gay bar manager called ‘queer’ (Irish Times)

Some Old Queen asks:

Why all the secrecy [about naming the restaurant]?

Anyone?

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