MORE to folly
MORE to folly
*ahem*
Yesterday.
Johnstown Castle, Murrintown, County Wexford.
Thanks Kipkeno
Last night.
Waterfront Hall, Belfast.
Scenes from The Sky Atlantic ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 world premiere.
GOT’s “last” season will air tomorrow at 9pm in America (eastern time) which will be 2am on Monday in Ireland.
*shakes fist*
Top pic from left: : Richard Dormer, Maisie Williams, Kerry Ingram, Gemma Whelan, Pilou Asbæk, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Joe Dempsie, Conleth Hill, Hannah Murray, Ben Crompton, John Bradley, Chris Newman, Bernadette Caulfield, Kit Harington, Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham, Jerome Flynn, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jacob Anderson and Sophie Turner.
Pics: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Sky Atlantic UK via Rollingnews
Zero Down
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Ah here.
Tonight,
Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin 4
Nick writes:
On the way to the Ireland vs Liverpool Legends game (Sean Cox fundraiser at the Aviva)
Meanwhile…
Fantastic to see Seán Cox at tonight’s game 👏👏#SupportSeán 👉 https://t.co/sqtY8G5VLd pic.twitter.com/wynrn5ngLR
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 12, 2019
Meanwhile…
This is what happens when you have a banner saying “Delaney Out”. #FAIOireachtas pic.twitter.com/AKXhyopZnd
— Seán O’Sullivan (@seanpatrick2001) April 12, 2019
Tonight.
Cork City Vs St Patrick’s Athletic League of Ireland match.
Sinn Fein TD and former Cork City chairman Jonathan O’Brien was ejected from from Turner’s Cross last night following a protest against the FAI.
O’Brien – who was part of the Oireachtas Committee that met with the officials of the Association on Wednesday – was escorted out of the ground by Gardai….
TD thrown out of Cork City match at protest against FAI (RTÉ)
Tomorrow is International Record Store Day.
Your annual reminder that music is available for sale as chunky spherical objects in sexy gatefold sleeves in real-world geographical locations staffed by actual living humans… Crazy, right?!!
Yes, once upon a time there was no such thing as YouTube, Soundcloud, BandCamp… all music was offline.
As a teenager growing up in the 1980s in Dublin, record shops like Golden Discs, Dolphin Discs, Freebird, Sound Cellar and Comet were like lighthouses dotted around the city, offering a sacred place to hear new music and maybe meet like-minded souls.Then the UK chain stores Virgin, HMV and Our Price Records came to town. We never had it so good.
My favourite store, however, was Tower Records on Wicklow Street, Dublin 2 (above) – its hallowed aisles contained an eye-popping amount of records. Fancy an obscure green coloured vinyl Japanese import of the latest Smiths single? No problem.
Many shops are hosting live in-store gigs for the day that’s in it and offering special discounts and selling exclusive bespoke releases.
Nick Says: Support your local record store – you’ll miss it when it’s gone. Consider this your vinyl warning.
Meanwhile…
We have a Golden Discs voucher worth TWENTY FIVE EUROS to giveaway to one platter-cherishing Broadsheet reader.
What is your favourite record store EVER in Ireland or ‘abroad’?
To enter, please complete this sentence.
‘My favourite record store ever is__________ because________________’
Lines MUST close at 5.15pm extended until MIDNIGHT!
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the 1988 BMW M3 – one the outside, a pumped up Reagan/Bush era E30 with big wheels, flared arches and a rear spoiler.
Inside, A 194bhp, 4-cylinder S14 engine that made it a rally and road racing legend. This model, in mint condition and with low mileage, retains its original (albeit not to everyone’s taste) white-over-grey tartan interior.
Yours today for between €65,000 and €95,000.
Wake up, people.
Among the most rested countries surveyed by Sleep Cycle, an app that tracks how much shuteye people are getting, New Zealand comes top with the average Kiwi clocking up in excess of 7.5 hours per night.
Finland, the Netherlands, Australia, the UK and Belgium all rank highly for sleep, too, with Ireland close behind (at 7.3 hours).
Fascinatinzzzzzz
Which countries get the most sleep – and how much do we really need? (WeForum.org)
Thanks Spaghetti Hoop
Leo Varadkar, then Minister for Sport, and the FAI’s John Delaney at the National Sports Centre in 2013
Leo Varadkar said he doesn’t think anybody would be satisfied by Mr Delaney’s refusal to answer questions about corporate governance at the FAI during his tenure as chief executive.
….Mr Varadkar said Mr Delaney was not a public servant and therefore was not accountable to the Oireachtas Committee on Sport.
But he said Mr Delaney and the FAI were accountable to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and to Sport Ireland, and those bodies still had questions which had to be answered.
Taoiseach criticises Delaney appearance at Oireachtas Committee (RTÉ)
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