This afternoon.,
Solidarity’s Rita Harrold launches her campaign for a seat in Europe with a gathering of Rosie the Riveters, all activists from Rosa.
Rita, who describes herself as a ‘socialist feminist voice’, will stand in Dublin in the European Elections and as a candidate for Cabra-Glasnevin in the Local Elections, both held on May 24.
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Fianna Fáil Euro Candidates for Ireland South Billy Kelleher TD (left) and Malcolm Byrne after handing in Nomination Papers with Returning Officer Martin Harvey (top right)
Bring back black brogues soon.
Pics: Tony O’Connell
Pope Francis stunned visitors to #Vatican with a grand gesture of humility by kneeling down to kiss the feet of #SouthSudan’s formerly warring leaders as a plea for peace. pic.twitter.com/QsdisXzpHV
— RT (@RT_com) April 12, 2019
Stop that!
Mucky podophiliac pontiff.
Yesterday: It’s Not Our Fault
A nifty promotional papercraft camera complete with interchangeable lenses and removable flash by Seoul based design company DOTMOT.
Colourful clouds, plumes and dots in the sky over Norway last Friday. Not extra terrestrials – all NASA’s doing apparently. To wit:
The colours were actually created by the NASA-funded Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment (AZURE) which dispersed gas tracers to probe winds in Earth’s upper atmosphere. AZURE’s tracers originated from two short-lived sounding rockets launched from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. The harmless gases, trimethylaluminum and a barium/strontium mixture, were released into the ionosphere at altitudes of 115 and 250 km. The vapor trails were observed dispersing from several ground stations. Mapping how AZURE’s vapors dispersed should increase humanity’s understanding of how the solar wind transfers energy to the Earth and powers auroras.
(Image: Yang Sutie)
Stood Up
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EH what the hell Demetri! Not good enough. 2 days notice for the cancelled gig in Dublin that I booked 8 months ago. Replacement gig in 1yr. @broadsheet_ie @thejournal_ie @TicketmasterIre
— David Murphy (@Wisesmurf) April 12, 2019
What the hell, Demetri?
Fight!
This afternoon.
Richard Talbot writes;
Found at junction of Morehampton & Mount Eden Roads in Donnybrook [Dublin 4]. if anyone knows Mohammad. Can be collected from Tinderpoint offices nearby [The Warehouse 26a Mount Eden Rd, Dublin 4]…
Anyone?
Cherry Bomb
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Terry Rickard writes:
Scene : Waiting Room, Medical Dispensary, Enniscorthy [County Wexford] this morning.
Man In 70s : “I was a clown in Duffy’s Circus for years”
Lady In 70s : “Is that right? That’s very funny”
Man In 70s : “I’m here for my hernia”
Lady in 70s : “Is that because you were a clown?”
Mmf.
Pic: Tom Duffy’s Circus
From top: the offending article in The Spectator; Ireland’s UK ambassador Adrian O’Neill and his letter to the magazine’s editor
Last night.
A diplomatic response to ‘ cheese-eating surrender monkey’ accusations leveled at Ireland in The Spectator by the suitably-named, Robert Hardman.
To wit:
Hardman said that Ireland was joining a group of “flimsily-connected” countries with “deplorable human rights records” and “French-speaking crooks”, some of whom, he added, appeared “at the bottom of every global corruption index”.
“Only the mean-spirited would suggest that little Leo will do anything to suck up to the top gang in the EU playground…,” he continued.
“How odd, then, to see the Irish — usually so quick to take offence at any whiff of imperialism — acting as a cheerleader for French aggrandisement.”
Magazine criticised by ambassador for “anti-Irish sentiment” (The Irish World)
Previously: A Mere Spectator