MORE to follow.
Callum Robinson ecstatic Ireland are flying home from Baku with ‘a big W’https://t.co/YHwkIKAfVu
— Irish Mirror Sport (@MirrorSportIE) October 9, 2021
Tonight.
Meanwhile…
Ah here.
Robinson double-jab hands Kenny first competitive win as Ireland beat Azerbaijan (RTÉ)
Previously: Duffy Passes To Giles
Thank Fabio it’s Friday.
Another week. Another music competition. An oasis of calm in a world gone frankly hatstand. You are most welcome.
I’ve still no voucher to offer but I intend to lay the esteem on pretty heavily next week to the winner. I want to know what is the song you find easiest to dance to and why.
Here’s mine.
Please include a video link where possible.
Nick says: Good luck!
Lines Must close on Saturday at Midday.
Pic: Abbazappa records, county Derry
Meanwhile…
Duke Special – The Ice Cream Man
Last week, I asked for your favourite song that included trees or leaves in some manner.
Fergalito‘s entry, while skirting the rules, won my considerable esteem:
‘Not trees or leaves but all kinds of flora found in the Burren. This is a collaboration between the Belfast poet Michael Longley and Duke Special based on Longley’s poem “The Ice Cream Man” – it’s incredibly moving in my opinion, Longley wrote the poem about a man who had an ice cream shop in Belfast and was killed in the troubles. He wrote the poem for him and in this collaboration reads out a letter he received from the man’s Mother – a most treasured possession of the poet.’
Nick says: Well done Fergalito and thanks all.
Last week: Win Nick’s Esteem
Hot Wheels
atBehold: the 1975 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopio – one of the most significant supercars ever built – and not just because its image adorned a billion adolescent bedroom walls (or that Rod Stewart had one).
50 years on, Lamborghini has released a new Aventador-based version of the car and remade the original 1971 Countach prototype but this vehicle is neither. This is the evolution of the LP500, fitted with a periscopic rear view mirror (hence the name), of which only 150 were produced.
Lovingly maintained with just 51,100km on the clock and its original numbers-matching 4.0L V12 engine, it was last sold in 2016 for €1,072,800.
Expect to pay more at auction at Le Castellet in France next month. Not that you care – the big wad on you.
Discrimigate
atGATE THEATRE @GateTheatreDub website:
’Please note all attendees for performances from September 24th to October 21st will be required to provide relevant proof in the form of an EU Digital Covid Certificate for example, that all those aged 18 or over are fully vaccinated‘— Molly B 🐝 (@OldNormality) October 8, 2021
This afternoon.
What would MacLiammóir and Edwards say?
Probably quote Shakespeare.
Or Aeschylus.
Impossible to tell.
Say When
at% Population Vaccinated, 1+ Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine..
Portugal: 88%
France: 82%
Spain: 81%
Korea: 78%
Canada: 78%
Ireland: 76%
Italy: 76%
UK: 74%
Japan: 73%
Brazil: 73%
Israel: 70%
Germany: 69%
Australia: 69%
Argentina: 67%
Turkey: 65%
US: 65%
Mexico: 52%
India: 49%
Russia: 34%— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) October 8, 2021
This afternoon.
Come on, Ireland.
Earlier: Duffy Passes To Giles
This afternoon.
Custom House, Dublin 1.
Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald joins Mica-affected homeowners on their march across Dublin city to Leinster House..
Earlier…
This afternoon.
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin 1.
MIca-affected homeowners and their children gather before marching to Leinster House via the Custom House to demand 100% redress.
More as we get.







































