When Melania stood up to to tell
Her story, it started off well
But many a word
Had been already heard
In a previous speech by Michelle.

John Moynes

 

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Bono

 

U2 were rehearsing in Paris when that city was beset last November, and now, according to The Mirror, the U2 singer,who owns a house in the nearby town of Eze, was eating at a restaurant with friends, including the former mayor of Nice, when blocks away an armed terrorist drove a truck into a crowd, killing 84 people.

According to the New York Daily News Bono was eating on the terrace of La Petite Maison restaurant with chef Alain Ducasse and others when the 18-ton refrigeration truck sent the crowd streaming toward the restaurant.

Bono was ushered into the dining room and left the eatery “with his hands on his head” a half-hour later, after police had given the all-clear.

Geldof must have been too busy.

You couldn’t make it up.

Bono took shelter inside Nice restaurant during Bastille Day terrorist attack: report (New York Daily News)

Bono rescued by armed police after being caught up in Nice terror attack following ISIS lorry slaughter (Irish Mirrror)

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A decidedly NSFW post-apocalyptic short by UK animator Sam Southward featuring the last man on Earth, sensitive poet René Fustercluck and his coming to terms with the fact that he is not alone.

Enter Gordon the vulgarian, his sex doll, Dolly and a handful of magic mushrooms.

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UK Conservative Party minister David Davis

Pty poor David Davis, who has been made Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union without, apparently, knowing the Republic of Ireland exists.

Appearing on Sky News’ Murnaghan programme to discuss the possibility of Scotland remaining in the EU while the rest of the United Kingdom leaves, Davis told viewers that “one of our really challenging issues . . . will be the internal border we have with southern Ireland“.

….”we are not going to go about creating other internal borders inside the United Kingdom”

Gulp.

The Brexit minister David Davis thinks the Republic of Ireland is part of the UK (New Statesman)

Thanks John Gallen

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This afternoon.

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Just some of the 281 producers of Irish made foodstuffs in the Food Academy programme.

The Food Academy programme is a workshop  initiative of Local Enterprise Offices in the local authorities network, Bord Bia and SuperValu to nurture new start-ups in the food and drink sector.

Since the programme began in 2013, over 1,100 products have ‘trialled’ and are now on sale through SuperValu stores and are expected to generate 25million euros in retail sales in 2016 thNOMNOMNOM

From top: Clare Colohan from The Galway Food Company; Michael Corbett from Emerald Oils in South Tipperary; Aaron Kiernan and David Carey from Nutraplenish in Kildare; John Lalor of Kilbeggan Organic Foods in Westmeath; Roisin Hogan and Ruth Callaghan from Hiro Dublin City; Keith Bonner from Irish Fish Canners in Donegal; Caitrin O’ Brien and BJ Broderick from Wellnice Pops in Limerick.

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