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Going to Prague?

Well…

Marcus Bradshaw writes:

I run a small guided tour outfit in Prague called Naked Tour Guide. Our team have just produced a cool new map of Prague (top). It is a large format, high quality, printed map, showing not just the city centre, but also the surrounding districts (i.e where the cool things happen.) It rolled off the presses last week and we are absolutely delighted with it.

The map is divided into categories, marked with our recommendations of: Czech Food, International Food, Great Beer, Cocktails, After Dark, Great Coffee, Old Style Cafes, Music & Culture, Gardens & Parks and Film & Fun. We have not accepted any sponsorship in the production of the map. Our recommendations are independent and based purely on our personal experience.

We think that it is a really cool guide and feedback so far has been excellent. We want it to become the bible for a weekend in Prague and we’d really love to promote it to an Irish market. (Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly here every day).

We’ve shouldered the production costs ourselves as we want the map to help raise our profile as a tour company. Our hope is that some of the people who will use the map will decide to join one of our tours and thus the map will pay for itself. As for the people who decide not to take a tour, they still get a bloody good map.

P.S. Massive shout out to young DIT architecture graduate Jo Flahive, who did most of the design work for us!

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Stand Up Paddling this Summer?

Oh go on then.

Stephen at Wicklow SUP Club writes:

Brand spanking new club Wicklow SUP Club is opening its doors (hidden metaphor in that our door is the door to the outside world, i.e we don’t have premises!) and looking for new members.

Roof rack-style based in the Blessington Lakes, you’ll need your own equipment to take part. But as the club grows so will the funding and we will eventually be able to afford equipment and have regular sessions for those that don’t have their own equipment.

Get involved, there will be beer and maybe ice cream…

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The votes are in.

After much heated debate GavD wins a voucher worth €25 to spend at his leisure in any of the 13 Golden Discs Stores nationwide.

Gavin selected surprisingly sturdy, stupidly infectious 1998 smash Sunburst by Picture House (above) as the ‘quintessential’ song to start an Irish Summer.

He explains: “Perfect pop loveliness that even your granny would sing along to.if it doesn’t cheer you up, you have no soul.”

Fight!

Bubblin’ under:

Otis Blue: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish Summer is ‘Five honours and a 175’ by Irish band The Alsatians. A perfect paean to the post-leaving summer months.“Five honours and a 175, an education and a licence to ride”

Columbus: “The perfect song to herald the start of THIS Irish Summer is “Joxer Goes to Stuttgart”.As we return to the Euros and return to the good times(?), Christy’s feelgood social commentary is your only man!”

Anne: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish Summer is ‘No Rain’ by Blind Melon.”

Smith: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish summer is ‘Summer in Dublin’ by Bagatelle ‘and the Liffey as it stank like hell.’ Still does.”

Brother Barnabas: The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish summer is Welcome to the Cheapseats by The Wonder Stuff.

Brianers: The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish Summer is Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello,Hello by Something Happens.

Randy Ewing: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish Summer is July by Mundy, all the highs and lows of an Irish summer in a few minutes.Saw him sing it 2 weeks ago in the Academy and still sounds great. He even wore the cowboy hat!!”

JoeO: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish summer is Samhradh, Samhradh by The Gloaming.”

The People’s hero: “The perfect song to herald the start of an Irish Summer is – Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) by They Might Be Giants…”

Thanks all.

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Yesterday: A Song For Summer

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From left: Independent TDs Denis Naughten, Noel Grealish and Mattie McGrath outside Leinster House yesterday

Tick, tock.

Previously: High Noon

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Eric Scanlon writes:

As you know last weekend Greenpeace leaked a huge amount of documents on TTIP [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] to shed a light on the secretive trade agreement, which will have wide ranging implications.

This (above) is what happened when Sinn Féin’s Louise O Reilly TD raised the issue [on Wednesday] in the Dáil during the statements on climate change and rightly tried to speak about how the leak showed that TTIP would undermine action to mitigate against climate change and create a race to bottom on environmental regulation….

Previously: Luke’s TTIP

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Zealot Cult – Eternal Winter

What you may need to know…

1. Hailing from Limerick, four-piece Zealot Cult offer up an uncompromising slab of death metal heft, paying homage to the the genre’s old masters.

2. Appearing regularly on metal bills and all-dayers around the country over the past few years, the band have notched up a solid live rep, including shared stages with Exhumed, Primordial and Decapitated among others.

3. Eternal Winter is taken from their new EP Karmenian Crypt, available directly from the band on CD. No digital downloads or any other such fripperies exist as of (Word)press time.

4. The band appear next on May 13th in Fibbers on Parnell Street, as part of Carnage Metal Club, with Malthusian and Coscradh.

Verdict: As mentioned on other online outlets, there’s a bit of Floridian genre legends Obituary here, right down to the Tardy-esque vocals. There’s polish and weight to it, without sacrificing the intensity that makes them worth seeing live if you’ve the chance.

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Enda Kenny (right) at government buildings, Dublin

It seems that a new deal is done,
That Enda is the risen one
They’ve a big job to do,
For a year, maybe two,
And I hope that they have lots of fun.

John Moynes

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