Tomorrow, Wednesday: Skinny Wolves presents Sheer Mag, The #1s, Sissy, Oh Boland @ Bello Bar, Portobello Harbour, Dublin 2 (€10)
Nialler9 writes:
“What if we gave this Thin Lizzy riff a disco beat?” That’s an apt description for Philadelphia low-fidelity rock’n’roll band Sheer Mag (above performing Fan The Flames) who touch down in Dublin with some decent garage and punk local support tomorrow night. A sweaty basement gig awaits you.
Behold: the Daymak Beast (US$1,190-3,200) a solar powered ‘e-bike’ whose 60V 12AH lithium battery is trickle-fed from onboard solar panels, giving a claimed range of 40 km and top speed of 32 km/h.
Naturally, it’s Bluetooth and USB enabled with a dedicated app for tracking performance.
SnD writes:
We’re back! Dublin is No.3 in Lonely Planet’s top 10 cities for 2016.
Taoiseach outlining the story so far on IBRC, and how Cregan has decided to publish his determinations. Online at https://t.co/ZqZnj91geI
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
Enda: Cregan and AG say it would be preferable for the Govt to receive Cregan’s interim report before deciding on follow-up actions #dail — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
Enda hopes Cregan’s interim report will be submitted “at the earliest possible date” #dail — Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
Taoiseach follows Noonan in stating that the Dept of Finance documents, although privileged, were sent over in unredacted form anyway
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
So it then would seem the Dept sent everything it was asked for, in full, but its mere mention of privilege led Cregan into his legal spiral
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
Taoiseach confirms Cregan made prior contact with Dept officials about his problems and was asked to put them in writing, thus Friday letter
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 10, 2015
Previously: Creatures Of The State
Watch the proceedings live here
From top: Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe and his image of the Samuel Beckett Bridge
A tourist writes:
Sometimes doing what you love comes at a price: here {above) is the Samuel Beckett bridge in Dublin, Ireland. On Monday night around midnight I walked one block away from my hotel to take some long exposures- right after I shot this very frame, I looked up & saw 5 or 6 teenage dudes (16 to 18 year olds?) in hoodies & track pants spreading out around me.
“Well, crap, I guess it’s on” I thought. I started stepping quickly into the street…
[Later, having got biffed on the head]
….I’M FINE. I’ve been in some of the sketchiest neighborhoods on earth & escaped unharmed, but last night I got distracted & forgot my street smarts for a couple of minutes. That was very, VERY stupid of me, & I paid the price. So lesson learned here is STAY ALERT, y’all. And Dublin- I still love you, I’m NOT afraid to come here, it’s a lovely city, BUT… please neuter & spay your feral children, because next time they might club someone whose head isn’t as hard as mine & kill them.
Randy Blythe, of American groove metal band Lamb of God
Any excuse.
Randy Blythe Attacked and Struck on the Head by Gang of Kids on the Streets of Dublin (MetalSucks)
A photo taken by Canadian farmer Liezel Kennedy which looks, at first, like empty Saskatchewan winter tundra…
…but turns out…
…on closer examination.
…to contain 550 sheep.
Initially believing her flock to have scarpered, Kennedy says that she only spotted the ovine ninjas once she got within 50 feet of them.
It’s a problem she also faces in Spring and Summer.
