People in #Paris have staged a protest rally to show their discontent with government’s decision to make #vaccination mandatory in #France. pic.twitter.com/27FfyyAU5r
— Aati (@AatiSheerazi) July 17, 2021
Le gulp.
This afternoon.
Paris, France.
Fight!/Combat!
Last week: Vive Le 14 Juillet
Earlier: Dialectic Picnic
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This afternoon.
Britttas Bay, county Wicklow.
Meanwhile…
This morning.
Sandymount Strand, Dublin 4.
Training for members of the Tallaght Rockets Volleyball Club, above from left: Marie Claire (Australia), Maria Simina (Romania), Julia B (Italy) and Chyanne Chandler (USA).
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Dublin city centre.
Thanks Przemyslaw Zbieron
Thank Foden it’s Friday.
It’s a wonderful summer’s day where you could fry an egg on the stones here… if you had a stone. So let’s have another music competition.
This week, dear readers, inspired by a new documentary that argues 1971 was the greatest year for music, I want to know the top music year of your life with the top tune of same.
For me, I’m gonna go with 1985:
Albums I binged on from that year included The Smiths – Meat Is Murder, REM – Fables, New Order – Lowlife, That Petrol Emotion – Manic Pop Thrill, Microdisney – The Clock Comes Down The Stairs, and 10,000 Maniacs – The Wishing Chair.
My song of 1985 has to be this.
Over to you…
Reply below to be in with a chance of bagging yourself a €50 Golden Discs voucher redeemable in any Golden Discs store.
The winner will be chosen by my archivist.
Lines MUST close on Saturday 11.15pm
Nick says: Good luck!
Last week’s winner: Harold Molloy
Hot Wheels
atBehold: the Aston Martin Valhalla – stablemate to Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercar with a modified AMG Black hybrid drivetrain combining a V8 petrol engine and two electric motors.
All this generates 937bhp, a 100km/h time of 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 350km/h.
Active all-wheel-drive can put up to 100% of the electric motors’ output to either the front or rear axle of a car whose chassis and aerodynamic design were developed in collaboration with the Red Bull F1 team and legendary engineer Adrian Newey.
Price unconfirmed but rumoured to be around €675,000.
Simmer Down
atThis afternoon
The Seanad sitting in Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Dublin 2.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly addresses Senators in his native doublespeak on measures that will deny access to pubs and restaurants for the unvaxxed and in language.
Meanwhile..
UPDATE:
Senators have passed the measures 29 to 7 (with 24 Senators absent) and the bill will now be signed into law by President Higgins.
Or will he?
Yes, it’s definitely happening.
Or is it?
Stop that?
Watch Live here
The distinctly orcish dinnerware assemblages of artist Glen Taylor – as if brutishly repaired in the aftermath of some unspeakable party.
Like kintsugi, only more frightening.





































