Glenmalure, Co. Wicklow.
(Pic: David Costello )
(Thanks Hostels In Ireland)
Gap Years
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MORE to follow.
First Saturday of pedestrianisation in Dún Laoghaire.
Nice atmosphere on George’s St. Lower. Lots of people around & clearly relaxed walking through the space.
Many businesses making the most of the additional space for outdoor dining & food stalls.#dlrcc#dlrSummerStreets pic.twitter.com/kpMObeNLbr
— Robert Burns (@robertburns73) July 10, 2021
This afternoon.
Dun Laoghaire, county Dublin.
Where’s the 46A, hippies?
FIGHT!
Any excuse.
Last night.
RDS count centre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar greets Labour’s Ivana Bacik and party leader Alan Kelly following Labour’s victory in the Dublin Bay South by-election.
Earlier…
This evening.
RDS count centre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Labour Senator and Dublin Bay South by-election candidate Ivana Bacik (top right) with her party leader Alan Kelly (top left). Ms Bacik is favourite to take the seat left vacant by Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy.
Earlier…
Ivana Bacik will be an “incredible legislator” in the Dáil, says Alan Kelly, who says while today’s result won’t change the Dáil arithmetic, it does disprove that the narrative that politics is now FG v SF pic.twitter.com/Vi8lQW52AR
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) July 9, 2021
This afternoon.
With 100% of the boxes tallied, the indications are that Ms Bacik is on 30% ahead of Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan on 26%, with Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin on nearly 16%.
Tallies, which are not official counts and come with a strong health warning, suggest that Claire Byrne of the Green Party is on just under 8%, with Fianna Fáil’s Deirdre Conroy under 5% and Independent Mannix Flynn on 3%.
Bacik on course to top the poll in Dublin Bay South (RTÉ)
Earlier: Meanwhile, In The RDS
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
RDS count centre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Sinn Fein candidate Lynn Boylan (right) with party president Mary Lou McDonald and constituency neighbouring TD Chris Andrews.
Thank Fionnouladh it’s Friday.
It’s that time of the week when the sacred warriors of the keyboard put down their weapons and feel the love all around us. Yes, it’s another music competition.
Prompted by reader Janet I Ate My Avatr‘s dismay at the kyboshing of the Dublin City Marathon this week, the theme today is: your favourite song to go long-distance running to.
Here’s mine.
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 fitness instructor.
Please leave a video link where possible, thanks.
Lines MUST close on Saturday at Midday.
Nick says: Good luck.
Last week’s winner: Lush!
He’s waffen a laff.
This afternoon.
Election candidate and National Party leader Justin Barrett (in suit) and friends leave the RDS he Dublin Bay South by-election count centre for his bunker. He was eliminated on the third count.
Thanks, Green Zip-Ups.
Meanwhile…
I challenged Justin Barrett from the National Party today about his racist claims that migrants are to blame for the housing crisis. pic.twitter.com/ElfzuU7e3q
— Peter Dooley (@PeterDooleyDUB) July 9, 2021
Home, James
at
This evening.
Am I hot?
You are not.
Earlier…
top from left: candidate James Geogehan, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and Fine Gael campaign director and government minister Simon Harris
This evening.
RDS count centre, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Earlier…
First Count in DBS by-election
Ivana Bacik – 8,131 – 30.2%
James Geoghegan – 7,052 -26.2%
Lynn Boylan – 4,245 – 15.8%
Claire Byrne – 2,157 – 8%
Deirdre Conroy – 1,247 – 4.6%— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) July 9, 2021
This afternoon.
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Fine Gael candidate James Geoghegan and wife Claire arriving at the RDS count centre for the Dublin Bay South by-election tally.
Earlier: I Am Bacik Crazy
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Fianna Fáil’s Jim Callaghan and election candidate Deirdre Conroy outside the RDS count centre for the Dublin Bay South by-election.