Icons of the time styled by Polaroid Queen and “gatekeeper of ‘80s club culture” Maripol (by herself in pic2).
This morning.
Harry Warren writes:
Broadsheet readers may like to see today’s Annular Eclipse over Dublin, the Sun really has its hat on. I am looking forward to the next total eclipse visible from Ireland on the 23 September 2090…
Pic by Harry
Meanwhile…
A break in the clouds here in Carlow and just managed this with the phone. You can see the partial eclipse as Moon passes in front of Sun. Peaking in the next 30 minutes. pic.twitter.com/CfTSVM41qz
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) June 10, 2021
Meanwhile…
‘sup?
This morning.
Outside Astronomy Ireland HQ, Blanchardstown, Dublin with its chairman David Moore (top) and members (including Gonzo, above) catching the partial eclipse.
Meanwhile…
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE in progress over Washington, DC https://t.co/cDlTwWup86 @wusa9 @DCAllisonTV @AnnieYuTV @MichelleLoganTV #GetUpDC #WUSA9Weather #WashingtonDC #Virginia #Maryland #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/IzzynLnb0g
— Chester Lampkin WUSA 9 (@chesterlampkin) June 10, 2021
Guinness Storehouse
Roe and Co
Anon writes:
It has always struck me as odd – and frankly a bit creepy – that the Guinness Storehouse welcomes children.
As you probably know, Roe and Co is a new distillery owned by Guinness, around the corner from the Storehouse.
From the FAQ section of the Roe and Co website it says it’s a working distillery “and an alcohol experience,” so the minimum age for visitors is 18.
So that seems pretty sensible, right? After all, many visitors to these places regard them as gigantic ads for the manufacturer’s product, and kids are, as we know, rather vulnerable to the power of advertising.
Perhaps your readers can explain why one branch of Diageo is happy to seduce under 18s, and another branch of the same company – stationed just around the corner – regards such behaviour with the contempt it deserves?
Anyone?/FIGHT!
Fine Gael by-election candidate James Geoghegan has admitted that he carried out fake polling for Renua and Lucinda Creighton in 2016
Simon Coveney says he was aware of people in his campaign carrying out polling without disclosing they were from Fine Gael pic.twitter.com/OMAWIDzo98
— Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) June 10, 2021
This morning.
Earlier…
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan during the last General Election
Last night/this morning.
The Green Party has said that in the past some of its activists may have passed themselves off as pollsters to canvass the opinion of voters.
Sinn Féin, accused of the same thing yesterday, defended the practice, saying it was a ‘common political exercise’.
Via RTÉ:
Both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil confirmed they had employed a similar practice in the past – although Fianna Fáil discontinued the practice several years before Fine Gael.
Other political parties like, the Labour Party and the Social Democats have denied ever using such a system.
Green Party says activists may have posed as pollsters (RTÉ)
Come On, Man
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President Joe Biden will bring a grave #Brexit warning to his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: prevent a row with the European Union from imperiling the delicate peace in Northern Ireland https://t.co/NVjjYQjsKm
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 10, 2021
This morning.
Speaking on Newstalk, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said:
“The intervention from Joe Biden’s administration is significant but also from my perspective, represents a lot of common sense.
“I think the US are saying ‘sort out this issue, we’re very clear from a United States perspective that the Good Friday Agreement, peace on the island is an absolute imperative and that the protocol is a contributor to that. You’ve signed up to it, adhere to it’.”
Biden intervention in NI Protocol row ‘significant’ – Taoiseach (RTÉ)
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Danser Encore Ireland (Dance Again Ireland)
KN writes:
A tremendous flash mob performance of a song sung in France against lockdown. In a castle in Co Louth. Encore!
J.F.O – Amnesia
In the midst of life…
Fearless Dublin rapper Jason O’Toole (top) aka J.F.O ponders some heavy themes on his compelling new single, which was produced by Dante.
J.F.O writes:
“It’s a big thing in hip-hop. Death. So I’m trying to navigate that, seeing the complications.”
Check out the 18-year-old’s sophomore mixtape “love the way u hurt me“.
Nick says: Looking for answers from The Great Beyond.
The Moon, yes. But no ordinary Moon. To wit:
This moon was a full moon, specifically called a Flower Moon at this time of the year. But that didn’t make it strange — full moons occur once a month (moon-th). This moon was a supermoon, meaning that it reached its full phase near its closest approach to the Earth in its slightly elliptical orbit. Somewhat strange, a supermoon appears a bit larger and brighter than the average full moon — and enables it to be called a Super Flower Moon. This moon was undergoing a total lunar eclipse. An eclipsed moon can look quite strange, being dark, unevenly lit, and, frequently, red — sometimes called blood red. Therefore, this moon could be called a Super Flower Blood Moon. This moon was seen through thin clouds. These clouds created a faint corona around the moon, making it look not only strange, but colorful. This moon was imaged so deeply that the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, far in the background, was visible to its lower right. This moon, this shadow, this galaxy and these colors were all captured last month near Cassilis, NSW, Australia — with a single shot. (Merged later with two lower shots that better capture the Milky Way.)
(Image: Helmut Eder)
A retired nun has admitted to embezzling $835,000 from a Catholic school in California to fund her gambling habit
In Torrance an elderly nun
Thought gambling looked like good fun
So she built up a stash
Of ill-gotten cash
Which isn’t how things should be done
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