In fairness.
Scenes and a short video from Saturday’s Irish Water Protest in Dublin city on Saturday.
Saturday: Water We Want
All pics by Eoghan Regan
Face Invader
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Having a rough day?
Spare a thought for Daniela Liverani, 24, from Edinburgh.
Ms Liverani believes she picked up the leech in Vietnam or Cambodia, but even when she felt it moving up and down her nostril, she thought it was a blood clot. She told BBC Radio Scotland: “Your initial reaction isn’t to start thinking, oh God, there’s obviously a leech in my face.”
Woman finds three-inch leech in nose after South East Asia trip (BBC News Scotland)
(Pic: Caters/BBC)
(H/T: Paidraic Ryan)
Golf Balls
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Canadian snowboard manufacturer Kindred shows how its skilled artisans turn innocent trees into beautiful, lethal death planks.
Bad Bananas
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He’s everyman/woman.
Rick writes:
“A new web series that some friends of mine have made. It’s the proper angry satire that Ireland needs! And in light of Joan Burton’s phone comment, it’s never been more relevant. So much work has gone into it, I’d love to see it on broadsheet. New episodes every Thursday!”
Starring Giles Brody, Charlene Craig and Tara Flynn. Director of Photography James McDonnell; Assistant Director: Eoin Duggan; Production Design: Donnacha O’Brien; Written and directed by Diarmuid O’Brien.
Splutter.
Peter Kavanagh writes:
“From the [Metal band] Slipknot website tour announcement on Dublin, United Kingdom? I shall continue my inadvertent boycott of Slipknot’s music.”
Fight!
Body Surf!
Irish summer colleges facing closure as Mná tí to be hit with unaffordable water charges: It’s being claimed t… http://t.co/lfCojeqMEu
— Highland Radio News (@HighlandNews) October 13, 2014
Do you have a song you could play,
For your country in Europe next May?
It’ll need a good beat,
To get folk on their feet,
And if possible sound a bit gay.
John Moynes
(EBC)
The ‘If You Don’t Love It…Leave’ tee
Boo.
Hiss.
“The singlet was not one we ordered. It was delivered to us in error and should never been allowed on our shelves,” the [Woolworths] spokesman said in a statement.
Woolworths pulls offensive singlets (TheAge)
Thanks Mark Geary