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Mick McGrath.

You’ll like him.

Bob Coggins writes:

“Have a wee look at this and see what ya think – we made it here a few weeks ago about a lad who broke into the Leinster team after coming back from breaking his leg and almost giving up rugby 2 years ago. He made his debut earlier this season for Leinster Rugby”

Fair play in fairness.

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“We were saddened to hear of the death of [alleged internet critic of the parents of Madeleine McCann] Brenda Leyland. It would be inappropriate to speculate or comment further at this time.”

A Sky News statement today on the death of Brenda Leyland who apparently took her own life after being accused of internet trolling by reporter Martin Brunt.

Brenda Leyland dead: Martin Brunt and Sky News face online backlash following death of Madeleine McCann parents’ ‘troll’ (Independent.co.uk)

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Portraits created from layers of discs cut from paint swatches by San Francisco-based visual artist Peter Combe who sez of them:

These artworks transform and change subtly as the viewer shifts from his/her vantage point, there is a magic that occurs, a trick of the eye where color seems to occupy space—a void—at once ethereal, yet seen from another angle the whole appears as if a ghostly image, veiled in gossamer.

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This afternoon.

Derek Haughton writes:

“Outside a GP in Clondalkin [Dublin]. The driver is in the shops next door with her kids. At least she didn’t double park over the disabled parking swell….”

UPDATE:

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They’re all at it.

Derek adds:

“I spoke too soon…”

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The trailer for an innovative award-winning short by filmmaker Daisy Jacobs (currently doing the festival circuit) that combines life sized wall-mural characters on a real life set with 3D stop motion to tell the story of two brothers struggling to care for their aged mother.

Here’s how it was done.

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