Oi! Stop.
Perishing flame-starved tykes.
Liam Knuj writes:
“Halloween gets earlier every year. Enterprising pallet movers at Smithfield, Dublin 7, literally earlier today. Still on school holidays!”
*shakes fist*
A profile of the art department responsible for The Onion’s trademark ‘photoshopnalism’ – a term we literally just made up.
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Trocaire’s Barstool Soapbox.
In Cows Lane, Temple Bar during the hot spell.
A chance to rest the legs and get things off YOUR chest on challenging themes of the day. Such as global warming climate change.
FIGHT!
Made by Eoghan Rice, Alan Whelan and Emmet Sheerin.
Some unrelated mattresses in a completely different street, recently.
A convicted sex offender has appeared on court accused of watching pornography in a public place and simulating sex with a mattress.
Martin Gregory Coll, of no fixed abode, is charged with committing an act of a lewd, obscene or disgusting nature outraging public decency.
He is further charged with indecent behaviour.
The charges relate to an alleged incident at Lavery Fold, Asylum Road in the early hours of August 23.
The 52-year-old was remanded in custody.
Derry court hears that man is accused of simulating sex with a mattress (Derry Journal)
File pic: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PwS65GEE0&feature=youtu.be
Tommy KD – Satan’s Government
He’ll be at the Electric Picnic this weekend.
Mike Casey writes:
Body and Soul at 9.30pm on the Sunday night of the Electric Picnic will present Tommy KD – Dublin born, rapper, actor, performer with a life story from the streets, hip-hop stripped back and raw to the bone.
Featuring beats by Hazo of illdependents fame and visuals by the guy who made ‘The Life and Crimes of Citizen Ming’ . The video teaser (above) is a sample from ‘Satan’s Government’. The song the looks like Ireland.
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Some spectacular footage taken of Cork city by Raymond Fogarty via a quadrocopter drone.
With the support of Fáilte Ireland, Raymond will be filming his travels along the Wild Atlantic Way from Kinsale to Malin Head.
Totting Up
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James writes:
“Our virtual Tesco shop of the same 30 items costs €132.64 in the Republic and €112.02 in the North, a difference of more than 20 per cent. ”
Actually, no. It’s either 18.4% dearer in Republic, or 15.5% cheaper in NI… but definitely not “more than 20 per cent”.
North And South: A tale Of Two Grocery Bills (Conor Pope, Irish Times)