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Last night.

The beer garden of The Living Room, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin.

Niall Skip Murphy writes:

“Hundreds of Brazilians belting out their national anthem [Hino Nacional Brasileiro] before the World Cup opener last night,.Fair play to them…”

It’s no Amhrán na bhFiann, in fairness.

 Earlier: And They Were All Yellow

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Everyone was there.

The launch of Taste Of Dublin in the Iveagh Gardens, Dublin.

The food festival continues until SuNOMNOMNOM

From top: Michel Roux Junior and Tom Kitchin; Yolanda Zaw and Kevin Thornton; (l-r) Katherine Mulrooney, Liz Dwyer and Aisling O Loughlin; Susan Loughnane; Kim O Driscoll  & Peter Coonan; Andrew Rudd & Lorraine Keane.

Red socks with shorts.

Controversial.

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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Ethereal, virtually silent first-person footage of surfer Benji Brand doing his thing (first in slomo, then at normal speed) in Namibia’s Skeleton Bay.

As an exceptional example of sustained wave riding, gnarl-heads the world over are touting it as the finest first person surf video to date.

You be the judge.

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denisBaloonMwahahahaha.

Etc.

The purchase of three major Irish businesses over the past two years by the billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien involved total bank write-offs of more than €300 million.
The deals saw the businessman invest €230 million to acquire the Siteserv Group, the Topaz Group and the Beacon Private Hospital.
The Siteserv deal saw the State-owned Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, which is now in liquidation, write off €110 million of the €150 million it was owed. Mr O’Brien’s move to become the major shareholder in the Topaz Group earlier this year involved the IBRC writing off slightly more than half of the €304 million it was owed.

Banks write off over €300m in three deals with Denis O’Brien (Colm Keena, Irish Times)

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This just in.

Alan Rua writes:

“I’m the Alan who did the maps of the pubs not showing the world cup. It looks like Izakaya have changed their mind and are now going to be showing the world cup, however the Long Hall have decided and they aren’t showing it. I’ve updated the graphic [above] to reflect the changes]…”

Previously: Freedom’s Just Another Word For Nowhere Left To Booze

Alan Rua Design

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Join in live.

From the comfort of anywhere!

Meabh Redmond writes:

“Various Voices is an international gay choral festival that takes place every four years in a European city. For the first time, it is being hosted in the Helix theatre in Dublin this Friday 13th – 16th June and will be available LIVE on Aertv. We’ll be bringing you two simultaneous LIVE streams from The Theatre and The Mahony Hall. The live streams are available for FREE and can be viewed anywhere in the world right here.

Various Voices

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