Magilligan_Point_Martello_tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_396433Martello Tower at Magilligan Point, Co. Derry

The principal of the Model Primary School in Derry has paid tribute to pupils for their maturity after they discovered a dead body during a field trip.

The Primary 7 class of 27 pupils had been combing the beach at Magilligan in small groups, when five of them saw the outline of a body and reported it to their teacher.

A PSNI spokesman confirmed to the Derry Journal: ”Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered by members of the public at Magilligan Point this morning, Tuesday 20 May.

“A post-mortem examination will be carried out to determine the cause of death.”

Schoolchildren who found dead body praised for ‘maturity’ (Brendan McDaid, Derry Journal)

Photo: Chris Gunns

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And by ‘big guns’ we do mean ‘that bleedin’ lot’.

Cabinet member-filled scenes from the Local and European Election/ 2014 campaign in Dublin  today.

From top: pics 1 and 2: Finance Minister Michael Noonan with Fine Gael MEP hopeful Brian Hayes at the Royal College of Surgeons; Physicians; Health Minister James Reilly at the Mater Hospital; protestor Nora Byrne: Labour Leader Eamon Gilmore at the launch of the National Anti-bullying Centre at DCU.

(Sam Boal, Mark Stedman and Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Iireland)

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The opening of the ‘already controversial’ (see link below) Rosie Hackett Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin this afternoon featuring Rosie Hackett’s second cousins Agnes Malone (in check) and Terry Dunne from Glasgow and their children plus a vintage tram.

Earlier: Where Is The Contra Flow Cycle Lane?

(Sam Boal/Photocall ireland)

Christ.

Earlier: How Much?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoO89cqDgJU

The formation of a massive supercell or rotating thunderstorm above the Clareton Highway in Wyoming last weekend, as captured in timelapse by the storm chasers at Basehunters, who in fairness, know exactly when to get back in the car and take off.

Here’s one near Booker, Texas and another in Montana.

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Kieth Harrison sez:

On Good Friday last month, Matchu from the Raw Edge Crew and I went down to Dublin’s Poolbeg Lighthouse. The weather was absolutely perfect, so I bought some lino, grabbed the slowmo camera and we shot for a few hours.

Music: Dreamspace by Scoobi Hu?

(Thanks Deborah Naylor)

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[A dozing Green Party leader Eamon Ryan at the offices of Spunout.ie, in Dublin]

“Eamon Ryan cuts a slightly forlorn figure on Westmoreland Street….But the Greens are on a bit of a comeback trail and that much has been evident over the past six months. But it’s modest and soft. Certainly, the Green Party is on the road to recovery but maybe not travelling at quite the pace of those Westmoreland Street pedestrians….”

Irish Times political correspondent Harry McGee shadowed Green Party leader and European election candidate Eamon Ryan for a day in Dublin.

FIGHT!

Full interview here.

They love their sleep.

On the campaign trail with Eamon Ryan (Harry McGee, Irish Times)

Previously: Why John Gormley Stayed In Bed

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