The population of the Tyrannosaurus rex may have reached 2.5 billion, say dinosaur boffins
I have always wanted to know
About how T Rex lived long ago
Did they feel much frustration
In a vast population
Of two point four billion or so?
Pic: Wikipedia
Last evening.
Colum Cronin tweets:
Dusk through the balustrade, Mellows Bridge, Dublin. At over 250 years old, it’s the oldest of all Dublin city bridges still in use today.
Meanwhile…
Last night.
Phoenix Park, Dublin.
Thanks Niamh Guckian
Meanwhile….
Tomorrow Tonight.
A lockdown series.
The Green Party’s Dan Boyle (top right), a Broadsheet columnist, previews tomorrow’s front pages.
Terminal 2 arrivals at Dublin Airport this afternoon
Tonight.
The European commission sent a list of questions to Government Buildings this evening on behalf of concerned EU citizens concerning Mandatory Hotel Quarantine (MHQ)/
In a statement to RTÉ News, the European Commission said:
“We understand that Ireland requires travellers coming from a “designated” country, irrespective of their nationality, to undergo a mandatory hotel quarantine.
“The commission is looking into these measures as there are some concerns in relation to the general principles of EU law, in particular proportionality and non-discrimination.
“While quarantine and testing requirements are a national competence, nevertheless, when affecting citizens’ rights to free movement, such measures have to comply with general principles of EU law.”
EU raises concern about mandatory hotel quarantine (RTÉ)
Earlier…
This afternoon.
Dublin Airport.
American travellers are greeted by Irish Army soldiers and escorted to the Crowne Plaza Hotel for mandatory quarantine. USA was added to the list of covid ‘hot spots’ at 4am.
Bookings were temporarily paused yesterday as the Tifco Group of hotels have reached capacity. Those who have already made a booking are not affected by the pause.
Described in 1969 as a ‘trend setting development’, the Phibsborough Centre marked its 50th birthday 2 yrs ago. As plans for a new co-living development seem to have been green-lighted there, we look at 50 facts about it by Brian @brandnewretro #TBT https://t.co/xSxAKPGkGX pic.twitter.com/T2e02ZvbVf
— Totally Dublin (@totallydublin) April 15, 2021
Brutal.
Brand New Retro: Phibsborough Shopping Centre (Totally Dublin)
No Place For Co-Living development at Dublin’s Phibsborough Shopping Centre – an Taisce (Newstalk)
Behold: the Pencil nebula supernova shock wave – plowing through interstellar space at over half a million kilometres per hour. To wit:
Near the middle and moving up in this sharply detailed color composite, thin, bright, braided filaments are actually long ripples in a cosmic sheet of glowing gas seen almost edge-on. Cataloged as NGC 2736, its elongated appearance suggests its popular name, the Pencil Nebula. The Pencil Nebula is about 5 light-years long and 800 light-years away, but represents only a small part of the Vela supernova remnant. The Vela remnant itself is around 100 light-years in diameter, the expanding debris cloud of a star that was seen to explode about 11,000 years ago. Initially, the shock wave was moving at millions of kilometers per hour but has slowed considerably, sweeping up surrounding interstellar material. In the featured narrow-band, wide field image, red and blue colours track, primarily, the characteristic glows of ionised hydrogen and oxygen atoms, respectively.
(Image: Greg Turgeon & Utkarsh Mishra)
Morrissey and Lisa Simpson
Debbie Mahan, director of The Simpsons, writes:
I’ve worked on this show for nearly 20 years. And this — BY FAR— is the most fun I’ve ever had working on an episode. My husband, who also works on the show, is an avid Smiths fan/collector, and was our resident Morrissey expert so it truly was a labour of love. Simpsons Smiths fans of the world, unite and watch this Sunday’s episode on FOX!
