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Further to the distressing news of a monocle revival.

Austin Lysaght, from the Blind Elephant Collective, writes:

I saw an achingly cool gentleman in the Sugar Club [Leeson Street] in Dublin a few weeks ago smoking a pipe, and trying not to look self conscious about it. So I started drawing hipsters who are trying just that little bit too hard. They can be bought here on T-shirts, prints, clocks, etc., should anyone feel that way inclined.

The Blind Elephant Collective

Irish-made stuff marked Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No favours, fees, tees etc.

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[George’s Fish Shop, Monkstown Farm, Dun Laoghaire, and (above) a notice from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council]

Karen writes;

“Not content with parking costs that are already putting the entire town out of business, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. [DLRCOCO] will now be CHARGING [and fining] retailers and restaurants for plant pots, sandwich boards and tables and chairs outside their premises.”

 PIKE! FIGHT!

George’s Fish Shop (Facebook)

Parade [Scene from the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin last year]

Stop weeping.

Vanessa Gildea, of Coco Television, writes:

We are looking for Irish people around the world to send a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” video message back home to be included in this year’s coverage of the St Patrick’s Festival Parade shown on RTÉ One. All you need to do is record yourself on a mobile phone, digital camera or any video device and send to parade2014@cocotelevision.ie​

To give us a sense of where you are in the world, choose a backdrop that shows off the location e.g the Taj Mahal, Ayers Rock, Golden Gate Bridge or the beach in Thailand

Please note, however…

Your clip cannot have any association with alcohol.
Your message must not exceed 8 seconds in duration. Example of message: “Hello to everyone back home in Ireland, Happy St. Patrick’s day from New York”. The deadline for submissions is Saturday, March 15 2014.

Right so.

Send the rambling, boozy ones to us.

Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

90087889[Monocle-wearing Dubliner Raphael Kelly on Bloomsday]

A monocle?

YES.

From the New York Times:

Martin Raymond, a British trend forecaster, credits the rise to what he calls “the new gents,” a hipster subspecies who have been adding monocles to their bespoke tweed and distressed-boot outfits. On a recent trip to Cape Town, Mr. Raymond said, he saw such a group carrying monocles along with tiny brass telescopes kept in satchels.
“All of this is part of a sense of irony and a way of discovering and displaying old artisanal and craft-based technology,” Mr. Raymond said. “You see the monocle appearing in Berlin, parts of South Dublin.”

*raises eyebrow*

FIGHT!

One Part Mr. Peanut, One Part Hipster Chic (New York Times)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

Thanks Michael le Cool

SeanPenn

…And two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn [with the Executive Director of NGO Frontline Deefenders, Mary Lawlor] in City Hall, Dublin this morning

Sean Penn presents Human Rights Award in Dublin (Newstalk)

Via Sinéad Crowley

Update:

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Sean Penn and Emer Costello TD MEP getting billionaire photobombed.

Via Emer Costello

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