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“…That’s the fear expressed this week by [Independent] Galway West TD Noel Grealish, who also predicted that the era of young females preparing for a night out with twenty minutes under the shower will also become a thing of the past.”

TD fears that arrival of water charges could lead to less washing (Connaucht Tribune)

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[Cattle seek shade in Cootamundra, NSW, Australia]

“The temperature did not drop below 27.2C in the Victorian capital [Melbourne] overnight with the mercury hitting 43.9C…”

Mark Geary writes:

The hottest temp in Ireland in 2013 was 31.0, in 2012 it was 28.3. The forecast for tonight in Melbourne is 29C:

Heatwave brings fires, blackouts, health dangers as Adelaide becomes world’s hottest city (The Age)

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The first of the year.

By Gordon Bent who sez:

“Some might say the internet brought us into the 21st Century, but in a visual sense for Dublin, it was the Luas. Shiny and efficient, we suddenly lived in a city as deadly as Helsinki or Berlin. Now we’re coming out of a pretty rough recession it’s time to get things going again. Hopefully these escalators to nowhere (obscure Simpsons ref) will become rejuvenated and start moving again, like the rest of the City. Cos we still have our cool shiny trams.”

This week’s Le Cool issue

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Ciaran Le Cool writes:

To usher in the New Year, we visited Dublin’s latest workout joint, Form School, and spoke to founders Gordon D’Arcy [above] and Aoife Cogan about their new venture, before enlisting Le Cool’s resident fitness guru Paul Walsh to put it to the test.

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Meanwhile…

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[Last weekend’s Sunday Times]

They tried to warn us but would we listen?

Previously: Exile On Mane Street

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