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Rossport Solidarity Camp writes on YouTube:

“Just before Christmas 2013, Shell Santa visited Belmullet District Court just before the court was due to sit to offer the Gardaí some whiskey. However, it seems they prefer if the drink is delivered in private, as the Shell Santa was quickly ushered to somewhere more discreet.”

Via Mark Malone

Any excuse.

Previously: ‘Shell Gave €35,000 Of Alcohol To Belmullet Gardaí’

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Ali Nash writes:

“From  my studio in Dublin, I make and design jewellery pieces both big and small, incorporating vermeil gold and semi precious stones. These make very special stocking fillers for very special (and lucky) people.”

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Sheila Armstrong writes:

The Lilliput Press is one of Ireland’s leading independent publishers. We publish quality Irish non-fiction [including Trinity Tales, €20, top]. We also support Irish authors, especially debut fiction. Above are two of our stars, Donal Ryan and Elske Rahill, with one of our editors. He’s paws-itive you’d love them. (Sorry.)

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flat,800x800,070,f.u2John Gallen writes:

Deserves a post of its own. The Ah Heeyor/Scrooge Xmas card. Just €2.30 By TwistedDoodles.

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Irish made ‘Stocking Fillers’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No cash just cuddles..

DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts2 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts14 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts13 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts12 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts9 DaigoFukawaRoughSketchProducts3These wire seats, benches and chairs, appropriately enitled “rough sketch products” were created by art student Daigo Fukawa for his 2013 senior thesis exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Useable, if not comfortable.

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LLC 206B3 Jetranger pilot Dan Clark loading trucks like a man unhinged during the annual harvest at Noble Mountain Christmas tree farm in Oregon (the Christmas tree capital of the USA) back in 2008.

And below – cockpit POV of another Oregon tree harvester doing the same job with equal precision but slightly less speed last November.

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(H/T: Owen)

friendsiefriendsieThe all-in-one-onesie.

Finally.

Bob Coggins writes:

Seen this crew yesterday in London  wearing an ‘all in one’ group outfit. They are all sewn into one piece. They called it a ‘Friendsie. I’d be calling it a ‘Gangsie’ meself. Gang-Sei. Geansai. I’ll get my jumper…

LARAELaraeDó [The Outlaw].

An Irish-language musical cowboy comedy set in the Irish west.

At An Taibhdearc, Middle Street, Galway on 14th December 2013.

Sinéad Ní Uilleacháin writes:

Based in Texas in the 1800s, LaraeDó presents to us a young man from the East who has decided to head to the Wild West in search of adventure. That’s exactly what he gets!He finds himself in Fitzies saloon in the town of LaraeDó where he meets LaraeDó’s greedy rancher, preacher, wild Indians and saloon girls. Some of them are looking for a fight. Some are looking for romance. All are looking for drinkin’, singin’, and general mayhem …

 

They’d have found that down at the bottom of Quay street any night, in fairness..

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tree tree2Mick writes:

Following the Haddington road agreement, this year in Dublin City Council we had to make do with an austerity Christmas tree. A phenomenal attempt even though I do say so myself.

 

Lonely office/home scenes Xmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

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You heard that right.

Award-winning foodies Forkful returns with a new video by Aoife McElwain, Mark Duggan, and Killian Broderick. For ingredients and whatnot see link (below)

A perfect  Xmas stocNOMNOMNOM

Chocolate Bacon (Forkful)

Thanks Ciaran Le Cool

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