Dredgers, excavators and tugboats worked through weekend to free the cargo ship

Canal fans will want to take note
That in Suez, the Evergreen boat
Is still in the way
But authorities say
That before long it will be afloat

John Moynes

AFP/Getty

Earlier: Memey McMemeFace

Thank Fiachra it’s Friday.

That can only mean one thing: another music competition to keep you entertained through the weekend.

With news of the container ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal this week, I want to know: What’s your favourite song about ships or whose lyrics reference ships?

Here’s mine.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World store.

The winner will be chosen by my first man.

Please include video links if possible.

Lines close at Saturday 11am.

Nick says: Good luck!

Last week’s winner here

Behold: the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport.

Well, not quite. Only five Grand Sports were ever made. All are spoken for and this isn’t one of them.

This is a no-expense spared replica, commissioned for the 2010 Fast And Furious sequel ‘Fast Five’ by Ohio-based autoshop Mongoose Motorsports. Titled as a 1966 Corvette, the car has a 380bhp GM performance crate 350 engine, automatic transmission and a custom tubular chassis paired with C4 suspension.

It’s the only survivor of twelve such vehicles made for the film and it’s yours at auction next month.

Bidding starts at €84,000.

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Last night.

Tuam campaigner Breeda Murphy, adoptee and activist Eunan Duffy and lawyer Frank Brehany, whose father was a Tuam adoptee, discuss efforts to halt development on land where those who died in Mother and Baby Homes are buried – including in Bessborough, Cork (above) – and the ramifications of the Institutional Burials bill, which is making its way through the Oireachtas.

The bill if passed will ensure inquests to establish cause of death on children’s remains may not be carried out after exhumation.

This is the 13th in a series of shows with Breeda and Eunan looking at all aspects of the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation report. They can be viewed here.

Meanwhile…

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