Meanwhile…
Tomorrow Tonight.
A lockdown series.
Broadsheet columnist Heber Rowan previews tomorrow’s front pages.
A new €15m Dublin Bus depot at Broadstone has been officially opened
This afternoon.
Va RTE
…equipped to handle future vehicle types if required, such as full battery electric vehicles and hydrogen vehicles.
The Broadstone depot dates back to 1850. A number of original features have been retained, such as its cast iron structure and the old overhead gantry cranes.
Dublin Bus also said it has become the first semi-State organisation in Ireland to install swift nesting boxes onto a site.
The depot, which is one of eight, has the capacity for 120 buses
New €15m Dublin Bus depot opens at Broadstone (RTÉ)
Meanwhile…
Archive views of Broadstone and Phibsborough Bus Depots, formerly the Midland Great Western Railway terminus in Dublin, home to Dublin Bus for many years to come following its recent redevelopment. pic.twitter.com/Feldd2Cvj6
— Irish Railway Archives (Ciarán Cooney) (@irishrailways) March 3, 2021
Vintage.
Phwoar.
Pics: RTÉ
Last night.
Tuam Campaigner Breeda Murphy is joined by English lawyer Frank Brehany (top left), who movingly tells how he fulfilled a promise to his late father Frank Snr. (top right), a Tuam adoptee.
Eunan Duffy was unable to join us but will return next week.
This is the tenth in a series of shows with Breeda and Eunan looking at all aspects of the Mother and Baby Home Report. They can be viewed here.
Whether you believe him or not, Snarky Puppy drummer Larnell Lewis maintains he’d never heard Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ before it was played to him by drum lesson channel Drumeo.
Come to see how a professional drummer analyses and memorises rhythm.
Stay for the flawless first time performance.
Lee Rogers – The House
Thanks for the memories.
Carrickfergus songsmith Lee Rogers (top) follows last year’s Gameblood album with a highly personal new single and video.
Lee explains:
“I wrote The House after driving past where I lived as a kid. For a long time I subdued any memories of the place. Not because they were bad memories. The opposite: they were amazing memories. Both of my parents are gone. My mum passed when she was probably about the age I am now, and my dad a few years ago. I think I dodged having to think about them for a long time.
“I was finding it hard to connect my own children to their legacy. I found myself writing a song that forced me to look through old photos (which I have never liked to do), and found the song as a connection between my folks and my children. And probably to myself as well.
“The line ‘still got some songs in the walls’ was a nod to my parents’ legacy. Their stories aren’t over yet while I’m here, while all their grandchildren are here. It stung a little….well, more than a little, but I needed it. I needed to feel them again.
“It’s been a year of loss, for everyone. But I gained something I wasn’t expecting from this song. A little bit of peace inside.”
Nick says: Amen.
Giant’s Causeway, around 1900?
Or abandoned Led Zeppelin LP cover?
We may never know.
Colourised by Rob Cross
This morning.
Criminal Courts of Justice, Dublin.
An Irish Prison Service truck arriving at the Criminal Courts of Justice. Jake Merriman, who was charged in connection with a firework attack on gardaí at a protest in Dublin city centre last weekend, was granted bail and will appear in court again next month.
Yesterday: You Weren’t There Man, You Don’t Know What I’ve Seen
Monday: Fireworks
This morning.
Unidentified location, Dublin,
Sisters Milly (above left) and Lia (above right) Rea prepare for tomorrow’s World Book Day which combines ‘the transformative power of reading with a fun-packed day of free digital events, videos and online activities’.
In fact, you could go the whole day without reading a word.
Result!
Don’t be doing that though.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland