Back in 2010, ten year-old chess prodigy Samuel Sevian played an impromptu game of speed chess at the US Chess School in LA with visiting international grandmaster Greg Shahade.
The game took about four minutes.
Pieces were knocked over. 7-Up was chugged. An ass was handed to its owner.
Enniscorthy Co Wexford, within the last hour.
Darren Cleary writes:
A truck has lost some of its load in the centre of town in A couple of bales have come loose and fallen off. There is now a standoff between the local barber and the farmer.
The farmer is waiting for someone to come down and help him reload, the barber is livid because the hay is effecting “footfall” and “crippling my business day”.They’re arguing, the barber says he’s calling the Garda because this is “obstructing pedestrian traffic and is now a matter for the law. More as I get it (unless my bus to Dublin comes first).
UPDATE
Darren writes;
Tension mounts between local farmer and barber, media are arriving on scene. Man to the right of picture is a photographer/journalist (I think). He’s trying to piece together the story. Taking pictures and gathering eye witness accounts.
A real-world Barbara Millicent Roberts by artist Nicholay Lamm, via 3-D imaging and the US Center for Disease Control’s average measurements for a 19-year old woman.
Previously: Barbie, Unslapped
From Killiney beach, Co Dublin.
It’s literally close to the Edge.
Thanks Eoghan Kennedy and Sara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8-wNL_m5w
Bodger actually choked on his marmalade soldiers.
Sarah de Nordwall of Catholic Voices appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill.
To correct the fibbing provide balance, Sarah was joined by Sarah Malone of the Abortion Rights Campaign.
In the midst of this hellish heat-spurt,
Some overpaid Met Eireann squirt,
Has chosen this time,
To use words that don’t rhyme,
And issued an “orange” alert.
John Moynes
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Greeting commuters at Stephen’s Green, Dublin, for the droppedireland whasit this morning.
Fair play though, in fairness.
Also: FIGHT!
Update:
Extreme.
Ian Ó Caoimh writes;
While we’re at it. Piazza del Populo, Rome, last month.
At the Wakedock, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.
Shot and edited by Cian McKenna and Hazel Coonagh.
Cian writes:
This is for Wakedock , Ireland’s very first wakeboarding cable park. The guys opened in March and we shot the video for them over a glorious weekend in June — hopefully it shows how much fun their whole setup is and how much fun you can have on the water right in the city centre.
A wakeboarding cable is unique because you don’t need a boat, it’s a very quiet system and is really safe (and much much easier!) to learn on.
