Andy ‘Dazzler’ Mulligan.

he didn’t look the type.

Pause.

Suit yourselves.

Bono and The Edge – Walk On Ukraine

Lyrically-adjusted. acoustic rendering of ‘Walk On’ off U2’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000).

Via Bono and The Edge:

“The brave people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom — and for ours — in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion. More than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives — a population nearly the size of Ireland. World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukranians now … those who are fighting and those who have fled … and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands.”

Alternatively…

An0maly – Ukraine Flag In The Bio

Uncompromising American rapper An0maly sets the cat among the pigeons in his topical new video.

Nick says: Broadsheet commenters assemble.

This afternoon.

Tom Clarke Bridge, Dublin.

Earlier…

This morning.

Truck drivers taking part in a protest in Dublin this morning are blocking both ends of the Tom Clarke Bridge, commonly known as the East Link.

Via RTE News:

Promenade Road at the Port Tunnel is also blocked, as is the roundabout at the 3Arena and the entrance to Dublin Port.

Gardaí are advising commuters to plan for potential traffic disruption due to the protest, but the main roads leading into the city seem to be moving well, with most of the disruption currently around the docklands area.

The protest is being organised by a group which calls itself ‘The People of Ireland Against Fuel Prices’.

Traffic disruption expected as truck drivers protest in Dublin (RTE)

Update:

Leah Farrel/RollingNews

Um.

This morning.

Via BBC:

Wojtek Paprota., founder and chief executive of British-Polish chip firm, Walletmor, said:

“Chip implants contain the same kind of technology that people use on a daily basis

“From key fobs to unlock doors, public transit cards like the London Oyster card, or bank cards with contactless payment function.

“The reading distance is limited by the small antenna coil inside the implant. The implant needs to be within the electromagnetic field of a compatible RFID [or NFC] reader. Only when there is a magnetic coupling between the reader and the transponder can the implant can be read.

“RFID chips are used in pets to identify them when they’re lost,” he says. “But it’s not possible to locate them using an RFID chip implant – the missing pet needs to be found physically. Then the entire body gets scanned until the RFID chip implant is found and read.”

The microchip implants that let you pay with your hand (BBC)

BBC

Gulp.

‘sup?

Happy National Pet Day to one and all.

Name that strand, anyone?

Your pet on National pet Day to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet on National Pet Day’.

Wallis Bird – The Power Of A Word

Word on a wire.

Berlin-based Irish songsmith Wallis Bird (top) gives us food for thought in this single from her forthcoming album Hands, due next month.

Wallis writes:

“I wrote it with the intention that it would feel like an embrace of safety, of walking towards complex relationships and situations with an open heart and patience and I’m so glad you feel its warmth. I love you. Peace.”

The video was shot in Berlin’s Grin & Bear Studios by Joseph Wright.

Wallis plays a Rock Against Homelessness charity gig in aid of Focus Ireland at the Little Theatre, Gorey, County Wexford, on April 16.

Nick says: Come fly with her.

Wallis Bird

Um.

Anyone?

Kathleen Clarke, widow of Tom Clarke, who was executed after the 1916 rising, with her sons from left: Tom Clarke Jnr, John Daly Clarke, and Emmet Clarke

 

 

‘Your birds are grand and singing all day long.’

On this day.

And for the week that’s in it.

Pic: National Library Of Ireland

Saturday.

Howth, county Dublin

President Michael D Higgins officially unveiled the newly-restored Eire 6 wartime neutrality sign, one of 83 aerial recognition signs built around the Irish coast during the Second World War to alert aircraft they were approaching Irish territory.

Long buried, the Howth sign has now been restored by the local community, as a mark of respect to those who served in defence of our neutrality.

Fight!

Also: No fada?

Sam Boal RollingNews

Top pic: Irish Air Corps

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