Jim McHugh – Dave

Dave is a four-letter word.

Monaghan singer/songwriter Jim McHugh‘s New Wave stylings call to mind the likes of XTC and even Richard Thompson.

Dave is the new single from his album Pretending To Wake Up, which is out on May 28 and features Paul McCabe (bass), Paul Sherry (Electric Guitar) and Butch McNeill (Drums).

Jim (top) writes:

“In an original story of misspent youth, Dave unveils my interactions with a friend who was known for being on the wrong side of the law on numerous occasions.”

Nick says: The name of the game.

Jim McHugh

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

This morning.

Further to the European Commission’s decision to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol without consulting Dublin….

Via RTÉ News:

[EC President Ursula von der Leyen said] “The bottom line is that mistakes were made in the process leading up to the decision and I deeply regret that. But in the end we got it right.

“I can reassure you that my commission will do its utmost to protect the peace of Northern Ireland, just as it has done throughout the entire Brexit process.”

…she strongly defended the EU’s decision to negotiate vaccine doses as one bloc, instead of individual member states going it alone.

“I cannot even imagine what would have happened if just a handful of big players, big member states had rushed to it and everyone else had been left empty-handed,” she told MEPs….

Hmm.

EC chief ‘deeply regrets’ mistakes over Article 16 (RTÉ)

Previously: I Von Der Who It Was

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Vector Motors former car showroom on Goatstown Road, Dublin 14; proposed student accomodation on the site close to UCD

Goatstown, Dublin 14.

CIS Ireland writes:

A strategic planning application has been granted by An Bord Pleanála for a €18m student accommodation development of 239 bed-spaces at the Vector Motors Site…

€18m – Student Accommodation (CIS)

Previously: O’Reilly-Hyland pays over €6.6m to secure high-profile south Dublin lands (Irish Tmes, September 11 ,2019)

This morning.

P-p-pertinent advice.

Hippopotamuses brought to Colombia as part of drug dealer Pablo Escobar’s private zoo must be culled, scientists say

There’s still quite a big job to do
With the remnants of Escobar’s zoo
As it’s widely agreed
That wild hippos will breed
And they’re dangerous beasts to bump into

John Moynes

Pic: CNN

An impressively weird 2016 short by award-winning Czech animator Ondřej Švadlena set in a distant future where night has devoured the day and the inhabitants of a mutating world feed exclusively on artificial light.

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