Close but no sycamore.
The much fancied Tullamore-based oak (top) came Third in the European Tree Awards.
Winner and runner-up were too good for us.
That was plane.
European Tree of the Year Awards
Previously: Gwan The Tree
Probably served in small plastic cups which will actually contain water (just go along with it).
Laura writes:
I thought your children owning readers may enjoy this:
Irish Design Shop in collaboration with the RHA and Children’s Books Ireland are delighted to host a weekend of events ranging from workshops and readings to signings and lectures (March 16-18). Coinciding with the St.Patricks festival,
the weekend will celebrate and showcase the remarkable talent of contemporary Irish writers and illustrators. All events are free, and take place within the RHA gallery, Dublin..
Land Lovers – The Cinema Bell.
Part of the Popical massive.
They have become very talked about
Barry writes:
A selection of acts from the Popical Island collective are taking over The Stags Head Raw every Sunday upstairs in the Stag’s head, Dame Court, Dublin] for most of March.
Popical Island is a small, hard-working pop collective based in Dublin. Formed by the bands Land Lovers, Yeh Deadlies and Groom in 2010, and it also is home to some of Ireland’s most exciting pop bands, including Tieranniesaur, Squarehead and Pantone 247. They have released two compilations, Popical Island #1 and #2. These compilations introduced the world to many’s the poptastic upstart, like Rhino Magic, Goodly Thousands and Feed the Bears, while featuring gems from the catchiest indie tune-slingers from across the country – your So Cows and your Grand Pocket Orchestras. Popical Island has put out new releases by Yeh Deadlies, Groom, Tieranniesaur, Walpurgis Family, Big Monster Love and Jonny Fun and the …Hesitations.
Do we have to remember all of them?
Damn bewilderingly-named, Stag’s Head attic-squatting, popped-up hipsters.
Stag’s Head Raw, Stag’s Head, Dame Court Dublin. 8pm €8.
Good times for some.
Bad Times for others.
Google and other news aggregators may continue to show short news items on their websites without being required to pay, German lawmakers decided in a parliamentary vote today. The move was a blow to publishers including Axel Springer and Bertelsmann.
‘A Million Times’ – kinetic sculpture by Stockholm design studio Humans Since 1982.
288 iPad controlled clocks driven by 576 electric motors. Each one telling the exact time, but only a fraction of the time.
Fancy one for the kitchen?
Seeing as it’s Friday.
Clémentine MacNeice writes:
I know you don’t normally do this but we are an independent cider company from Armagh.We’ve just won silver medal in the InternationalBrewing Awards and are looking for a bit of press.
It is a major achievement given we’ve been in full operation less than a year.
We make our cider with apples we grow ourselves with no concentrates. It is hard to get recognition against the big boys in the cider world especially as an independent brewer starting out. Any form of shout out would be greatly appreciated.
No cash, favours, Toby jugs of cider, etc, were given for this post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_zo_bSyo08
A Taffin/sheep/New Slogan for the ‘Gathering’ mash-up
Andy Byron writes:
We lashed this together here in work for all fans of Pierce Brosnan, screaming sheep, and memes of the day.
End of a long week.
Pictures by Harrison Howell Walker taken around Ireland in the summer of 1940, ostensibly for The National Geographic but some for his own – and now our – pleasure.
Includes obligatory Irish mother cutting turf after burying her son.
(Thanks Sibling of Daedalus)
And why not – sure isn’t he a local man?
Michael Lowry gave an exclusive interview to the Tipperary Star about that transcribed phone call.
It was published on Wednesday and is now on their website:
Things that may make you go hmm.
Deputy Lowry said this week, “The Register at the UK Land Registry and company records clearly show that I never had any direct or indirect shareholding or beneficial interest in Doncaster Rovers or it’s associated companies.”
“The Holycross man also confirms that he never had any material or beneficial interest in ‘Glebe Trust” – an entity which owned Westferry – a company which had been set up by Mr Phelan and later sold to [Denis] Mr O’Brien to facilitate the purchase of the Doncaster Rovers site – that site was very recently the subject of a sale agreement in a joint venture with Doncaster Council, involving a sum reported to be in the region of St£10m…”
Hmm.
The Sunday Independent had kept watch at Deputy Lowry’s home in Holycross and at his constituency office in Abbey Road, Thurles on Saturday in a bid to put a series of questions to him. And, attempts had been made through close political allies to contact him in order to arrange an interview.
All of these efforts proved fruitless with the Independent stating that the only place Deputy Lowry could be found was in the pages of The Tipperary Star.”
Hmm.
Lowry Solicitor To Probe Leak Tape (Tipperary Star)
(Pic: Michael Lowry Facebook)
