The UCD Students’ Union bar, Belfield, Dublin.

That concrete mausoleum of dreams frothy salon of rigorous debate and song.

Finally re-opening soon-ish.

Sez UCDSU Entertainments officer Eoin

‘There’s a chance the college should get it up [reopened for this semester], they just need a good kick up the hole.’’

 

Sounds fair.

Deal Over Bar Arrived At (College Tribune)

Previously: Hic

Thanks Paul

Hang on.

Who invited the bishop?

The Confidential List Of Everyone Attending Davos This Year (Quartz)

Daniel and ‘Abe’ at The Savoy cinema, Dublin this evening for the Irish premiere of Lincoln.

Meanwhile…

From top: Katie Taylor, Edge, Sally Field (with Shane Mac Gowan in the wings); President Higgins; Bono and Ali Hewson;  Spielberg and fan; Chris de Burgh with Diane de Burgh (left) and Rosanna Davison; Day Lewis and fans; Bono and Ali Hewson with Paul McGuinness and Kathy Gilfillan; Dan and fan photo; Dan, Squee and Sabina; Daniel Day Lewis.

Pics 1-5, Emily. Pics 5-12: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Siobhan at Rabble.ie writes:

One of our scouts found these rather strange flyers circulating at the Vigil4Life event on Saturday. The one (above) is accusing a Lebanese man of harvesting embryo balls (NB testicle transplants don’t work let alone ones from a foetus to an adult male) and the above handout  refers to kidneys.
The anti-choicers must have some new technologies the rest of us don’t. I’m first in the line for a nice clean pair of kidneys and a liver please.
Just to prove this is part of the mainstream anti-choice lingo, this is a screen grab from the Life Zone website:

 

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