Ewok and Bodger find themselves barred from coming within 5 miles temporarily estranged from their families this Christmas.

They have suggested posting as NORMAL on Christmas day.

“Completely pointless,” mused Karl, good-naturedly. ‘Preposterous!’ said John, sensibly. “Everyone goes off-line until St Stephen’s Day January” said Niall, pointedly. “There was a large man with a sack….” Began John Moynes, enthusiastically. “What would Jesus do,? asked Aidan, wryly.

“Why not put it out to the group,” suggested Karl’s mother another .

So, Xmas shift. Yes or No?

YOU decide.

Built at the end of the 19th century, this clockwork contraption is no mere music box – the complexity of the ‘song’  and variation in tone and pitch combine to make a completely realistic bird song. Built in Paris, possibly by master automaton maker, Blaise Bontems.

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Artist Fintan Switzer from Killarney (where most of his street art can be found) explained the inspiration for his impressive output to Street Art News thus:

“Conflict and revolution. Obviously it’s quite a broad heading so there are many areas to explore like martyrdom, propaganda, regicide, paranoia and consequentialism to name but a few. All quite heavy subjects so as you can imagine, they’re not exactly pretty little pictures!”

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This just in.

From a rarely sober normally reliable source in Leinster House:

I am hearing Ronan Mullen has set up a new ‘religious-based’ party with Lorcan Price, a former secretarial assistant from Leinster house, now a junior counsel.

Anyone?

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