Poor Little Hashtag Jameson.
Mmf.
“Contrary to the views of the cynics and some who like to sneer, there really is absolutely huge enthusiasm for The Gathering among those overseas, particularly of Irish heritage.”
Varadkar Defends The Gathering (Irish Times)
Meanwhile, create your own coat of charms.
No, really:
Eh…
YIKES!
Thanks Garrett Ledwith
Pretty hen-believable, to be fair.
Eggs Thrown At Taoiseach Enda Kenny During UCD Student Centre Official Opening (UCD College Tribune)
Three eggs came from the UCD Book Depository, witnesses claim.
Top pic: UCD College Tribune
Offline
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Syria has gone offline.
Just as rebel forces are reportedly making huge advances on Assad territory.
From renesys.com:
Starting at 10:26 UTC (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria’s international Internet connectivity shut down. In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria’s IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet.
Syrian Internet Is Off The Air, Renesys Blog
Not the budgie?
The work of Belarus-born designer Vera Reshto who sez:
The theme for this cover was inspired by current weather conditions, winter and hibernation. I wanted it to be fun and playful with each of the characters animated differently. My favourite bit is the killing of the budgie.
It’s unusually trippy.
Simon Bird – All The Houses On My Street Look Exactly The Same
Simon writes:
I’m a Dublin based producer. ‘All The Houses On My Street Look Exactly The Same’ and is the second track on my new album ‘Sport’, which is going to be available for download on December 3rd. The video was produced with entirely no budget.
Starring: Eoghan Shankey Smith, Conor Mary Foy, Janna Fee Kemperman, Junior Yussuf, Rachel McInerney. and Simon Bird. Costume and Design by Aine K Byrne, Dance Choreography by Janne Fee Kemperman, Cameras by Michelle Doyle and Kevin A. Freeney, Edited by Kevin A. Freeney with Simon Bird, Additional Animation by Simon Bird Written and Directed by Kevin A. Freeney
Yay.
The Summit, an Irish feature length documentary, produced and directed by Nick Ryan (Image Now Films) about the deadliest day in modern mountain climbing history, has been selected to screen in competition at the Sundance International Film Festival in January 2013. The Summit was also nominated for a prestigious Grierson Award for Best Documentary at this year’s London Film Festival.
Co-funded by RTÉ and the BAI, the Film Board and BBC.
Fair play though, in fairness.