Retired pilot Mike Mahon was wrongly assumed dead twice by the Department of Social Protection
In September authorities said
That poor old Mike Mahon was dead
Which was careless, but then
They did it again
So incompetence must be widespread
Grand Canal, near Leeson Street Bridge, Dublin
Colum Cronin tweetz:
Winter nights along the frozen canal. I love the array of colours.
Meanwhile…
Tomorrow Tonight.
Broadsheet columnist and public affairs consultant Derek Mooney looks at tomorrow’s papers.
Earlier: Derek Mooney: When The Uncertainty Is Worse Than The Exam
Hot Wheels
at
Behold: the Katalis Spacebar – an electric scooter inspired by Honda’s ill-fated Motocompo foldaway of the 1980s.
Produced by Indonesian maker Katalis, the Spacebar is a new twist on an old classic, powered by a 1200W electric motor with fore and aft cargo racks and foldaway peripherals on a rectangular body.
Price to be announced but presumably consistent with the budget of your average Jakartan teen.
A grotesquely compelling time-lapse short by Austrian animator/motion designer Christian Stangl featuring various succulent things gasifying and transforming into crispy remnants over the course of days and weeks.
Mmm. Crispy remnants.
More of his dark oeuvre here.
The Curve
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This afternoon.
An Post said that many items posted in Ireland during December for delivery outside the country “are still in transit through airports and sea ports”.
But that’s not all…
….consumers are complaining not just about international parcels and deliveries.
There are reports of letters being posted from one Dublin address to another Dublin address taking up to a month to be delivered.
Numerous An Post customers have contacted RTÉ News to report severe delays in having post delivered within Ireland, with the delays appearing to have hit not just parcels but letters too…
Anyone?
An Post warns customers may be waiting weeks for parcels (RTÉ)
This afternoon.
Baggott Street, Dublin 2.
One of a large number of Garda checkpoints around the country as Level 5-enforcing Operation Fanacht resumes
Gardai last week gave 17 fixed penalty charges to motorists who FLAGRANTLY traveled more than 5km from their home to visit the Wicklow Mountains.
Meanwhile….
You can find a list of questions that Gardai will ask you at checkpoints here, and exemptions that allow you to break the Covid travel restrictions here…
