Dublin’s Absolut Fringe festival starts proper today.

To mark the occasion We have two PAIRS of tickets to see The Rubberbandits [with support from Pop Céilí] playing in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin, on Saturday, September 22 (10pm) to literally give away.

Just finish this sentence:

I deserve a free pair of tickets to see The Rubberbandits because…

Most deserving entries without the words ‘horse outside’ win the tickets.

Lines close at 3pm.

The Rubberbandits (Absolut Fringe Fest)

Thanks Jessica

No cash, favours, passes (other than the prizes), etc.were given for this post

 

And these were the gentler ones.

Twitter’s reaction to Sweary Terry Prone’s appearance [to defend her client, James Reilly] on TV3’s Tonight With Vincent Browne (Noirin Hegarty hosting) last night.

Watch here.

(TV3)

Consider the advantages of the canals [Royal and Grand Dublin] for cycle tourism – the generally flat terrain allows easy cycling; there are almost no access difficulties, as the land is in public ownership; and, for most of the route, there is no danger from motor vehicles. At present the towpaths are not developed for cycling and thus are grassy and rough in places, but this could be easily resolved by gravelling the paths, as has been done on the Great Western Greenway in Co Mayo. That initiative proved to be a huge success and has revitalised towns along the route. Creating two new cycling routes along the canals could bring similar benefits to such towns as Longford and Tullamore, which at present are not known for being tourism hotspots.

 

Cycling And Tourism (Noel Hogan, Irish Times Letters)

According to Wikipedia:

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. Inhabiting the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, it is rarely seen by humans.

That’s probably for the best.

Photo by Grufnik

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