Finally.

Hövding is a collar for bicyclists, worn around the neck. The collar contains a folded up airbag that you’ll only see if you happen to have an accident. The airbag is shaped like a hood, surrounding and protecting the bicyclist’s head. The trigger mechanism is controlled by sensors which pick up the abnormal movements of a bicyclist in an accident.

 

The Invisible Bike Helmet (Hövding.com)

Thanks @steemcb

You may recall yesterday’s post on the Russian junk shop in North Dublin trading in souveneir Nazi trinkets.

Caroline G writes:

I don’t know if this is a horrendous mish-mash of insignia. Also, I can’t see in the photo now how I identified the uniform, but I definitely googled something and I recall it was an East German uniform. There was probably something written on it out of shot that I looked up. Let’s call it a fun conundrum for someone with dubious skills to work on. The photo dates from August of last year.

 

Anyone?

 

Central Bank of Ireland-Issue 50 and 10 Euro Michael Collins Commemorative Coins.

The annual Michael Collins Commemoration will come in for particular attention this year because it is the 90th anniversary, and the Taoiseach will be the orator. Is it too much to hope that the media and the participants will use the correct name-form of the place where Collins met his tragic end? The proper usage is Béal na Blá, not “mBláth”. The latter, media-invented distortion is misplaced pedantry with its phony, pseudo-poetic association with “flowers”.Up to quite recently, the universal pronunciation in the locality itself and in the wider region was always Béal na Blá.

 

‘Where Collins Met His Final End (John A Murphy, Irish Times Letters)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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