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AB writes:

Two people attempting to remove two bikes. I asked them what they were doing and they replied calmly, “stealing bikes” .Tesco, Fairview, refused to call the Gardai as it was happening so I videoed the incident and luckily it put the would-be thieves off and they ran away [towards Fairview Park].

 

Previously: How To Not Get Your Bike Nicked In Dublin


An update on Noah Horak from Minnesota, whose expensive Enduro bike was stolen in broad daylight outside a hostel just eight hours after he arrived for the Irish leg of his round the world trip.

It turns out he’s been loaned a 640 Adventure (similar to the bike in the second pic above) to complete his Ireland tour by all-round daycent skin Peter Bookey of Aaron Rider Training.

Yay!

No sign of Noah’s original bike yet, sadly.

(Thanks Oisin)


Matthew Riese built his Delorean Hovercraft after raising $5,644 through Kickstarter. He showcased it recently during a break in a Giants-Rockies baseball game at McCovey Cove in San Francisco.

The commentators didn’t really get it.

buzzfeed

 

Wealthy Parents will be able to hand back the €140-a-month child benefit payment to the State if they wish, under new measures being drawn up by Government officials.

Some well-off parents have commented in recent months that there is no way to opt out of child benefit payments, which are paid automatically to some 600,000 families every month. They cost the State about €2 billion a year.

However, Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton has asked officials to make whatever technical changes are required in order for parents to be able to refuse the payment.

 

Measure Will Allow Wealthy To Hand Back Child Benefit (Carl O’Brien, Irish Times)

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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