A construction crew tests the efficiency of a recently installed High Expansion Foam Fire Suppression System in an aircraft hangar. Fluffy goodness, eight feet deep.

Replace the fire klaxon with a bit of Nicki Minaj and you could be in Ibiza.

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“Dark-haired, deep-eyed and engaging, Taylor is not what you’d expect in a fighting Irishwoman, nor is she surrounded by people who’d prefer a punch to a potato … Katie is deeply rooted in her mother’s Christian faith, an avid bible reader who zones out to songs of worship…”

Ah here.

Punch Drunk Ireland Intoxicated As Taylor Swings Toward Boxing Gold (Peter Hanlon, The Age, Australia)

Update: the old switcheroo:

Thanks Eoin Darby and Brian McDonald

Meanwhile, In USA Today:

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South African runner Oscar ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius, the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics, may not have made it past the Men’s 400m semis yesterday but this inspiring photo from 2009 is all over the interwebs right now.

The little girl is Ellie Challis from England who lost both hands and lower legs to meningitis at 16 months.

(Hat Tip: @davidcoldwell)

President of the High Court Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns said last week it was “truly shocking” that €1.65 billion may be required from the compensation fund to meet claims and costs arising from the administration of the insurer. He sought the “clearest of explanations” to be provided to understand the reasons for these costs at the hearing today. During last week’s hearing he said it would be helpful if somebody from the Central Bank also attended the court.

The cost of the administration was put at about €738 million and this rose to €775 million. The amount being sought from the fund “had more than doubled” in the space of a few months, he said.

Lawyers for the administrators told the court that the €1.65 billion was “an absolute ceiling” and based on a worst-case situation, while the actual level of draw-down was expected to be between €1.1 billion and €1.3 billion.

Oh, well that’s all right then.

Official at bank to explain Quinn cost (Simon Carswell, Irish Times)

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Katie Taylor after beating Team GB’S Natasha Jonas at London 2012 this afternoon to guarantee a medal position and a place in the semi-final on Wednesday. The final is on Thursday.

(RTE via Brenda Fitzsimons)

Meanwhile, down the seafront…

(Thanks Aaron McAllorum and Lars Bicuits)

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