Seamus Heaney handed his literary papers to the National Library of Ireland literally earlier at a ceremony attended attended by Taoiseach Enda Kenny (below) and Minister for Arts Jimmy Deenihan (bottom pic).

At the heart of the archive is “a comprehensive and vast collection of loose-leaf, typescript and manuscript worksheets and bound notebooks that span Heaney’s literary career from the publication of his first major collection ‘Death of a Naturalist’ (1966) right through to ‘Station Island’ and Human Chain’.”

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)


Feast your eyes on the Lazareth Wazuma V8 – the world’s most expensive quad bike: Ferrari engine, 6-speed sequential gearbox and a top speed of 241km/h.

Deemed too powerful for the road, it’s a €200,000 track-only prototype. As the rider, you sit nice and high on the engine block. That way, the next owner won’t be finding bits of you behind the headlamps.

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From Blathnaid Healy:

It was a stunning morning down at White Rock. I went down to get my annual photo of the sunrise, but instead was very taken with, what Twitter tells me, are a pod of three dolphins who are resident in the area. I’ve never been fortunate enough to see them there before, but apparently they are often seen on a calm day. They were in very playful form…

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A Beautiful Sight To Watch.Dolphins in Killiney Bay On The Shortest Day Of The Year (Blathnaid Healy)

A new troll (above) recently joined the debate about the fallout from the redaction of Kate Fitzgerald’s article by the Irish Times and subsequent apology to The Communications Clinic.

Called ‘You’re Kidding Me’ he/she has ridiculed those seeking answers from the Irish Times and The Communications Clinic.

So far so whatever.

But this troll also seemed to be privy to some inside information about the case. And in the middle of all the sneering came this veiled threat:

Also – out of curiosity, and Broadsheet, have your defamation lawyers at the ready…

 

Which we felt was a little, oh what’s the word? Familiar.

So we checked the troll’s IP address.

The registered owner is Matheson Ormsby Prentice, 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2. The country’s best-known defamation lawyers. A leader in their field, you might say.
And whose clients include…the Irish Times.

Ain’t life grand?

Previously: IT Online Editor: Why We Removed Kate’s Fitzgerald’s Article From The Irish Times Digital Archive

Let Kate Have The Final Word

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