That’s that apocalyptic swirl at the top left hand corner photographed from space at 6am.

Sez Met Eireann:

Very windy or stormy today with winds gusting 100 to 140 km/h, strongest along the North coast. Squally showers or thunderstorms will give some wintry falls of sleet and snow especially on hills but at some low levels also. The showers will be most frequent in the North and West with blizzard-like conditions on some of the hills.

West to Southwest gale to storm force winds will affect all coasts of Ireland and the Irish Sea today with winds reaching violent storm force at times on the North and Northwest coast.

Ah here.

Met Eireann WARNING

Anti ‘monster dump’ protesters including (bottom pic. No the other bottom pic) Avi Jacobson and Quiva Murphy age 4 at the demonstration outside Fingal County Council offices in Swords yesterday.

(Photocall Ireland)

BRITAIN’S DECISION to veto a new EU treaty has created “two Europes” and marks a major step towards integration within a smaller bloc, French president Nicolas Sarkozy has said.

Outlining what France sees as the far-reaching implications of the “fiscal compact” agreed in Brussels, Mr Sarkozy hailed “the birth of a different Europe” that would converge without the British.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has invited the leaders of the Opposition parties into Government Buildings at 8am today to brief them on the outcome of the European summit.

Sarkozy hails birth of smaller European bloc without UK (Irish Times)

Kenny: No referendum decision before March (RTE News)

(Pic: RTE)
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