The supermarket product that made me sad – spotted in Aldi Galway yesterday.

If you don’t like ’em, you can have a box of ‘Marine Matter’ for 45c. After that, you’re down the harbour, licking the side of a trawler.

(Thanks Anon)

Irish Archeology writes:

A reader of the blog has sent me two images of a puzzling object they recently found along the Boyne estuary. It consists of a roughly oval,  flat stone that has a pattern carved into one side (the mobile phone in the image above gives a sense of scale).

The carving consists of a centrally placed raised lip/bar running widthways across the stone and then six diamonds running lengthways, which appear to be in a recessed channel. The overall effect being slightly cruciform.

The opposite side of the stone has another raised bar/lip along which is inscribed  ‘Gibson buckle’ or possibly ‘Qibson buckle’ . Any ideas what this mystery object may be?

Mystery Stone Object (irish Archaeology)

The Holy Stone Of Clonrichert

Not really.

Independent Presidential candidate, Seán Gallagher has expressed his regret that the the other candidates would not agree to a joint ‘Litir Um Thoghcán’ or a shared envelope for delivery.

“I tried repeatedly to get the other candidates to agree to a share a leaflet which would save the Exchequer €10.6 million as An Post are reimbursed for the delivery of the leaflets.” “When agreement couldn’t be reached, I suggested that all candidates could share an envelope. The other candidates were not forthcoming and went ahead with their own individual deliveries.”

“It is a matter of deep regret and disappointment to me that agreement could not be reached and I had to deliver my leaflet through An Post as a single delivery.”

“As an Independent candidate who does not have the national organisation that the political parties have I need to ensure that my message gets out to the voters.”

 

Use of Litir Um Thoghcán A Matter Of ‘Deep regret’ For Gallagher (Sean Gallagher.Com)

(Tony Kinlan/Photocall Ireland)

“On a hot afternoon in Pasadena, California last Saturday, with no sign of clouds or rain, we spotted this puddle A nice reminder of what we’re missing at home.” (Rachel Wiseman and Dan McNamee).

The Unspecified Thing That Looks Like Ireland to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie


He arrived in Dublin on a summer’s evening, fresh from the hell of the H-Blocks. On the blanket protest, he’d been beaten black and blue by prison officers. He endured 53 days on hunger-strike, then watched his comrades die. His marriage broke up when he was in jail.

On his first night in Dublin, he slept in a car. His economic prospects didn’t look good. An ex-IRA prisoner with £240 to his name, hoping to find work on a building site.

Twenty years later, Tom McFeely (above), multi-millionaire property developer, opens the door to his Ailesbury Road mansion, which was once the former German embassy. “It’s a bit different to my Long Kesh cell,” he grins.

Buried under the photos is an original Picasso etching. “I haven’t bothered hanging it,” he says.

Tom McFeely is a man who does things his way.

The Hunger Of Tom McFeely (Saoirse32, July 2009)

Priory Hall Developers Told To hand Over Their Passports (Tim O’Brien, Irish Times)

(Photocall Ireland/Saoirse32)
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