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As the US military’s discriminatory ‘Dont Ask Don’t Tell’ law is finally officially repealed, one US soldier decides the time is right to have a chat with his dad. (Starts @ 2.15)

It’s official: `Don’t ask don’t tell’ is history (Washington Post Blog)

Meanwhile:

When Navy Lt. Gary Ross and his partner were searching for a place to get married, they settled on a site in Vermont, in part because the state is in the Eastern time zone.

That way, the two men were able to recite their vows before family and friends at the first possible moment after the formal repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Just after midnight Tuesday, the partners of 11 years were married.

Navy Officer Weds Partner as Gay Ban Ends (CBS News)

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Dublin is number 9 in a list of the top bike-friendly cities in the world in a poll conducted by Urban planning consultancy, Copenhagenize,

Dublin’s inclusion is due to “a wildly successful bike share programme, visionary politicians who implemented bike lanes and 30 km/h zones, and a citizenry who have merely shrugged and gotten on with it,” says Copenhagenize.

The consultancy warns, however, that there needs to be “further intense infrastructure implementation to return Dublin to the heady days of [the] last century,” adding, “The new cycle track along the canal is brilliant, but now Dublin needs to find the funds for more.”

 

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Using materials that would equally be at home amongst idyllic model train sets, artist Thomas Doyle builds incredibly intricate mixed media dioramas that instead suggest something much darker. The sense of loss and a brooding darkness is present in almost every piece, where homes dangle on sheer cliffs, or are surrounded by apocalyptic waste. The pieces above, entitled The Barrage Lifts, and Firing for Effect, are from his ‘Distillation’ series.

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Bertie Ahern with Paul ‘Pillar’ Caffrey (left) and Tommy Lyons at the Dublin All-Ireland victory celebrations in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin last night.

Dublin Squad Celebrations: Photo gallery (Irish Independent)

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Does it really send out the right signals to our French visitors when they see his most famous work being used to sell fish and chips outside Foley’s on Merrion Row, Dublin 2?

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A 10-minute text poll involving 22,000 callers to RTE R1’s Liveline this afternoon produced the following results:

Martin McGuinness: 5,752
David Norris 5,732
Gay Mitchell 2,688
Mary Davis 2,314
Michael D Higgins 2,194
Dana 1,424
Sean Gallagher 1,290

And, in infographic form (courtesy of Karlypants):

 

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