A Vectrix electric motorbike supplied by MCC Controls (21 kilowatt engine, roughly equivalent to a 400cc motorbike) on charge opposite ESB headquarters on Fitzwilliam Street Lower this morning.

A clean, eerily quiet new era dawns.

(Thanks Oisin)

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It would appear to be the most oafish and tasteless gameshow ever conceived, but Weg van Nederland (‘Mad about the Netherlands’), to be broadcast on Dutch TV tonight, actually has a provocative liberal agenda.

Contestants on the one-off game show from the public broadcaster VPRO, part of an annual week of experimental programmes, comprise five asylum seekers who have exhausted legal avenues to stay in the Netherlands and await imminent deportation to their country of origin.

They compete in a quiz about Dutch culture, history and language, with the winner awarded €4,000 (£3,500) to help cushion them when they are expelled. Consolation prizes include a bulletproof vest.

Dose Dutch. Dey are jusht brilliantly bonkersh, man.

Dutch gameshow pits failed asylum seekers against each other (Guardian)

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