Republic Of Ireland: Uilleann Bagpiper Patrick Martin, from Inniskeen at the Twelfth of July garden party, this evening at Aras an Uachtarain, on the theme ” Bridges Built” – attended by almost 400 guests from various traditions and parts of the island of Ireland.

Northern Ireland: Police have fired baton rounds at rioters as fresh trouble erupted in Belfast tonight. Petrol bombs, bricks, bottles and fireworks were hurled at officers during the stand-off in Ardoyne in north Belfast. A car was hijacked and set alight, while police deployed water cannon. Some officers were briefly set alight after being struck by a petrol bomb.

Northern Ireland Marching Season Ends With New Outbreak Of Violence (Guardian)

Northern Ireland Violence Triggered by Ideology And Mistrust Of Police (Henry McDonald, Guardian)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland/Reuters)
Miss Piggy, Muppets                               Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Fine Gael
Ming                                                              Ross                                                               Wallace

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjMgrz3mX-o&feature=player_embedded

Overheard in the Dail (go to 1.09)

Mick Wallace “…Miss Piggy has toned it down a bit today.”

Shane Ross: “Who’s that?”

Wallace: “Ms Piggy has toned it down a bit…That Mary Mitchell O’Connor one.”

Ming Flanagan: “I couldn’t remember her name on Vincent Browne.”

Ross: “Was she on with you?”

Ming: “No (indecipherable)…the one who drove off the plinth. They’d want to ban her wearing pink.”

Wallace: “Ha Ha Ha.”

Ross: “Oh yeah, that’s right. She’s nothing sensational on [today], she normally wears the most garish colours (trails off)…”

And On The Muppet Show Tonight (Maman Poulet)

Previously: New TD Drives Down Plinth

(Photocall Ireland)



John on O’Connell Street bridge, above, with Barney and his dog Lilly. And, bottom pic, meeting Jim Collins, a Tipperary farmer who has offered John work.

John Byrne, the homeless man who jumped into the Liffey to save his pet rabbit, Barney. was honoured by animal rights group ARAN this afternoon on O’Connell Street.

Aran’s Jill Bourke (left) and John Carmody (right) and John Byrne.

Watch the rescue here

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

His letter in The Irish Times created a wave of hate that swept over Broadsheet last week.

Now, he’s written to us with new message for graduates

You might want to sit down.

Interesting to read these comments, I see that the high horse approach has provoked debate. It took a while to figure out the formula for getting published in the IT.
The important point for all of you to remember is that this country is bankrupt and it will never get off its feet unless the young graduates coming out of University do something about it. You have seen what the government and ‘leadership’ is willing to do to help you. More training schemes, more hand-outs, more ‘initiatives’. These are designed to win public support, nothing more.
Like many of you, I worked hard in college only to find at the end of it that there were no jobs. Therefore, I had little choice but to start my own business. I’ve seen how people with connections get jobs while those of us without are left to either emigrate (which I technically did in moving to N.Ireland) or sign on the dole.
Don’t fall into the trap of signing on welfare or joining government programs. They might take care of your short-term problems, but they are worth nothing to you in the long run.
Perhaps I am an a***hole, but, we’ve all seen what charming ‘man of the people’ types get you. They destroyed our country.

Thomas

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