httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAByeeXS38k&feature=player_embeddedd

Pat Fitzgerald, the MV Saoirse’s engineer, underneath her hull.


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Hysteria, ‘Hasbara’ And The Flotilla (Larry Derfner, Jerusalem Post)

Building Boom In Gaza’s Ruins Belies Misery That Remains (Ethan Bronner, New York Times)

Taken literally within the last hour at the Irish short-stay visa waiver programme launch at the Department of Justice.

The new headmaster and the head of geography.

Keeping the bromance fresh.

They also have ‘date nights’.

(Eamon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

WATCH the sequence speeded up here.

Thanks, Red.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9kmjW73-v4

And in chronological order too.

Our favourite is the giant squirrel at 1.15.

See a full rundown of the monsters featured at the lovingly compiled Ray Harryhausen Creature List

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‘The Christian Radich’ Tall Ship heads up the River Suir
The Europa on her berth in Waterford city
The ‘Christian Radich’ at Waterford city
The gaff pilot cutter ‘Jolie Brise’ heads up the River Suir passing Duncannon Strand on her way to Waterford City.

Taken literally this morning.

Ships.

That are tall!

Yay.

Tall Ships To Prove A Real Spectacle – Best Viewing Points (Elaine Furlong, Enniscorthy Guardian)

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)


In The Trib, the paper’s former journalists choose an eclectic mix of their favourite pieces from Nóirín Hegarty’s six years as Editor. They draw on the Tribune’s celebrated news, analysis, arts and sports pages to give us an entertaining and thought-provoking picture of twenty-first century Ireland.

Contributors include Ali Bracken, John Boyne, Claire Byrne, Ciaran Carty, Michael Clifford, Shane Coleman, Malachy Clerkin, Ciaran Cronin, Miguel Delaney, Diarmuid Doyle, Olivia Doyle, John Downes, Tom Dunne, Martin Frawley, Patrick Freyne, Liam Hayes, David Kenny, Paul Lynch, Ferdia MacAnna, Justine McCarthy, Enda McEvoy, Ewan McKenna, Conor McMorrow, Una Mullally, Terry Prone, Kevin Rafter, Helen Rogers, Kieran Shannon, Valerie Shanley, Ger Siggins, Ken Sweeney and Eithne Tynan.

No revisiting their ‘hot or not’ section?

Phew.

The Trib (YBooks)
Via Dave Kenny


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