8-9 on penalties.
Mmf.
Ivory Coast win the Africa Cup of Nations on penalties – as it happened (BBC)
(AP)
8-9 on penalties.
Mmf.
Ivory Coast win the Africa Cup of Nations on penalties – as it happened (BBC)
(AP)
Apparently.
Fueled by performance enhancing drugs…
Tom Moylan writes:
European Commission’s predictions for the next two years of economic performance for Ireland were released today…Also (below) for Europe in general…
FIGHT!
Via Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Yikes.
Defiant retooled tricolour and comment from the Facebook page ‘Defend Marriage in Ireland Husband and Wife’.
Laura writes:
I noticed this comment when I was reading through some on the page (sucker for punishment). I commented asking if the administrator on the page was okay with it. My comment was deleted and the original comment untouched. Depressing stuff.
Brussels, Belguim.
This morning.
A Trojan horse and defiant tricolour among protestors outside the European Parliament European Council as the next round of negotiations on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal begin..
A cross European petition opposing TTIP has collected over 1.3 million signatures.
Thanks John Hyphen
Today.
The Citizens Ceremony at the National Convention Centre, Dublin, the 100th of its kind since its introduction in 2011 by Alan Shatter (fair play).
They’re happy now, etc.
From top: Iliana Peralta originally from Peru; Rahab Swords originally from Kenya; ; Sofia and Mother Jelena Komarovska originally from Latvia; Aliona Kosiakova originally from Lithunia; Marcus originally from Gambia and wife Patricia Danson and their baby Sally; Diana Alrumhi originally from Ukraine/Palestine; Jehan Henehan (left) originally from Australia and Megan Burgdorf originally from USA.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Update:
Stop laughing.
That’s not our ‘way’.
Damn foreign-borns.
(Sam Boal/Photocall ireland)
Oh.
Davos, Switzerland this morning.
It’s all stick no carrott.
Kevin Abbott asks:
Why is the Irish snowman at the World Economic Forum missing his nose?
And how does he smell? Like cabbage!
Anyone?
Melbourne, Australia on Saturday
Custo writes:
Defiant Tricolour at the darts riot [at the International Darts Challenge]…Banter banter banter.
Why do all the good ones leave?
Darts match in Melbourne halted by brawling fans in fancy dress (Guardian)
Last night.
Leon writes:
Dublinatchristmas.ie has transformed Wolfe Tone Square in Dublins City Centre into a vintage festive fun fair. The vintage amusements including a chairoplane, a classic helter-skelter slide, a miniature carousel and game stalls will be illuminated in the evening. The fun fair will run until the 22nd of December….
Wolfe Tone Fun Fair (DublinatChristmas.ie)
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
At the National Athletics Awards in Dublin this afternoon
Wicklow runner Róisín McGettigan presented with a bronze medal for the 1500-metres (at the 2009 European Indoor Championships where she came fourth) as the winner Anna Alminova was doped.
G’wan the clean Irish.