Dublin (top) and Castlewellan, Co. Down yesterday afternoon)
(Thanks Snowbie and Colette Kelleher)
Slieve Bearnagh (County Down) on Sunday Morning.
(Thanks Reuben Fields)
Sunrise and sunset over Carlow yesterday.
(Thanks Carlow Weather)
#Breaking: Major rescue operation underway in Co Down as approximately 80 dinghies hit by bad weather in Strangford Lough.
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) August 11, 2014
**NEWSFLASH** First reports suggesting between 90 and 100 people in the water in Strangford Lough. Two choppers… http://t.co/4yg9KdpXXy — Donegal Bay Waterbus (@DonegalWaterbus) August 11, 2014
It is understood up to 100 people, including children, could be involved in incident at #Strangford Lough http://t.co/WFjmVaFu9c
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 11, 2014
BREAKING: RNLI tells us 6 casualties so far in Strangford after vessels capsized near east Down yacht club…. http://t.co/eNjlWYXqFT — Downtown Radio (@RadioDowntown) August 11, 2014
Live tracking showing Irish Coastguard helicopters over Strangford.
UPDATE:
Race organisers in Strangford Lough claim only 8 boats capsized in high winds, not 80. They say two injuries but everyone safe.
— Bill Gardner (@journobill) August 11, 2014
Police had to storm into a church to break up an angry protest staged by part of a congregation demonstrating against their minister. At one stage officers had to stop a man trying to pull the power plug to the church organ. Tensions between two groups within the Ballynahinch Congregational Church reached breaking point during angry scenes yesterday.
It is believed that the church is split into two groups – those who claim to support the traditional church style and those who claim to support the minister who took up the post more than seven years ago. Rev Speers was escorted from the building flanked by police when he had finished his sermon, while his supporters shook his hand as they left the building.
Any excuse.
Pic: Google Street View
Conor Macauley tweetz:
Cars pulling in on A1 hard shoulder at Banbridge due to torrential downpour #monsoon