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Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream

We wanna be free to do what we wanna do.

What does that involve?

Via Belfast Telegraph:

Bobby said that he had earlier been “rolling about” in a forest “all day, naked” before pals dressed him and they headed into East Kilbride, near his native Glasgow.

He stated: “Through the heat haze of the late afternoon and my skewed, goggle-eyed acid vision I saw the sight of an Orange pipe and drum band marching slowly up the road towards where us acid-stragglers were stood on the pavement.

“I swear that the pipe band and Lodge members morphed into an enormous creature resembling a huge orange slug, leaving a trail of greasy orange slime behind them.”

Gulp.

Rocker on acid trip thought Orange band was giant slug (Belfast Telegraph)

Orange Lodge members with PPE equipment to be distributed north and south

The Orange Institution has purchased what has been described as a ‘very significant’ shipment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which will be distributed across Northern Ireland and counties in the Republic of Ireland.

A large quantity of hand sanitizer along with tens of thousands of masks and aprons arrived at the weekend to be divided up around the 12 County Grand Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.

The items will reach County Grand Lodge officers in the coming days from where they will be distributed via the Institution’s 108 District Lodges.

Orange Institution secures shipment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Grand Orangle Lodge of ireland

Carlosfandango writes:

Well this wasn’t expected! Fair play in fairness…

This afternoon.

Government buildings, Dublin 2

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar meets the Grand Secretary of the Orange Lodge, Reverend Mervyn Gibson. Rev Gibson led a delegation of Orange Lodge members from the southern border counties to discuss “matters of interest to their members including education, infrastructure and culture”.

Name that painting, anyone?

Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

Former Ireland rugby captain with Orange man Ivor Whitten (top) and with Lambeg drum (above) in Loughgal, County Armagh which hosted the flagship event for the Orange Order’s annual July 12 commemoration this year.

Splutter!

Yesterday.

Louyghhall, County Armagh.

This is why we had to invent the bodhrán.

WATCH: Brian O’Driscoll tries his hand on Lambeg drum during Orange parade visit (Independent.ie)

Top pic: Ivan Whitten