Last night.
Dublin Airport.
Portugal football players, including their star player Christian Ronaldo (centre left), arrive for tonight’s World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland.
Pic: FC Porto Global
Meanwhile…
Meeting his idol @Cristiano #Ronaldo #Dublin #Portugal pic.twitter.com/rzL7FDzEiy
— Gary III (@GaryIII4) November 10, 2021
Later.
The Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Thanks Ted
In 35 years playing or watching football I never had the feeling that something wasn’t right. Yesterday I did for the 1st time. Played 1 minute over added time in 1st half and for no reason well past in the 2nd which cost Ireland a point, on top of a dozen dubious calls https://t.co/kjUyHtIZmZ
— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) September 2, 2021
Last night/this afternoon.
Who’s the ilegitimo in the yellow?
Slovenian referee Matej Jug, who officiated last night’s match between Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, has come under scrutiny for his lenient approach to Christian Ronaldo’s misdemeanours during the game, which included slapping Irish defender Dara O’Shea (top) like he was his cadela.
Irish fans think Ronaldo should’ve been sent off for ‘slap’ on defender (Joe)
CEO and founder of the Web Summit Paddy Cosgrave
Adrian Wreckler, on Independent.ie, reports:
Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit has secured a whopping €110m from the Portuguese government to stay in Lisbon for the next 10 years.
The company had been engaged in “a competitive tender process” with other European cities over the last year.
The deal also includes what the Web Summit describes as a “€3 billion buyout clause”, should another city want to tempt the event away from Lisbon.
Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit secures new €110m deal to stay in Lisbon for ten years (Independent.ie)
Last night.
Sarah Callaghan, from Dublin, writes:
Portuguese wildfires as seen from Albuferia…
Meanwhile…
We’re all getting very worried here in Albufera now as it’s on our doorstep. #PortugalFires pic.twitter.com/V3yBjU17bL
— Radio Frankie (@shanleyfrankie) August 8, 2018
Portugal says major wildfire will take days to put out (ABC News)
Previously: From Iran With Love
The Elliptical House at Luz on the Portuguese coast, designed by Mário Martins Atelier – a series of overlapping ovals reflected in the glazed façade of the seaward wall, the curved pool and a cut-out in the cantilevered roof.
The tickets page for Lisbon #WebSummit shows … the Ha’penny bridge in Dublin. Go figure. pic.twitter.com/ANmoYfdqb0
— Lisa Pereira (@lisa_pereira) November 17, 2015
Oh.
Previously: How The Web Summit Was Lost
Pictures by Taylor Moore of the bewildering and spectacularly bonkers Quinta da Regaleira in Grand Lisboa, Portugal, located near the UNESCO World Heritage town of Sintra (and included within its designated ‘cultural landscape’).
The estate was developed between 1904 and 1910 by Portuguese entomologist Carvalho Monteiro, who commissioned Italian architect Luigi Manini to construct a series of enigmatic buildings combining the gargoyles, steeples, chapels and towers of Gothic, Renaissance, Roman and Manueline styles with symbolism relating to Masonry, alchemy, the Knights Templar and the Rosicrucians, not to mention fantasy grottoes, caves and a deep dry well ringed with a spiral staicase.
Currently owned by the Sintra Town Hall, it was opened to the public in 1998.
More pix here.