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Other 911 Commemorative Posts Are Available
Gawker: one of the first out of the blocks with their own irreverent 911 mega post – a defiant selection of the Big Apple’s finest snark for the day that’s in it. They’re New Yorkers. They’re allowed....
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Tribute In Light
A photo of the Twin Towers Tribute In Light shot by Brooklyn Theory. Visible 60 miles away, the lights will be turned on again tonight from dusk till dawn via
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TLLS50 – How Was It For You?
Last night, our Nat, who normally live-tweets the Late Late Show like a boss but is currently ‘off-Twitter’, found himself in a quandry. The following was found this morning, scrawled in purple ink on...
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They ‘Ad It Large
The Sound Crowd Orchestra – arguably one of the best underground Irish dance music outfits of the early 90s – had their 20th Anniversary bash at a packed-out Button Factory on Saturday night. On the...
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Can’t Be Unheard
Unearthed in a second hand record shop in Cork and uploaded direct from vinyl to the internets only today – feast your ears on this ‘song’ recorded to mark the 5th birthday of 2FM in 1984. ‘Gram...
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Visions Of You
Sinéad O’Connor by Thomas Ryan RHA. 1974. Sinéad O’Connor writes: Message For My Mother On the 29th Anniversary Of Her Death. Hey Mother, I miss you.. though I never had you.. I have had you since you...
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Rubes
Splutter. St Michael’s Church, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Unless it is the jubilee of a Ruby Jubilee which took place last year? Although strictly speaking that would make it the anniversary of the...
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They Dubbed Some Bass With Your Head, Man
What do you mean you weren’t there? Our Oisín was there, and now that we’ve scraped his quivering body down off the ceiling with a yardbrush, he reports: Underworld performing the album...
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70 Years Ago Today
VE Day: 8th May 1945. US And Europe Mark VE Day Anniversary (BBC) thisisnthappiness UPDATE: The Old Boy comments: Here’s the Irish Times cover. The text was approved by the censor; the arrangement of...
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All Alone Together
“Why do you think The Breakfast Club resonates with not just your generation, but every generation of teens? Molly Ringwald: It’s the universal feeling that we all are alone—that we’re all different....
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Not Going Away
Lucia and Jim O’Farrell, top, and their late son, Shane Sunday will mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Shane O’Farrell. Shane was killed in a hit-and-run in Carrickmacross in Co. Monaghan by...
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‘A Year On…The Situation Is Much, Much Worse’
From top: The doorway where homeless man Jonathan Corrie was found dead on Molesworth Street, Dublin last year; Fr Peter McVerry On this day last year, Jonathan Corrie was found dead outside a...
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Three Years Ago Today
Justice for Magdalenes Research tweetz: Today marks three years since [Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s] Magdalene apology. Sadly, justice has yet to be done. Previously: ‘I, As Taoiseach…Deeply Regret And...
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Dropping Slow
This afternoon. On King Street South, Dublin. Dave Williams, of GOAL, tweetz: A ‘rocket‘ to mark five years of war in Syria. Rockets are killing people there every day; we want to show why Syrians are...
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‘They Couldn’t Get To The Water’
Candles left outside the Carrickmines halting site following the fire last October A year ago today. A fire at an unofficial halting site in Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines, Dublin, killed 10 members...
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Hold Your Hour And Have Another
Glasnevin Museum tweetz: A pint of Guinness left at the grave of Brendan Behan, born on this day, 1923. Mmf. *swally*
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Fab
Wolfe Tone Park, Dublin 1 yesterday – celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of that album. (Pic: Oisín Kane)
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Hot Wheels
Behold: the Porsche 911 Speedster concept – a 5.0l, 500bhp, flat-six version of the 911GT3 wrapped in Carrera 4 bodywork with vintage features (like a central fuel cap, two-tone paint and retro...
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All Alone Together
“Why do you think The Breakfast Club resonates with not just your generation, but every generation of teens? Molly Ringwald: It’s the universal feeling that we all are alone—that we’re all different....
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