Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search

Women protesting outside Leinster House strip-searched, one subjected to cavity search by homecinemad
#Ireland #IE #Europe #Europa #EU
https://www.europesays.com/1961697/

Episode 2 of my new radio show, Raidío Mar Dhea, is now available for streaming via Cork community radio station Éist's Soundcloud.

New music and sound from the island of Ireland. This month: Roger Doyle, Ultan O'Brien, God Knows, I Dreamed I Dream, Meljoann and more!

https://soundcloud.com/eistcork/mike-mcgrath-bryan-raidio-mar

The Calm Before The Day

The sun rose this morning a few minutes after 7am, but this is what the sky looked like about 8 minutes before. There was a glorious orange glow and the clouds were lit up from underneath by the sun coming around the globe and shining through the atmosphere.

https://inphotos.org/2025/04/01/the-calm-before-the-day/

Wired Our Own Way is on the shelves, but no book is ever properly launched unless it happens in the real capital.

This Thursday, April 3rd; 6.30pm; Dubray Books, Patrick Street, Cork City. Free in; quiet, neuroaffirming space; drinks afterward at the Woodford.

Editor @niamhgarvey provides a look at what to expect for neurodivergent folk at the launch events here: https://niamhgarvey.com/2025/03/22/what-to-expect-at-the-book-launches-of-wired-our-own-way/

Well, if you got some money to burn. . .

> Bushmills Releases Oldest Irish Single Malt Whiskey Ever Sold https://www.maxim.com/food-drink/this-bushmills-whiskey-is-the-oldest-irish-single-malt-on-the-market/

I like Bushmill's, but I just get the one available on the shelf. YMMV.

Z #NowPlaying In 20 minutes on The Global Voice it's a brand new Sounds #Irish, presented by Joe Bollard. A mix of songs and stories from #Ireland. https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband #TGVRadio #Celtic

An almost perfectly circular Septarian nodule. Looking like lightening trapped in a pebble, these are actually fossilized mud bubbles.
County Clare, Ireland.

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And the door of the week winner is... The theme was Spring Wisteria Doors. Open the post to find out if Team #Ireland, Team #Netherlands, or Team #England won our weekly poll. #Doors #DoorPhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Door #Photography

https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/vote-for-the-door-of-the-week-spring-wisteria-doors/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Doors, Glorious doors! @doors-glorious-doors-sidewalksafari

Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin) who wrote under the names Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen died on 1st April 1966 in Dublin. He is regarded as a key figure in modernist and postmodern literature. O'Brien's novels have attracted a wide following both for their unconventional humour and as prominent examples of modernist metafiction. As a novelist, O'Brien was influenced by James Joyce.

Another ‘scandal - but the wrong one! The real one is that Irish public money founded the acquisition of genetic information and then its transfer to the US - where as has become obvious, a group of pirates who could not give a shit about people are ‘managing’ privacy and the judiciary.

I was out running earlier and had to take a picture of Salthill. Stunning sunset.

The Blues Brothers in Action

The Cannonball Run brought a burst of excitement to the streets of Blarney back in 2018 despite the rain that day. It appears I only posted one photo from that day before. I must dig out more!

https://inphotos.org/2025/03/31/the-blues-brothers-in-action/

Belfast #pride has banned all of Northern #ireland s political parties from participating in pride due to their cruel banning of puberty blockers. #pride is a protest and will always be so. #Politics

#Dublin #Ireland #crowdsourcing #signs #CulturalHeritage #fontography

'Researchers at Trinity College Dublin are calling on the public to help them track down the capital's old street signs to document them before they disappear.

The bilingual green and white signs, which feature the old Irish font Cló Gaelach, date back to the turn of the 20th century and are believed to have been introduced to Dublin as a subtle form of protest against British rule at the time.'

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0331/1504912-dublin-historic-street-signs/

Holiday status update: the end.

Driving around #Ireland was absolutely gorgeous. We loved it.

Dublin is nice too, but I guess I am at an age now where I'd rather drive around the countryside in less tourist areas. Especially with kids involved, relying on public transport on holiday is tedious.

My highlight: Mahon Falls and watching the waves in Tramore

My wife's highlight (she only joined us for the last two days): happy to leave her hotel after a week of work, and Glendalough

My kid's highlight: the garbage trucks

We'll come back for sure to do a tour around the whole Island. And find more garbage trucks.