Deirdre de Burca, Dublin MEP and Ireland South European Candidate Dan Boyle posed for a pre-Heineken Cup photograph, and to be honest, I don’t really know what to say. So, I will leave it to you
And as the Greens are likely to support the whole blasphemy laws being proposed, try not to make the Baby Jebus cry with your captions.
Today is the day when the ancient tradition of illegally dumping rubbish in green areas of the city and setting fire to it occurrs.
Throughout the city, kids of all ages will gather old furniture, discarded wood, shopping tolleys and a whole host of other items in a competition to build the biggest pile of burning garbage in the city.
If you are from a city other than Limerick that does this on April 30th, let us know as I personally have never seen it.
Also, if you want to send your photos of your burning heap, feel free to do so at editors@limerickblogger.org, and we shall publish them over the weekend.
Have fun everyone.
Ok then, there is some catching up to do so here goes. This will be the first of a number of catch-up articles.
Firstly, a table quiz which was being organised to raise funds for Joe Higgins’ European Election campaign has been postponed until May 14th. Further details on this are pending, so as soon as we know, you’ll know.
The Green Party candidate in the Castleconnel Area, Trish Brennan is calling for the County Council to get moving with the provision of “grow your own” allotments. She believes that Limerick City and County Councils are falling behind the likes of Dublin, Galway, Cork, and Kilkenny when it comes to the provision of these allotments. According to Ms Brennan, growing your own vegetables both brings communities together and helps save money.
There have been some late changes to the Riverfest programme, which readers might be interested in.
The 14 square metre screen promised for the Leinster versus Munster match is being replaced with an 18 metre screen. The screen will now be located on Merchant’s Quay and not George’s Quay.
There will be live music before and after the game on Merchant’s Quay as well as Georges Quay.
At Limerick Skate Park on Sunday afternoon, Tubes and Limerick Skate Club will host a Skate Demo aswell as an All Ireland Break-Dancing competition and graffiti demonstration.
The fireworks display will take place at 2200 hrs on Sunday. People should assemble around Thomond Bridge, Clancy Strand, Sarsfield Bridge and Arthur’s Quay park for the best views.
Maria has a blog, M&M Rants, and it has just been added to the lsist of local blogs.
So who is this Maria and what is this blog about then Well, I will let her tell you herself:
I am 28 years old, soon to wed, living in Limerick with a past that would shock a few and I plan on ranting about it!!!!
Promises of scandal and intrigue should be enough to get you to pop over and give her site a visit.
If you have a blog from or about Limerick City or County, drop us a line. editors@limerickblogger.org
Republican Sinn Féin have broken one of the most obvious rules when it comes to making information accessible to the disabled online.
Large chunks of text on the website, including what might be important information on the party’s political objectives, and election manifesto, are in JPEG format rather than text. Screenreaders used by the visually impaired, for example, are unable to read JPEG files.
Even if they could, any speech software would be drowned out by the background music on their election campaign page.
The use of JPEGs rather than text also slows down page loading, and eats into the download allowance of people on lower cost internet products. It also takes much longer for those viewing the site on dial-up connections longer to view the pages.
From Met Eireann
Issued at 24 April 2009 – 15:30
Heavy rain warning
Spells of heavy rain expected this evening, overnight and on Saturday with some local flooding. 25 – 40 mm rain possible with parts of Leinster and Munster most at risk
A nationwide search for a young Irish girl to play the title role in the first Irish production of Annie is over, and Limerick’s Nastasia Vashko was selected.
Nastasia, (11) was named as the winning contestant when she was picked from three finalists on RTE Radio One’s Derek Money Show.
The finallists today were picked from over 1,000 applicants. The other two finallists today were Claire O’Leary (11) from Cork and Molly Hackett (10) from Kildare.
Annie will run at the Olympia Theatre from July and will then move to the Cork Opera House
Listen to the finalists on the Mooney show – (Realplayer required)
The Late Late Show, where Natasia performed, is now up on RTEs Player.
Shuttle forward to 1h 20m 30s
The remains of a 24 year old Tipperary man shot dead in Bolivia last week have arrived in Ireland.
Michael Dwyer, from Ballinderry in County Tipperary, was shot dead during a pre-dawn raid by elite police forces in a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz last Thursday.
At the time, Bolivian authorities claimed that he was a member of a terrorist cell whose goal was ultimately, to kill the president of the country, Evo Morales.
Some doubts have however emerged as to the validity of the claims, and there have been persistent calls, both from Bolivian opposition politicians, and the governments of a number of countries, including Ireland, for an international investigation into the raid.
Today, Mr. Dwyers remains were handed over to the Dublin county coroner, and a pathologist is due to carry out an examination.
I tried posting this last night but the encoding was a bit stuffed. It seems to be working properly now
Sinn Féin document “Getting Ireland back to Work” from Limerick Blogger on Vimeo.
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