One can imagine what prompted this.

Winter in Dublin is full of men in shorts showing off their tats and glutes.

Sheep are disappearing from our hills and our dinner plates Have we have passed "peak sheep" in the UK?

The mountain sheep are sweeter
But the valley sheep are fatter
We therefore deemed it meeter
To carry off the latter

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WRC chief alleged to have declared there would be no management opportunities for two officials Employee says he believed it was because he and his colleague acted as shop stewards

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

WRC chief alleged to have declared there would be no management opportunities for two officials

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I wonder if all the bogends who reply 'Paywall' to any post from a paying site pick up a tin of soup in Tesco and shout 'NOT Free!' at the self checkout.

Pukeoid.

F*cking vile.

Latin Quarter. Cringe.

Baggotonia: Press, People, Place will see Fehily delve into the Latin Quarter, famous for its literary legacy, as she celebrates the women who shaped its social, political, artistic and environmental transformations.

Google Reverse Image suggests it's Trinkhalle, Baden Baden.

Herding cats.

I'm reminded of Bongo saying "every time I clap my hands, a child dies".

Loser.

ITV News has turned into War Watchdog, as someone advises viewers what kind of compensation travellers can claim if they have to cancel their “dream Dubai break”.

I was once invited back to a fellow delegate's chalet on the promise of a six-pack of Smithwicks.

Trump is putting Carl Hiaasen out of business.

Merciful hour!

Dubai is Benidorm but with the death penalty. Horrific and tacky.

Wonderful.

It's fascinating stuff. I presume Botanic A includes Iona Road?

I've only ever heard Belfast people saying boke!

That difficult second album.

Look at the route. I thought the 16 was bad.

Remind me never to take the 19 bus to the airport again.

I'm currently dogsitting and am trying to work myself up to dragging him out in THAT.

Did you post on the Clontarf Facebook group?

That's very George.

The Thunderbirds generation never made this mistake.

I wear a hewidge pair of FO over-ear headphones the day I'm in.

Introducing The Daily Eight: A new eight-clue Irish Times crossword The Daily Eight is compiled by Niamh O’Connor and runs seven days a week, in addition to our Crosaire and Simplex puzzles

The Daily Eight. Can we dumb down any further? www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0... @irishtimes.com

I'm down to one day in the office (if that). I would have killed someone otherwise.