About as awful a headline as one can imagine in this awful catastrophe

Scored 3-6 in yesterday's Laois Senior Hurling Final for Camross Gaa Club.
As well earned a sup of porter as there ever has been! ⚫️ 🟡

After almost a century, Glen Rovers relegated for the top tier of Cork hurling. Their opponents in the 1977 All Ireland final, Camross, still going strong in search of their 27th Senior crown in Laois

Hard working woman seeks permission to build a nice house on her own family's land.
The cheek, how dare she.

A tough weekend for Newcastle United FC, defeated yesterday by Evan Ferguson, already a goal down against Liverpool today.

One of the most fascinating aspects of 101 years ago today.
The news that shook the core of Ireland was received in Dublin via New York and London first.

'Béalnablath' [or, insert your own spelling here] is a place-name known throughout the world owing to an ambush there 100 years ago tomorrow
However, 'Farran' could have easily been where today's commemoration events could have been taking place
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Not quite.
However, Collins did have an eventful day 101 years ago today...
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SONY!
Never seen anything bar Heineken on the side of this building!
Great shots on David Jazay's account

Spot on from The Blindboy Podcast again re: life as a 'Young Person' in Ireland - the infuriating capitalisation of the 'Y' and 'P', turning young people between 25-35 into Young People; a false demographic not deemed old enough to warrant the meagre trappings of adulthood

A no-win scenario for Gardaí - having people withdraw €1k with no indication from BoI of solution definitely could have had safety issues in queues, but in PR context of the last few weeks it's a bad look.
At least Enda Kenny is retired - army would have been deployed otherwise!

A century ago, the affairs of Ireland once again burst on to the front pages of newspapers around the world for the first time since the end of the Civil War with the arrest of Eamon de Valera

Last Sunday was centenary of unveiling of Dublin's Cenotaph
Built on the grounds of Leinster House, the monument was in honour of Arthur Griffith and General Michael Collins who had both died a year earlier - it later also commemorated Kevin O'Higgins
📷Melette County Pioneer CC0

12th August 1923
A deadline of 20th August is set for the receipt of proposals in relation to an Irish broadcasting service by the GPO. It is suggested that radio is open to 'many abuses which would materially affect the popularity of the wireless'

12th August 1923
It is announced that a wireless installation will be installed in Sing Sing Prison, New York, so that prisoners on death row can listen to wireless concerts before their execution. The initiative is being organised by the Wireless Corporation of America

11th August 1923
It is announced that a wireless broadcasting installation is being set up in the RDS for the broadcasting of a performance by John Clarke-Barry's Orchestra in the Central Hall during the Horse Show
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9th August 1923
An experiment by the BBC, where an elephant's master in London Zoo tries to give commands fails miserably. Indarini, the Zoo's Indian elephant, completely ignores the commands that were broadcast via a speaker outside their enclosure
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7th August 1923
A 'listening-in' event takes place in Tullamore. Under the auspices of the Tullamore Relief Committee, the first of two evenings' entertainment takes place in the local gymnasium - wireless receivers pick up performances from Britain
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7th August 1923
The Irish Independent reports on a huge slump in the sales of wireless receivers around Ireland. The reasons given are the recent good weather, 'the unattractive characters of broadcasting programmes', and the 'chaotic uncertainty with regards to licensing'.