Richard Cantwell

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Some statistics about the MetLife stadium where the soccer world cup final is being played. The capacity is 80,663 today, whereas a sold out Croke Park is 82,300
A yellow salt grit bin, it looks slightly warped.
Phil Elverum on stage in the Button Factory in Dublin this evening. He is unaccompanied and playing a guitar.
4 rail tracks on the outskirts of Charlotte NC city centre. The 2 on the left have a 15 minute tram service.
The aI picked the wrong week to give up meme, with To give up TACOs
Two photos of the mural of famous figures outside the Vicar St venue in Dublin. In the upper image there is a Trump shaped gap between Mother Theresa and Bono. In the lower image the gap has been filled with Ms Piggy from The Muppets looking fabulous in a pink dress.
A 1L bottle of Football Special. Some of it has been poured into an adjacent pretentious beer glass.
A bottle of Kinnegar's Crossroads WCIPA
A sign at the top of a stairwell that says 'Stair to accessible entrance'
A quiet moment at the Gavin Friday gig in Vicar St this evening. He's sitting at a table while singing, there's a wine bottle and glass on the table. I'm pretty sure they're both full of water.
The Toy Story 'Everywhere' meme, with 'Spudbabies Everywhere' text
Percy Metcalf's Irish coinage designs from 1928. They all feature animals. They were the first coins minted by the newly independent Irish Free State. They had a harp on the obverse, unlike other Commonwealth countries coins of the time which all featured the king's head.
A visually intrusive bin at the Central Bank Square on Dame street in Dublin.
Sleaford Mods on stage in The Olympia in Dublin. Two lads of a certain age being very loud in front of a similar demographic
A set of caricatures on a wall outside of the Vicar St venue in Dublin. Someone has painted over the US president. Mother Teresa is still present, alas.
Yellow and pink clouds in a pale blue sky
Article from here, naming a couple of Tipperary county councillors who nominated and seconded Sheridan's nomination. https://m.independent.ie/regionals/tipperary/news/gareth-sheridan-secures-tipperary-county-councils-nomination-for-presidential-election-run/a1300094923.html
Headline from an infamous Globe and Mail article. Stylish but illegal monkey roaming Toronto IKEA, with a photo of the coat wearing monkey looking quite stylish.
The Tenters pub in Dublin 8. It is surrounded on two sides and above by a hotel building that almost looks like it is eating the pub building
The stage in The National Stadium before My Bloody Valentine started playing. It's lit in their trademark pink and purple.
Underdog pub in Dublin. The lights are off and the door is closed
The DJ Carey nose cable image, redendered in black and white, on a t-shirt
A map of Merrion Sq and surrounding area from 1764
A BlueSky popup that is telling me that I need to verify that I am an adult to access certain features
The Wedding Present on stage in Dublin
Adebisi Shank on stage in The Button Factory in Dublin. The backdrop behind them reads 'This is a backdrop of a band called Adebisi Shank'
Evicshen, a sound artist, instrument maker and experimental music maker stands on top of a self-made mixing desk backlight in red. There are wires and switches on the desk and Evishen herself is holding a strip of material, that has electonics embedded, between her teeth and an outstretched arm. She is holding a makeshift bow in her other hand.
The 'So Hot Right Now' meme from Zoolander, but one of the characters has been replaced by Mary Robinson and the line has been changed to 'Non-consecutive Presidential Terms are so hot right now'
Mogwai on stage in Vicar St, Dublin, this evening
Tower Bridge in London with scattered clouds overhead
A shop display of small dolls in an open-sided box. One is standing atop the box, pretending to be queen of all she surveys, while ignorant of the travails of those within.
Bikes, lots of bikes
Croke Park as seen from Hill 16. Players are warming up on the pitch, the stadium is beginning to fill up, but mostly on the lower levels only
The Scratch on the main stage at In The Meadows festival
Gilla Band at In The Meadows. The guitarist on the right has a distinctive late 80's long bowlcut hairstyle
A small paving slab at a set of traffic lights. It has 2 sets of LED lights, one with red and orange bulbs arranged in a Do Not Cross pattern, the other with green bulbs arranged in a Cross Now pattern.
Interior of a high ceilinged warehouse style room, well lit on both sides by steel framed windows. Out of shot on one side are the famous Harland & Woolf cranes.
The view from the train as it crosses the border into Northern Ireland
The exterior of Aviva stadium along the Dodder River, looking nice in the sun.
Latest Canadian Election count data for the Carleton riding. The leader of the Conservative party, Pierre Poilievre, very much looks like he is going to lose the seat he has held for 21 years.
Quote from the linked article: “What does it take for Republicans to abandon Trump, or the party to lose both houses badly in the midterms?” asks one Brussels wonk. “And is that worth a recession in Europe? The answer is probably yes.”
A St. George's flag being flown by Harlequins fans
A large group of people drinking beer at 10:00 in the morning
The 'Differences' blackboard from Derry Girls on display in The Ulster Museum