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Yesterday the Tour of Ireland rode (quickly) through Blarney village, but the main group was proceeded by these three cyclists by almost 4 minutes. Good thing too, good practice for when the rest sped through in front of us at breakneck speed!
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Being limited in my movements during my holidays had it’s ups. This little fellow kept me entertained in the garden every day.

Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/400, ISO 800
First day of school today, lots of children going back to school, and Educate Together Greystones opened its doors for the very first time. I got to play fly on the wall for a little while and document the day.

Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/160, ISO 800

Canon 5D, 85mm, f2.8, 1/800, ISO 800
The legal age to buy tobacco in Northern Ireland has risen from 16 to 18 today.
The Eiffel Tower is going eco.
In South Belfast there are 116 sex offenders living publicly.
Add friends’ birthdays to google calendar or ical from facebook.
NIPodcast is now on episode three. An unoriginally titled music podcast from NI and ROI.
Some words of wisdom from Alexia.
Coolsites.ie was launched today by Michele Neylon:
I plan on posting a site every day if I can, so if you know of any nice, cool or simply interesting sites that I should mention please let me know via email to submissions@coolsites.ie. I’d strongly recommend that you use the subject line “coolsites.ie submission”, as it will get lost in my inbox otherwise.
Another great web app for Twitter from Cork; Tweetrush monitors overall twitter stats and those for individual users. Heres a snipet from mine:

The “iPhone girl” who put photographs of herself on a phone in the factory identified and said to be scared of the media.
Lots of little leprechauns, all in a row.
After being reminded of Sarah Silverman’s hilarious “home video” of how she’s been fucking Matt Damon, I found this:
The following text is courtesy of the ipf website
Closing Date for Tallaght Photographic Society’s 18th International Photographic Salon of Photographic Art.
IPF Gold Medals will be awarded for the best landscape and sports images in the competition.
This years event has approval from the Photographic Society of America this is the first salon in Ireland to have this kind of approval.
You can get further information and download an entry form from the TPS website.international-entry-form1