The UK's first socially distanced gig happened in Newcastle last night.
500 separate raised metal platforms, each accommodating up to five people from the same family/household. Hand sanitizer station and mini fridge included. Singing allowed too!
Ballymoney NS is a two teacher school in West Cork.
As both classes were separated all year due to Covid, they collaborated on a joint art project to feel connected to each other.
They created this mural of local villages Ballineen & Enniskean out of bottle tops! 👏🏻
@TodayFM
Back in the day on Dempsey’s Den we used to have a feature called “Smile Of The Week” - let’s bring it back for one week only - and the winner is ...... Sinéad O’ Connor
#LateLate
Poignant picture in today's
@irishexaminer
of a funeral cortege yesterday for popular Cork ice-cream van driver Phillip Williams which included a procession of 20 ice-cream trucks.
📸- Denis Minihane
Brilliant photograph on the front page of the Irish Times of Adam Clarke (5) finishing the final leg of his mini-marathon and raising over €11k for Enable Ireland. 👏🏻
📸 - Gerard McCarthy
Well, sad news to report today. We found out from the bosses that
#TheDen
won't be coming back after all! Thankz to all the old fans and the new ones for tuning in! We had a blast!
Another radio legend has left us.
Simon Young, a veteran of Irish radio from the 70s pirates through to his years with the national broadcaster passed away today.
R.I.P. to him and condolences to his family and friends at this difficult time.
Advice from my sister Susan!
🕰 At 21:21, you should have a glass of the very best wine because at this moment it will be 21 hrs with 21 mins on the 21st day of the 21st year and in the 21st century...Cheers🍷
SURPRISE! When you think you are heading to Co Clare on your holidays but your parents pull into Knock Airport to bring you on an airplane for the first time! 🇪🇸🌞
Great pic in the
@irishexaminer
this morning of Michael O Connor after receiving his second vaccine dose.
Michael is 107 and is Ireland's oldest man!
📸Valerie O Sullivan
@PeyonceJoyce
They obviously haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you and knowing you. You’re a stand out talent with a capital T - rare these days.
And it took 9 of them to come up with that load of absolute (sorry kids) Bollocks. One of them (team captain?) has great handwriting though! ❤️
Wordle 242 6/6
Finally after six lines and I still never heard that word before in my life - Wordle, you’ve changed.
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RIP Seán Locke - what a naturally funny comedian he was always with that joyous look in his eyes because he knew the next bit - this clip will ring true for anybody who has tried a new competition format without fully thinking it through ….
If you’ve listened, laughed, kickstarted, waffled, skied, texted, emailed, alerted us to your beautiful wife, won a prize, came second and didn’t win a prize or used us as your alarm - thanks 🤩
Official photographs from
@BorisJohnson
's first week as Prime Minister have been released in today's papers.
Can't beat Irish water for all that thirsty work!
Sad news about the death of Liam Reilly of Bagatelle - a funny, engaging man. A true artist and one of Ireland’s best ever lyricists. There was “Summer In Dublin” but he also wrote “Streets Of New York”
#RIP
Just got this text in from Nicola:
Morning Ian, I just wanted to show you the kindness of my mother’s neighbours... she is 83 and lives alone... she sent me this photo of a package that her neighbour left on her doorstep... what a legend!
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2020 Sports Moment of the Year according to
@TodayFM
listeners:
Tipperary winning the Munster Football Final for the first time in 85 years and on the anniversary weekend of Bloody Sunday.
WHAT. A. DAY! 🏐🏆
What a gem! Just back from an overnight in The Montenotte Hotel (
@MontenotteH
) in Cork - up the hill overlooking the city. The friendliest staff (e.g. Debbie on the desk, Ellie in the restaurant) and the food was magnificent in The Panorama Bistro - thanks for a lovely stay!
Hard time of year for a lot of folks. Suicide Hotline 1800 247 247 (Pieta House) A simple copy and paste might save someone's life.
Twitter friends please copy this and post under your own name? Thank you. 🌟
My co-presenters for the day - Ayoub & Una.
@TodayFM
Donate to
@SOIreland
today on revolut, online or to the many volunteers holding buckets around the country.
Great pic on the back of the Indo this morning of 1 year old Eila Kilcoyne & the Knockmore players following their Mayo county final win yesterday.
📸
@sportsfile
.
@TodayFM
listener Sarah Hogan just told us she posted a letter without a stamp by accident last week. She went home, got a stamp, stapled it to a page, wrote a note to the post collector and stuck it to the postbox!
And as you can see...it arrived! 👏🏻
@Postvox
BREAKING...The Trip To Tipp is back! 🎸🥁🎤
Feile Classical takes place in Semple Stadium on Sept 22nd with...
The Stunning, Hothouse Flowers, An Emotional Fish, Something Happens, The 4 of Us, The Frank & Walters & more.
1st pair of tickets up for grabs after 8 on
@TodayFM
!
Great pic in this morning's
@Independent_ie
of Bernadette Sheil (Mum) & Kim Shiel (Daughter) from Wexford. They both graduated from IT Carlow yesterday with a Masters in Child, Youth and Family Studies. 🎓👏🏻
Conde Nast magazine has published a list of Ireland's most beautiful villages and towns.
In no particular order...
Kinsale, Roundstone, Inistiogue, Doolin, Adare, Baltimore, Dalkey, Dingle, Cashel, Dunmore East, Westport & Birr.