1990 Lithuania first republic to declare independence from the rapidly crumbling Soviet Union
09:30A Gentleman reports that one of the Italian dudes grappling yesterday took all the heroin, that's what the fight was about. That's why one looked really annoyed and the other - the one with the itchy mickey - looked like he didn't give a shit one little bit.
10:10
The term "red-letter day" (a day of special significance) originates with the tradition of marking holy days in a church calendar in red.
11:51
Doo doo doo dooo. Follow your star. There's hope de dooo.
Apocalypse now beneath my feet. Behind me in the flat next door. Before me in the building site across the street. Beyond in the city. It's like the end of the world. Doo doo do doooo dooo.
- More after this.
14:03
Firemen charging 700 euro for a house fire call out. "I was 20 minutes on the phone to 999 and they got all my card details before sending out a fire truck."
14:10
This government can stand by and say to me "We are not accountable". My children have to live the rest of their lives without their father.
15:29
They just keep saying the same things over again and again to keep us from forgetting that nothing has actually happened to make any difference whatsoever.
15:35
Slugger O' Toole and some of the cosy boys and girls are having a blogging festival in Dublin and they didn't invite the League. That's a positive step for the underground in confirming that its drive for lack of recognition is a success. Once it hits the conference circuit, it's obsolete, as I believe Marshall McLuhan once said.
17:48
The Jacobites are selling well, there are plenty of Countess Markievicz and the Micheal Collins are all sold out. (Stock taking in a military museum shop in Dublin).
18:03
500 patients lying on trolleys in Ireland today awaiting medical attention. The highest number waiting on beds since the foundation of the State. Some executive committee or other have announced a task force is being set up. Still no action. The nurses are worried in case a fire breaks out in the casualty area because of overcrowding. An health department spokesblah in a striped suit has said they weren't really expecting the winter. Vomiting bug.
18:15
Gardai display a cache of weapons recovered from the ganglands of Dublin today. Crime Corr jabbers as the news camera pans over a large table with the the haul spread out which includes: sub machine guns, pistols, knives, ammo, implements, explosives and a large alien-head bong with four tubes coming out of it. The Gardai say the bong was siezed in a house with 33 kilos of cocaine and a garden shed full of hash.
18:18
Councillors turning up bungs in some tribunal. They deny that the money was bribes, just political contributions by developers. How language gets steamed in the tribunal cappuchino maker.
