Today’s sport pic of the day, from the Irish Independent, can only be Galway’s win over Kilkenny. It wasn’t just about Galway captain Fergal Moore creating history by becoming the first man from Connacht to lift the Bob O’ Keeffe Cup at Croke Park. It was also the manner in which the Tribesmen simply destroyed Kilkenny in a first half of hurling that will live long in the memory of those who witnessed it.
Eagle – eyed Kenny
Our picture of the day is taken from today’s Irish Times. Taoiseach Enda Kenny befriends a bald-headed eagle from the Irish Raptor Research Centre while at the Volvo Ocean Race in Galway yesterday.
Daphne Guinness’s Fashion Auction
As a style icon and muse Daphne Guinness has always had an unmistakable allure and over the years she has captured the hearts and imaginations of many design houses such as Balenciaga and Alexander Mc Queen. This week fashionistas the world over had the opportunity to purchase clothes from her astounding collection when an auction was held in famous auction house Christies in aid of the Isabella Blow foundation. Isabella Blow was a fashion editor and one of Daphne’s closest friends. After she died in 2007 the foundation was set up to continue her work in supporting new and emerging
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Pic of the Day!
Picture of the day is taken from today’s issue of the Irish Examiner. These stamps were launched to mark Dublin being named as this year’s City of Science. Dublin was designated a City of Science by the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the beginning of the year to celebrate Dublin hosting Europe’s largest science event, the Euroscience Open Forum. The ESOF is Europe’s largest, general science meeting and is held in a leading European city every two years. The Science in the City Festival begins today in Dublin and will consist of over 60 Arts and Science events aimed at
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Top 10 tips for visiting the Banner!!
There will be an interesting clash this weekend as two former team mates Anthony Daly and Davy Fitz lead their hurling teams to battle in Ennis. The Dubs will have their maps and sat nav’s on the go as they try to navigate their way out of the county!!! For some this might be their very first trip south of the Dublin county border! This is also the Dubs first championship in Ennis, well…. EVER so what do Dubs need to expect from Clare this weekend? Here are our top 10 tips for visiting the Banner: 1. Where
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Pic of the Day!
Taken from the Irish Independent, our picture of the day is four year old Evelyn waving both the American and Irish flags to celebrate the 4th of July. The picture was taken as the Taoiseach unveiled plans for the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland. The anniversary of this visit will take place in 2013 when there are major plans in the pipeline to celebrate the special date. Happy 4th of July to all our friends and followers from Pembroke Communications.
Sports Pic of the Day!
Sports pic of the day is taken from Irishtimes.com which shows the French yacht Groupama celebrating as they were declared overall winner in the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Yacht Race. The winning team which includes Kerryman Damian Foxall finished second in the final leg but had a sufficient lead throughout the competition to secure their victory regardless of the outcome of the in-port race this coming Saturday. More than 20,000 people turned out inGalwayto see the finish of the race in the early hours of this morning which served to justify the city as the final port in the race.
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Pic of the Day!
Picture of the day, which appeared in the Irish Examiner is of a human butterfly created by the people of Limerick City as part of a community art project called Real Eyes. Southside Community Leadership Arts and Sports Programme in (CLASP) came up with this novel idea with the aim of bringing the community together and creating a positive news story. CLASP held art workshops with local school children in the area, encouraging them to focus on positive aspects of their own neighbourhoods. Five images were created and displayed in local shops, schools, business and centres so the community could
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Sports Pic of the Day
Sports Pic of the Day is taken from today’s Irish Examiner which shows Spain’s Captain, Iker Casillas, lifting the Euro2012 trophy. Last night the Spanish team silenced their critics by successfully defending their European crown to take home their third international trophy in a row with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Italy. The same score line they defeated Ireland by!
Pic of the Day
Pic of the day features in many of today’s papers. This particular shot comes from the Irish Examiner which shows the sheer amount of people who took part in the ‘Nunday’ event in Listowel, Co. Kerry. Both male and female nuns arrived in their habits to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most people dressed as nuns in a single place. An astonishing 1, 436 ‘nuns’ took part thrashing the previous record which stood at 254. The event which was in aid of Pieta House took place on Saturday in Listowel Emmets GAA club.
