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Mark Cavendish from the Isle of Man, Team Columbia, winner of four stages in the 2008 Tour de France, at the Tour of Ireland cycle race Stage 1, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2. On his left is Bernhard Eisel (Austria). Cavendish went onto win today's stage into Waterford.
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Was in St. Audoen's Church today; my friend Terry is a guide there, and it is, after all, the start of Heritage Week
One of the oldest existing churches in Dublin, St. Audoens is a Norman church to St Ouen, built in 1190 to replace an earlier church to St Colmcille. The three bells in the belltower are reported to date to 1423. The mysterious Lucky Stone, an early Christian grave marker, is in the porch, where it has been since 1309. The main porch also houses the Portleister Tomb, featuring two carved effigys of the church benefactor and his wife.
Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, in the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin, Ireland. Grey Squirrels - introduced to Ireland in a basket, as a present, in 1911 at a posh wedding in Castleforbes, Co. Longford, they've now multiplied to the point where they've caused a decline in the native red squirrel population. Greys have a wider diet, can digest unripe acords - reds cannot, so acorns vanish while the reds wait. Greys also carry diseases that they are immune to - but which can spread to reds, which are not immune.
Reds can still be found in Dublin, here and there, in places like St. Anne's Park and there's plans to reintroduce them to the Phoenix Park.
Georgian Houses in Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, Ireland, named after Viscount Mountjoy, laid out in 1791 and completed between 1793 and 1818.
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High water on the River Liffey, following extensive rain that caused major flooding around the country during August 2008. The water here is less than a metre away from flooding the pedestrian boardwalk. O'Connell Bridge is in the distance.
Barbed wire shadow on a gate, Croke Park, Dublin.
3" of water fell in Dublin on Saturday afternoon, causing widespread flooding. This shows water flowing rapidly under the bridge at the Tolka River at Ballybough. Usuall the water is low enough for small wading birds to cross it.
Here's the Tolka River at a normal level »
Binge drinking: bottles left on the steps of Dublin city centre landmark, the Customs House on a Saturday afternoon, August 2nd.
New laws under the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 concerning alcohol consumption came into force on Wednesday July 30th. The new regulations including giving gardai ( police ) more powers to seize alcohol consumed in public earlier off-licence and nightclub closing times and stiffer penalties for those who sell alcohol to under-18s
