Ireland votes No to Lisbon Treaty - handmade bill on Grafton St., originally uploaded by blather.
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Ireland votes No to Lisbon Treaty - handmade bill on Grafton St. Dublin, from before the Referendum.

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Leopold Bloom considers a pork kidney for breakfast while Molly, originally uploaded by blather.

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Bloomsday June 16th 2008, Dublin. Actors from Balloonatics theatre company perform the "Calypso" chapter from James Joyce novel Ulysses around Eccles St. and Dorset Street. Paul O'Hanrahan plays Bloom.

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Independent Senator David Norris explains why he voted "no" to the Lisbon Treaty, originally uploaded by blather.

Editorial Use Only: Irish Senator and human rights activist David Norris explains to Dutch TV Nederland 1 why he voted "no" to the Lisbon Treaty, outside the Polling Station on Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. He cited possible European military expansion following a "yes" vote as a key issue in his choice in voting "no".

David Norris was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in Ireland. Senator Norris is also a prominent Joycean scholar, is the a big player in Dublin's annual Bloomsday celebrations. Senator Norris's razor-sharp wit and debating skills have made him a popular figure in Ireland.

More about David Norris here:
www.senatordavidnorris.ie/

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Guan Yin, buddhist goddess of compassion and mercy, Keelung, Taiwan, originally uploaded by blather.

Guan Yin, buddhist goddess of compassion and mercy, Keelung, Taiwan

Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. She is also known as the Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion. Photographed on a rainy night in Keelung. Just me and the cats sheltering outside a temple.

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Sue and the Bastard Chinchilla, originally uploaded by blather.

At Karl Grimes exhibition Dignified Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk, the Gallery of Photography, Dublin.

* Sue was actually making a phone call....

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