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June 16, 2008

Ireland votes No to Lisbon Treaty - handmade bill on Grafton St.

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

Bloomsday 2008: Leopold Bloom considers a pork kidney for breakfast while Molly sleeps




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.

June 12, 2008

Independent Senator David Norris explains why he voted "no" to the Lisbon Treaty

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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November 15, 2007

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

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.

October 3, 2007

Sue and the Bastard Chinchilla


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....

January 22, 2006

Ballooning on Moore Street, Dublin

street photography ireland, moore st. photograph multiracial, immigrant, asian, african, immigrant dublin