Brazil priest vanishes on balloon flight – but to where?
According to the Associated Press: A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons...
Mole Man William Lyttle in financial hole
An Irishman who dug a labyrinth of tunnels under his London home is in a financial hole after...
Ghosts of Waterford Quay
Here's a story back in February that turned up in the Irish Examiner and the Munster Express: A...
Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru back in port – now stay there!
© Greenpeace/Naomi Toyoda As some you might be aware, I spent most of January on board the Greenpeace...
Mother Jones: Greenpeace and Black Ops
"Meet the private security firm that spied on Greenpeace and other environmental outfits for corporate clients. A tale...
Rupert Sheldrake Stabbed in Sante Fe
Reports from Strange Attractor's Further blog on a near-fatal attack on a behavioural scientist Rupert Sheldrake while lecturing...
Raising a pint: Plans to salvage Guinness barges for Dublin use
Several days after April Fool's Day, this story turned up in the Indo: Plans for the reintroduction of...
ABC: Big Cat Spotted near Letterkenny, Donegal
We can't credit the photo, as the Irish Independent didn't give one either! The beast of Letterrkenny! According...
Got them! Greenpeace confronts Japan’s whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean
The catcher boat Yushin Maru passing us in the fog. © Greenpeace/Jiri Rezac Hello folks - after a...
Dublin Beer thief fecks off with millions of pints of Guinness
Pure Genius - from The Irish Times: A man drove a truck into the brewery on Victoria Quay,...