Brian O'Fionn, 70, main driver behind and financial supporter of the Icon Walk in Temple Bar, Dublin. Though suffering a terminal illness, O'Fionn was regularly seen painting, cleaning and installing art along the Walk.
Image: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day’s news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
- Bulmers has confirmed to TheJournal.ie that it is among the brands pulling their advertising from future editions from the News of the World amid the ongoing controversy over phone hacking allegations. Here’s what News International and former NOTW editor Rebekah Brooks have been saying about the hacking scandal now thought to have extended to the families of murdered children and the 7/7 bombings victims.
- Facebook has announced a new deal with Skype which will introduce a video chat feature to the social network.
- Some familiar Irish names are appearing in the newly-launched UK edition of the Huffington Post, including economist David McWilliams and gardener Diarmuid Gavin.
- Here’s some incredible footage of a huge dust cloud rolling in over Phoenix, Arizona, and swallowing the city:
- Amanda Brunker, if she really is appearing at Oxegen, says she will be appearing on the festival’s main stage alongside Gitano, which describes itself as “Ireland’s most in-demand corporate, concert and society wedding band”.
- Meanwhile, if you are planning on heading to Oxegen, here’s TheJournal.ie‘s guide to getting there – and what you can’t bring with you.
- The South Korean city of Pyeongchang has been chosen to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.
- A protest against this Monday’s closure of the A&E department at Roscommon Hospital is being held outside Government Buildings in Dublin city this evening. Earlier we asked in a poll if you felt the decision to replace the hospital’s emergency department with an urgent care centre was the right one. Just slightly over half of those who answered said ‘no’ (52 per cent, at the time of writing).
- There was another protest outside the Dáil today. Earlier, around 30 people including TDs Ming Flanagan and Richard Boyd Barrett, gathered to protest the arrival of officials from the IMF, EU and ECB in Ireland today. The troika was in town to check on the state’s progress on the €85bn bailout deal. Here are some images from the protest:
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