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Jonathan Olley’s photographs of Northern Ireland’s reinforced police stations, guard towers and army barracks.

This story from Galway is surreal. And who knew there was an “Unlawful Accommodation of Donkeys Act 1837” in Ireland?

Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Joyce ‘n’ Beckett. Marvelous.

Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí?

Here’s a documentary about bicycle messengers in Dublin. As it was made for TG4, most of the couriers speak Irish/Gaelic, which adds a nice local colour to it all. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

John Boorman has made a film about the ugly side of ‘new Ireland’. It’s always seemed pretty obvious to me, maybe rose-tinted glasses are more common than I thought.