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1. Racehorse bought for £240,000 abandoned in Cork barn

2. Michael O’Leary no longer a Rich List billionaire with just €865m

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has lost his status as a billionaire after his his net worth fell €167 million to a paltry €865 million, according to the latest edition of the Sunday Times Irish Rich List.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/michael-o-leary-no-longer-a-rich-list-billionaire-with-just-865m-1.3889562

Why don’t I feel sorry for him? —Russ

3.81-year-old Irish woman finally meets 104-year-old mother after over 60-year search

Last year, Macken contacted Irish broadcaster RTÉ and shared her difficulties finding her mother to Liveline radio show host Joe Duffy.

After her appearance on the radio, a genealogist tracked her mother to Scotland earlier in the year.

Now Macken’s search that began when she was 19 years old is over.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5267851/mother-daughter-meet-ireland/

That’s persistence!—Russ

4. Ireland’s favourite Gift Grub has been revealed.

Ian Dempsey and Mario Rosenstock have counted down the Top 20 Gifts of all time Live on Today FM, as voted by the Today FM listeners.

The special countdown show trended No. 1 all afternoon and with over 5,000 votes cast ‘Dry Your Eyes Becks’ has been crowned Ireland’s Favourite Gift Grub.

https://www.todayfm.com/news/official-irelands-favourite-gift-grub-time-857247

I’m out of touch—I have no idea what this is—Russ

5. Irish parliament declares climate emergency

Ireland’s parliament has become the second after Britain’s to declare a climate emergency, a decision hailed by the Swedish teenage environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg as “great news”.

An amendment to a parliamentary report declaring a climate emergency and calling on the parliament “to examine how [the Irish government] can improve its response to the issue of biodiversity loss” was accepted without a vote late on Thursday.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/10/irish-parliament-declares-climate-emergency

Well, that took long enough—Russ

6. Ireland goes 25 days without using coal to generate electricity

The all-island grid operated without coal between April 11th and May 7th – a total of 25 days, it confirmed. This is the longest period of time the grid has operated without coal since the all-island electricity market was introduced in 2007.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ireland-goes-25-days-without-using-coal-to-generate-electricity-1.3888166

7. Irish weather forecast – Weather experts say Irish temperatures could soar to 24C or 25C in fresh hot spell next week

IRISH weather experts say temperatures could soar to roasting highs of 24C or 25C as the country gears up for another hot spell next week.

Donegal Weather Channel say the warmest temperatures will be felt across the west and northwest from early next week.

QUOTES, TOASTS , CURSES AND BLESSINGS

School is out.
The house is full of children.
How fast they grow, how far
they cast their glances janus-wise
back to last June's butterflies,
forward to the yet uncaptured Mourning Cloak.
From Muse, June, Relate, 
to the memory of Denis Devlin
by Brian Coffey (b June 8 1905, d April 14 1995)

A BIT OF THE WIT

JOKE OF THE MONTH

DID YOU KNOW

1. Mass has been celebrated every Sunday at Ballintubber Abbey in Co. Mayo since 1216?
2.  The largest town in Offaly is Tullamore?

Financed by the Dew maybe—Russ

    3. Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, was once the hosiery capital of the world? Around the turn of the century, stockings and tights were widely known as 'Balbriggans’.

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This is the collection of our Jokes. It was built up over many years and, now, is gathered here for your enjoyment. With this in your hand, whenever the day is dull or dreary you can open it up and have a good laugh, you'll feel better.

 THE WEEK THAT IS

2.Article: May - the month of mirth and merriment!

http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/MayMonth.html

So there you have it until we write again - sometime in June.

 We’ll take our leave with this blessing:

The Book

Potion, pope and perfidy

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Bless you all,

Russ Haggerty

 LEAVE 'EM LAUGHING

— Charlie was a regular visitor at the Galway Races. One afternoon he noticed an unusual sight. Right before the first race, a Catholic priest visited one of the horses in the stable area and gave it a blessing. Charlie watched the race very carefully, and sure enough the blessed horse came in first! Charlie followed the priest before the next race, and again he went to the stables and performed a similar procedure. Thinking there might be something to it, Charlie put a couple of euros on the blessed horse. Sure enough it came in by two lengths and Charlie won close to fifty euros! The priest continued the same procedure through the next few races and Charlie won each time. He was now ahead a thousand, so between races Charlie left the track, went to the bank and withdrew his life's savings. The biggest race of the day was the last one. Charlie followed the priest and watched which horse he blessed. He then went to the betting window and put every euro he owned on that horse to win. The race began. Down the stretch they came, and as they crossed the finish line, Charlie's pick was last! Devastated, he found the priest and told him that he had been watching him bless the horses all day, and they all became winners except the last horse on which he had bet his life savings. Charlie then asked, "What happened to the last horse which you blessed? Why didn't it win like the others?" "Ye must be a Protestant," sighed the priest. "The trouble is you can't tell the difference between a blessing and the last rites."

— Father Doyle was a clever speaker and a firm advocate of abstinence, the closure of pubs on Sundays, and a standard of morality that would ensure a warm welcome in Heaven. One Sunday morning, among his listeners was a young country girl who was new to the parish. She was deeply impressed with the priest's eloquent preaching. Indeed, so impressed that she included a few lines about him in her next letter home:
"I never get tired of listening to Father Doyle. He is such a lovely speaker, you'd swear that every word he says is true."

Last Words

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—Russ

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