Some images from the Northwest 200 -- Michael Rutters 202mph year

Parking the bikes before heading to the races.

From Left - Ursula, Peter Jr, Peter Snr and John

A rider in the 600cc Class Race

The rest of the pack.

I wished I had a decent camera with me.

Just sittin' on the hedges watching the bikes go by!

The crowd were fighting for seats...

The Dancing Skeleton Puppet

This puppet video is doing the rounds on Facebook, I can see why...he is very good.
I think the puppeteer is in Barcelona.

Sorry Bud!....I made a slight mistake there, I left you €3.6billion short.

You couldn't write it, could you?
They misplaced (in long numbers....for effect!) €3600,000,0000......all them noughts, who could miss them, only a myopic Department of Finance civil servant that's who.
It is apparent that these so called mandarins in the civil services are exactly that mandarins! Of the orange variety! The place is run by fruits (more likely vegetables) with little or no real life experience, most of them being political appointees or family. The system needs to be changed so that senior ranking roles can only be filled by people that have clearly demonstrated an ability in their field of expertise, a good accountant would be a decent start.

Ireland's debt €3.6bn lower than thought

19:22The Department of Finance has confirmed that an accounting error means Ireland's debt is €3.6bn lower than previously thought.
(Image and text borrowed from RTE.ie)