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The crowd at Mitchelstown's Indiependence music festival in Co Cork play with giant bouncing balls during Ham Sandwich's set Michelle Geraghty

The Daily Fix: Sunday

It’s been a busy bank holiday weekend – keep up to date on the day’s events and all the little bits in between with TheJournal.ie’s daily round-up…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of the day’s biggest news stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

  • One you couldn’t miss, on Twitter, the airwaves or the papers was the ongoing debate over Senator David Norris’s hopes to run for the presidency. He says he will continue his campaign but the question is: Who is supporting him now?
  • The HSE has its critics – and none more so than the head of its own Child and Family Services section Gordon Jeyes. He had some withering words for them – and the Government’s plans for child protection – at a lecture uncovered by RTE Radio 1 today. Read more here.
  • It was Reek Sunday today, when the Catholic faithful have traditionally climbed Croagh Patrick in Mayo for penitence and forgiveness. The Archbishop of Tuam had something to tell them when they got to the peak today…
  • The people of Syria tonight are in mourning after Government-ordered tanks drove into cities and fired, reportedly indiscriminately, on citizens from dawn. Scores are reported dead, more injured and all just before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins.
  • The US is in financial trouble – although the Government and Republican Congressional leaders say they are close to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Could they not just give Apple a call? The BBC maintains Apple has more cash to spend than the US government.
  • Been having a good August Bank Holiday have we? Photographer Michelle Geraghty found the crowd at Indiependence in Mitchelstown, Co Cork in bouncing form, as our main picture shows. The chilled-out punters at Castlepalooza in Tullamore, Co Offaly were captured by photographer Stephen Kilkenny in this ‘wish-you-were-here’ slideshow. And TheJournal.ie reader Anna-Rose Prior couldn’t resist sending us a snap of Purple Rain from Prince’s Malahide Castle gig…

  • It’s a bank holiday Sunday evening so take it easy, grab that glass of wine/mug of cha and settle down with TheJournal.ie‘s latest installment of Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads. It’s our handpick of the week’s most brilliant writing – and a classic from the archives.
  • Like Twitter? Love ‘fake’ Twitter accounts? Here are some of the best…
  • We’ve heard a lot about home-swapping being the ideal recession-friendly way to holiday. One woman in San Francisco is not so sure. Read her story on USA Today.
  • It has come to our attention that Celine Dion has shut down a blog called RidiculousPicturesOfCelineDion.com In honour of the recently departed site, we thought we would bring you some pictures of Celine which are most definitely, absolutely, cross-our-heart, not ridiculous at all… And one video that definitely is:

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    Mute David Harries
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:35 AM

    Probably on his way back to Nigeria now

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    Mute The Girl
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:37 AM

    Really? He could be from north Dublin you know?

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    Mute John Joseph McDermott
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:47 AM

    Lol.

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    Mute John Joseph McDermott
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:49 AM

    or little Nigeria.?
    (Littlepace, Dublin 15)

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    Mute John Joseph McDermott
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:58 AM

    There are 160 milion Nigerians in Nigeria.
    Some of those who arrive on our shores actually work for a living..

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    Mute Ger Buckley
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:20 AM

    Will claim he is a vp for visa.

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    Mute nifty50
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 11:40 AM

    Yea some of them, when it should be all of them .. or go back home and be a bum there

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    Mute EdmundOrlando
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:00 PM

    Working the game.. most corrupt nation on earth

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    Mute Peter Fechter
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:30 PM

    But they dont NEED to….

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    Mute nifty50
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:34 PM

    You smoking again Peter? Hmmm k

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    Mute John
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:42 PM

    Fraudsters from Nigeria??

    Did they do the Rush/Lusk Credit Union too or was that ours because we’re pretty good at ripping people off, just ask that oul wan that took the ‘Social Farewell’ for €200,000 plus and only got a suspended sentence.

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    Mute Bad Egg
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:50 PM

    Im Nigerian… the money was 370, 70 already in Nigeria.

    No need to cry about it, the money belongs to an italian!

    How you like us now?

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    Mute Bad Egg
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:59 PM

    She was from Nigeria…just a bad sun burn. (:

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    Mute Bad Egg
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 1:59 PM

    why people disliking my comment? I thought yous Irish lot like humor!

    Its only 370, dont cry, wipe your eyes :)

    An for the fraud ol lady…shes one of us?

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    Mute Range Rover P38
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:27 PM

    Or Dail Eireann.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:27 PM

    Or the Dail.

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    Mute Padraig Piarais Mac AnTsaoir
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    Jun 4th 2016, 2:24 AM

    And at least 159 million of them are Princes who have vast sums of cash resting in their accounts who would be very grateful if you would just hold onto a couple of million for a week or 2.

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    Mute Cathal Reilly
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    Jun 4th 2016, 5:15 AM

    Yeh right !!!!

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    Mute Bad Egg
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    Jun 4th 2016, 7:23 AM

    You wrong my Irish friend, we are 200m strong…and Multiplying. (:

    You are right, we have 159m prince. Since yous are good with management, we offers you to mind our millions, just like the italian minding the 300k. :)

    Now, whats the problem with that?

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    Mute Dave Smith
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:35 AM

    and he’s gone…

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    Mute Bren MC
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:29 AM

    He should have been elected then do it then he could claim it was an anomaly or he wasn’t aware it was someone else’s account or he couldn’t remember his password.

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    Mute Paul Radford
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:19 PM

    The money was only resting in the account.

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    Mute Trevor Beale
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:50 AM

    And because of his rough upbringing, his addictions, gambling problems, and 406 previous convictions, a suspended sentence will seem fitting.

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    Mute John Joseph McDermott
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:54 AM

    If he is that plausible a trickster why is he not in Dail Eireann with the rest.?

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 2:11 PM

    This kind of trickery is far too advanced for our buffoons in parliament.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:36 AM

    He should just claim his English isn’t very good.

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    Mute John
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 12:38 PM

    Does that only work for Italians in from of Judge Martin Nolan or is that for all non English speakers and all judges??

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    Mute The Girl
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:35 AM

    He’s an idiot…who withdraws such an amount at a go?

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:50 AM

    The Italian man is a bigger one..

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    Mute Patrick Walsh
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:04 AM

    How did he think he could walk into a bank to ask to withdraw 300k and for it not to raise any alarm bells is the best part. Makes me feel better that we have those kinda ppl in the world

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:40 AM

    Whats the odds he is one of our “New Irish” with his lovely vibrant culture.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:43 AM

    “Released without charge” ??
    Preparing a file for the DPP is a bit of a waste of time, surely.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:52 AM

    No room in the Joy for hard working,ordinary decent scammers.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:41 AM

    It doesn’t even come close to the 20% deposit for the house in Foxrock.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:54 AM

    He should be made CEO of Irish Water.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:48 AM

    I just knew give it long enough and some Idiot will mention Irish Water.

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 10:47 AM

    Anyone know what Ivor is up to these days?

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 11:45 AM

    Most probably a Nigerian prince!!

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    Mute Bad Egg
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    Jun 3rd 2016, 1:01 PM

    That was my uncle, he was a prince b4 he came here…he only want his money, no need to cry about it!

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 9:53 AM

    Rodney u plonker!!!!!!!

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 3:37 PM

    The money was only resting in his account your honour….

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    Jun 3rd 2016, 11:37 AM

    The spoon!!

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    Jun 4th 2016, 12:42 AM

    What an idiot. Should have used bitcoin.

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