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The Evening Fix: Thursday

Things we learned, loved, and shared today…

A Bosun known as ‘Pirate’ Jezz adjusts rigging on the main mast of the Tall Ship ‘Pelican’ of London, on the River Liffey in Dublin during the Tall Ship’s Race 2012 Festival stopover. Pic: Julien Behal/PA Wire/Press Association Images

THINGS WE LEARNED

#ARKLOW A body has been found by gardaí in the Avoca River during a search for missing 18-year-old Arklow man, James Sheehan. Gardaí thanked Boyne Fishermen River Rescue, who located the body, as well as the Garda Water Unit, Civil Defence and the local community for their assistance. The body has yet to be identified.

#SOUTH AFRICA A memorial service has taken place for the South African miners who were killed while on strike last week. A widow of one of the men collapsed during the service, which remembered the 34 miners killed.

#FARMERS One-in-three Irish farmers doesn’t share their problems, a new study by the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy says. It said that Irish farmers hide mental health problems from their friends, which can make a bad situation worse.

#BACK TO SCHOOL An online company that sells school books has said that its backlog will be cleared by tomorrow. Schoolbooks.ie made a statement today saying that the company has hired 30 extra staff and is working 24 hours a day to deal with the problem, which was caused by a technical issue at its warehouse.

#SYRIA The UK government has warned that if Syria uses chemical weapons it would be forced to “revisit” its stance towards the country. It made the statement a day after the United States issued a similar warning to Bashar al-Assad’s government. Meanwhile, a new report from Amnesty International looks at violence, life and death in Aleppo during the current unrest.

THINGS WE LOVED

Two endangered Morelet’s crocodiles hatch from their eggs at the Cotswold Wildlife Park near Burford, Oxfordshire. Pic: Tim Ireland/PA Wire/Press Association Images

  • Track cycling looks a bit scary, doesn’t it? Here’s a look at what it’s like to try the high-speed sport for the first time, which handily lists out some beginners’ mistakes to avoid – such as stopping pedalling.
  • David Burnett is the famed photographer behind large format shots of the Olympics. He brought his 4×5 camera to the London 2012 Olympics, where he was probably the only photographer there not working with digital. In a new blog entry, he gives a fascinating insight into being a photographer in the modern world, and whether there are limits to technology.
  • Dublin-based musician and former Choice Music Prize winner Adrian Crowley has released his new single, and it’s a tearjerker. Called The Saddest Song, it had us claiming: ‘It’s just a bit of dust in my eye…’ by half way through. Sniff.

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THINGS WE SHARED

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 4:27 PM

    This kind of story is like putting a satellite image over the Sahara desert and saying its going to be warm and dry.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 3:56 PM

    rain on the way?! you don’t say :D

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    Mute Joan Ruud Donnellan-Wijnen
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    Aug 23rd 2012, 4:24 PM

    @ Denise.. “if only it was …’A little’!!!!

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 5:08 PM

    Think I’m having a little déjà vu here…

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 4:03 PM

    The weather in Ireland is OK. A little rain does no harm.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 9:00 PM

    I don’t know why we have met office. My horoscope is more accurate.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 10:09 PM

    I was just in the Czech Republic at a festival for 7 days and it “rained” once in Prague. I say rained, but it was literally a couple of drops. Looked around the street and all these Czech people were looking up wondering what the hell was happening. Some dose coming home.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 12:56 AM

    The Czech Republic can keep the winters they have every year, those 2 harsh winters Ireland got a couple of years back is the norm for them every winter and sometimes even worse. No thanks.

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    Aug 23rd 2012, 6:35 PM

    Here on Orkney, we have had 32mm of rain this month, 16mm between 12 midnight and 8am this morning.
    Data collected by our on site weather station.
    We missed the deluge at home 2 weeks ago, but we’re expecting more on Saturday.

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    Aug 24th 2012, 12:24 AM

    Shocker

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