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Dublin: 1 °C Friday 29 March, 2024
Duck Days

The tale of two umbrellas and other rain scenes from today

The boom year umbrella versus the recession brolly…

Two people with unmbrellas queue at an ice cream van on the first day of the National Ploughing Championships in Co Wexford this afternoon. Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

THIS IMAGE OF punters with umbrellas at an ice-cream van is pretty Irish but is there a better example of how, as a nation, we are completely unprepared for the climate we live in than these two images of people with umbrellas in Dublin?

Grafton Street, earlier today. Image: Sasko Lazarov

Versus

An identified location in Dublin’s city centre, earlier today. Image: Sasko Lazarov

And then there was this inappropriate ad of the day, spotted at the entrance to St Stephen’s Green.

Image: Sasko Lazarov

At least the ducks were happy…


More: Dublin City Council issue rainfall warning ahead of continued bad weather>

Read: Flooding risk continues as wet weather and winds persist>

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