News of Today: Pope Benedict tweets, abortion battle continues

As some of you Twitter folk might (or might not) have noticed, Pope Benedict XVI tweeted today for the first time from his personal account. The tweet read:

Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart.

Since then he has delivered four more tweets. If you’re interested in hearing what he has to say, join Benedict in Cyber Space here.

Meanwhile, the Irish abortion question continues to cause controversy, as Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter condemns anti-abortion posters that directly refer to him. Some of the posters have been situated near a creche and near Shatter’s home. The posters carry the message:

Every child matters, except to Alan Shatter.

Make sure to keep an eye on both of these stories, I’m sure at some point Benedict will say something more controversial and juicy, and the abortion debate can only heat up.

Bog Body Found in Co. Meath, Ireland

History and archaeology fanatics, listen up!

A bog body has been found in Co. Meath, Ireland. It was found on Friday 7th December by Bord na Móna workers. Conservation officers from the National Museum of Ireland brought the headless body to the conservation department, where tests and examinations will be carried out on the body over the coming weeks.

Although the body was found headless, it is thought that this does not necessarily mean that the body was buried in that form. As the bog is being milled at the moment, it is highly possible that its head was cut off during the work.

It is thought at this point that the body had no clothes. Further details on the age and sex of the bog body will be released in the following weeks, once it has been examined in greater detail.

The bog body joins an array of Irish bog bodies, with four more bodies found in similar circumstances on display in the National Museum of Ireland on Kildare Street in Dublin.

Some of the most well known and best preserved bog bodies in the world come from Jutland, Denmark. Notable examples include The Grauballe Man and The Tollund Man.