Broadsheet.ie http://www.broadsheet.ie Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:01:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 One Direction Fans: A Little Bit Scary http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/one-direction-fans-a-little-bit-scary/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/one-direction-fans-a-little-bit-scary/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:48:10 +0000 Ewok http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123896 Continue reading →]]>

 

 


One Direction Announce First UK & Ireland Tour (MTV)

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/one-direction-fans-a-little-bit-scary/feed/ 4 They Call It The Daddle http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/they-call-it-the-daddle/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/they-call-it-the-daddle/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:25:02 +0000 Bodger http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123883 It’s a saddle.

For your Daddle.

The Daddle, A Western Style Saddle To Strap on Your Daddy (Laughing Squid)

The Daddle (Amazon)

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/they-call-it-the-daddle/feed/ 1 It Doesn’t Add Up http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/it-doesnt-add-up/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/it-doesnt-add-up/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:15:50 +0000 Chompsky http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123876 Continue reading →]]> Eoin Lettice writes:

For €350,000 you can purchase this large city centre building [adjacent to the Mercy hospital] which was once home to George Boole (top) Queen’s College Cork’s first Professor of Mathematics and the ‘Father’ of modern algebra.
The house has been in a poor state of repair for some time and a structural collapse and ‘making-safe’ last year has led to significant damage to the roof and interior of the building.
Now the building is up for sale with Global Properties as an investment site – apparently failing to mention that the building is listed on the Cork City record of protected structures and as such, cannot be demolished.


For Sale: Ireland’s Scientific Heritage (Communicate Science)

George Boole (Wikipedia)

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/it-doesnt-add-up/feed/ 6 Meanwhile, On O’Connell Street, Dublin http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/meanwhile-on-oconnell-street-dublin/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/meanwhile-on-oconnell-street-dublin/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:49:03 +0000 Chompsky http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123864 Student teachers this afternoon demanding “equal pay for equal work” for all teachers. New teachers entering the profession will be starting at a salary 30 percent less than 18 months ago.

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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Pioneers.

Skateboarding, New York, 1960s (Retronaut)

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/skateboarding-in-manhattan-1960s/feed/ 4 Finally http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/finally-52/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/finally-52/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:56 +0000 Nat King Coleslaw http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123848 Charlatans’ Tim Burgess Teams Up With Kellogg’s To Launch His Own Cereal ‘Totes Amazeballs (NME)

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/finally-52/feed/ 10 Shamrock: Another View http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/shamrock-another-view/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/shamrock-another-view/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:10:13 +0000 Emily O'Callaghan http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123832 Continue reading →]]> Further to our disputed item (see comments under that post) on Ireland’s first female superhero, Shamrock (above).

Turns out she wasn’t that super after all.

From Laser Cola’s Top 10 Racially Insensitive Superheroes:

In 1982, Marvel set out to create a character that truly represented the pride and culture of Ireland, but instead they made this. Molly Fitzgerald was given “luck” powers and became the superhero known as Shamrock and she was as lame as she sounds. Though she supposedly has the real “luck of the Irish” as her super power, Marvel gave her a crap life. In one story she is even drugged by her own father, hoping to steal her powers – the shame. Later the character announced her retirement and became a hair dresser. They later brought her back to the Marvel Universe and she was then presented as having become overweight since retiring. Since Shamrock first made her appearance in Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1, she has been more of a filler for meeting a social quota then a true attempt at a culturally based character… and did I mention she is LAME?!!!

Jaysus.

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Blake Anderson of the (US-only, curse it) Comedy Central show Workaholics there.

He seems really nice.

via

]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/the-nicest-guy-youll-meet-today/feed/ 2 The Seven Greatest Optical Illusions Of All Time http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/the-seven-greatest-optical-illusions-of-all-time/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/the-seven-greatest-optical-illusions-of-all-time/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 Chompsky http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123805 From the very cruel Optilliusions Tumblr wherein fake optical illusions are presented as real optical illusions until the viewer grows donkey ears and commences to bray.

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]]> http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/the-seven-greatest-optical-illusions-of-all-time/feed/ 21 Do You Know Of Your Ma’s Whereabouts? http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/do-you-know-of-your-mas-whereabouts/ http://www.broadsheet.ie/2012/02/22/do-you-know-of-your-mas-whereabouts/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:24:10 +0000 Ewok http://www.broadsheet.ie/?p=123810 Damn you, Larry.

Thomas Street, Dublin, this afternoon.

Thanks Aran B

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