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From this morning’s Morning Ireland on RTE R1:
‘…an urbane, gentle supporter of the North Tipperary TD Michael Lowry puts up a spirited, intellectual defense on his behalf over the Moriarty Tribunal findings.’
Lowry Makes Triumphant Return To ‘His People’ As Vindictive Eye Turned On Media (Irish Times)
Easy, Tiger.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OivpEbe1Phc
Yes, you snickering bastard. I forgot to jump. Now call a frickin’ ambulance.
“Mortgage lending is now the biggest barrier to market recovery and as long as this issue remains, property prices will remain over-corrected.”
Keith Lowe, CEO Douglas Newman Good, Irish Times
Six incredible black and white pix of Elizabeth Taylor at Voyons Voir
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Unless some 14 year-old hasn’t already filled you in, here’s this:
The Rebecca Black saga in brief: Parents hire company to produce two cheesy pop songs and one cheesy video for 13-year-old daughter. Self-described “music factory” writes song including explanation of order of days of week. Daughter sings song. Producers auto-tune the bejesus out of it. “Music factory” unleashes song and promo on unsuspecting world. Video goes viral when critics trash it as “the most appalling thing on the Internet.” Girl complains of “cyber-bullying.” Then comes vindication. Gaga says she is a genius. Forbes declares her a millionaire.
Did Rebecca Black really make $1 million from ‘Friday’? (Slate)
BONUS: Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ as interpreted by a bad lip reader (hilarity ensues)
UPDATE: The Elmo style Lip Dub Version (even more hilarity ensues)
I’ve never had a good answer to the question “What does it mean to be Irish?” Today Twitter provided an answer using the hashtag #citizenshiptest.
No leprechauns, no plastic Paddys or broken cottages. From the profane to the profound, from sentimental to scathing to the simply funny. If you understand the questions and the answers then you’re probably Irish…
Arragh, go on. Take the test.
What Does It Mean To Be Irish ? (Storyful)
The conversion of the rather staid Mercedes-Benz S-Class into the Brabus “iBusiness 2.0” begins in the boot, with a Mac Mini mounted in a leather-lined tray inside the trunk. The Mac connects up with a 15.2-inch TFT, 16:9 aspect ratio display that mechanically unfolds from the alcantara-coated headliner and can also be used as an auxiliary display for the – not one, but two – iPad 2s mounted in the electronically deployed and adjustable custom tables mounted behind the two front seats. The tables secure both the tablets and a Apple Bluetooth keyboard, and allow the Russian mobster in back to chat with his Swedish princess over Apple’s Facetime video conferencing system.
Mercedes hasn’t announced pricing yet, but anyone who’d pay €100,000 for a regular, crappy Mac-less old S-class won’t care about that.
Because you might have dangerous gay sex while you’re driving the vehicle.
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English.
“Assuming more normalised advertising conditions, easier comparatives, continued cost vigilance and having eliminated loss-making businesses, we are targeting a further improvement in operating profit for the year.
“This coupled with accelerated free cash flow generation, will ensure further meaningful deleveraging in 2011.”
Gavin O’Reilly, announcing profits at Independent News and Media yesterday.
