Just announced at Dublin Zoo.

A male gorilla.

More than 10 days after his birth, mum Lena parted with her son long enough for Zoo keepers to establish his gender.

A son then.

Well this gift is going to have to go back for a start.

Taken at 8.50 this morning near Busarus in Dublin.

And the question today is:

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Thanks Steve

That’s right. You bought Versailles.

Kidding. This is Lyons Demesne (pronounced de-main) in Kildare, home of the late Tipperary-born airline magnate Tony Ryan, who in no way had a Napolean complex.

The Ryan family are selling off the bulk of the house’s art and furniture.

It is being drooled over erotically in today’s Irish Times as “one of Ireland’s finest and most valuable private collection of art and antiques”.

And who are we to argue – sitting, as we are, on a brown corduroy bean bag in Karl’s ‘den’.

So, this is what a lot of money looks like:

Ryanair Heirs To Sell Treasures Of Lyons Estate (Michael Parsons, Irish Times)

Amazing, Read on.

He literally said that.

Chutzpah doesn’t come close

And here’s the best bit.

He was paid $40,000.

Former Irish PM Cautions Nigeria On Inconsistent Policies, Diversification (Vanguard)

Wheel Spinning Hamster Dead

I caught up with him after the annual results news conference yesterday and he was remarkably upbeat about the future.

“Do you know how hard it is to find a place to live here in Ballsbridge?” he says by way of explaining a recovery in landlord’s yields.

He admitted that his experience of trying to find a home in Dublin 4, one of Dublin’s wealthiest districts, may not be typical, but he is still optimistic.

David Hodgkinson, executive chairman, AIB.

This was minutes after announcing 2,000 job losses at the bank.

You literally could not make it up.

Ballsbridge Is No Singapore, Says AIB’s Boss (Irish Business Blog, Guardian)

(Photocall Ireland)