Monthly Archives: May 2011

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Ronan O’Gara and his mates sing ‘I Want To Break Free’ in a traffic jam.

Don’t worry. He got paid.

Mr. Abercrombie Collar-Up dude in the back seat is literally the funniest thing Bodger has seen all morning.

The Spinning Chair designed by Jaanus Osugaar and supposedly inspired by the Cern Accelerator, is a spinning-top shaped wooden cone with leather hand straps and a metal ball in its base. Yes it is. The blurb sez:

The spinning chair is the opposite to the rocking chair. When the rocking chair calms and puts you at ease, the spinning-chair energises and stimulates. The vibration from the spinning of the metal ball inside awakens your spirit and renews your cells. After 6 spins you end up where you started. It is an hilarious, irrational and playful ride for both kids and grown-ups.

You’ll need a lot of space and a conveniently-placed bucket.

£900 from Bouf

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With Enda Kenny in New York in March this year
A tweet from October last.

Mary Davis is best known for bringing the Special Olympics to Ireland in 2003, as the then Chief Executive of Special Olympics Ireland.

In 2004, she was appointed to the Council of State by President Mary McAleese, and is now seeking to succeed her in that office.

At a news conference this morning, Ms Davis is expected to confirm that she will be seeking the backing of four local authorities to allow her to contest the Presidential election as an Independent.

Mary Davis To Announce Bid For Presidency (RTE)

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Vivienne Parry, who queued with her 10-year-old son, said the crowds were able to pour in from every direction, particularly from Wood Quay via Winetavern Street. She accused the organisers of “utterly shambolic crowd control” and said those who had queued patiently at Christ Church found themselves being displaced by those who came after them.

Ailbhe Nic Cába from Meath spent six hours queuing and made it past the security marquee where US Secret Service agents vetted and frisked the public. However, she and others were turned back by gardaí at another barrier because they believed they had not been vetted. She said the pushing got really bad when President Obama started to speak, and several people left the queue.

“It is a great pity that the Irish authorities must once again learn from their follies before getting things right. It seems that ‘No, we can’t’,” she said, inverting Mr Obama’s famed campaign motto.

The Obama Event ‘Shambolic’ (Ronan McGreevy, Irish Times)

(RTE)