Hong Kong.
It’s the Ireland of Asia.
Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
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atRioter Andrew Burls jailed for eight years because police recognised his crossed eyes even though he wore a BANDANA: twitter.com/theJeremyVine/…
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) February 21, 2012
US electronic payments company PayPal is expected to announce 1,000 jobs in Ireland later today.
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 21, 2012
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdGrB3Za4_o
The punchin’est movie of them all. Roughly one punch per second.
Needs moar punchin’.
We wouldn’t know. We couldn’t tell a hipster from a hole in the ground.
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The Delta 7 Arantix Lightweight Hardtail with patented IsoTruss carbon fibre and kevlar open-lattice tube design weighs in at a featherlight 2.74 lbs (1.24kg).
A limited edition of 200 will be available worldwide: either frame-only or with a custom configured Shimano or SRAM component package.
Price to be confirmed. Presumably not tuppence ha’penny.
…you can’t profit grotesquely from a stealth tax on the poor and foolish.
THE GOVERNMENT is considering offering the next operator of the National Lottery an extended licence of between 20 and 30 years and a significantly enhanced annual operator’s fee of up to €50 million to run the business.
Under the existing seven-year licence, An Post operates the State’s lottery for an annual management fee of just under €3 million.
Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin is expected to bring proposals for the sale of the licence to Cabinet early next month.
He hopes a longer licence and a greater share of the revenue generated from ticket and scratch card sales will attract international bidders and secure a large upfront payment for the exchequer, thought to be in region of €400-€600 million.
The contract will be worth €1.2 billion over a 25 year licence.
Likely winners: Camelot or the Australian operator Tatts Group. But probably not Paddy Power, because, under current regulations, the National Lottery precludes the tandem development of online gaming.
Next lottery operator could get annual fee of €50m (Irish Times)