The International Monetary Fund says it is urging the European Union and the European Central Bank to restructure the Anglo Irish bank promissory notes.
It said such a restructuring would improve Ireland’s debt sustainability, and help the country return to market funding next year.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA
We have a winner
Born To Run.
Chosen by Hand Solo:
I know it’s obvious but Born to Run is simply genius. Only thing is that nobody seems to know who Wendy is.
Runner-up? If I Should Fall Behind (chosen by The Bad Ambassador)
hip transport at spencer dock @broadsheet_ie twitter.com/hip_2be_square…
— Shane Cafferty (@hip_2be_square) March 2, 2012
Damn two-wheeled, self-balancing hipsters
Claire Browne writes:
This is my cat Celso, we recently moved back to Galway from San Diego with him. Perhaps this is causing some kind of existential cat crisis?
Previously
Existential Golden Retriever From Kilkenny
Existential Pets to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Avid meme-tracker, the US Department Of Homeland Security likes to keep tabs on, well, just about everything it seems.
Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, some documentation pertaining to social media monitoring was released, documentation that just happened to contain the full list — presumably — of words that the DHS likes to keep an eye on.
Here’s a small sample:
Homeland Security’s Long, Long List of Social Media Watch Words (Geekosystem)
IMF issues fairly stark warning about Ireland – I’ll have more on @newstalknews on @newstalkfm at 16.00
— Páraic Gallagher(@paraicgallagher) March 2, 2012
Cloud That’s The Spitting Image Of A Camel (Mail Online)
Not a patch on this little gangster. Remember?
The Cloud Above Manhattan That Looks Like Ireland (by Joe and Tina Buggy)
The Royshuccino.
It’s taken Amy a year to perfect it.
Kidding.
About six months.
Via Woodser11
Meanwhile, via James M Chimney, this is how they serve the same brew in Munster:
Pick you favourite Bruce Springsteen track and we shall play it at 4.30pm.
Otherwise it’s Jedward’s Waterline.
