Monthly Archives: March 2012

Jim Stynes [former Dublin Minor footballer, above back row second left in 1984] came from Ireland to Australia as an untried teenager and went on to break the Australian Football League’s consecutive games record, win the Brownlow Medal in 1991 and become Melbourne president.

 

Jim Stynes Dead At 45 (The Age)

Greatest Story Aussie Rules Has Ever Known (Irish Independent)

(Robert Banks)

Thanks Mark Geary

Tony O’Reilly jnr, chief executive of Providence Resources, believes the company has a one-in-four or one-in-five chance of making a commercial oil find off the Dublin coastline.

Providence’s plans to drill wells six kilometres off Dalkey have sparked considerable opposition, particularly in south Dublin. More than 700 submissions, most of them objecting, have been made to the Department of Environment, which will decide shortly whether to grant a foreshore licence application.

People Shouldn’t Worry About Dublin Oil Drilling, Says O’Reilly (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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OK, so ‘the beautiful Chelsea’ may not the sharpest protractor in the pencil case but – with this video now going viral – her husband, Travis ‘how to make a viral video*’ Chambers – will do well to avoid a divorce. Or a fake, viral divorce. Or something.

(*H/T to Garrett in comments.)

tastefully offensive

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvtjWDu8tBs

This had better be for charity.

From NUI Galway:

In an Irish University, a few guys came together who wanted to do something for charity and also promote the best university in Ireland which had given us so much, something different, something new, something exciting. ….Like and share to raise money and awareness for 1Life, suicide prevention. With every view, we will be able to donate 50c to our charity from our sponsors (up to 20,000 views).