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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Padraig Flynn’s record of achievements for Mayo will never be equalled by any politician argues Castlebar Fianna Fáil councillor, Blackie Gavin.
In what will be interpreted as a shot across the bows of An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Cllr Gavin made the statement at a recent meeting of the Castlebar Fianna Fáil Cumann in the Welcome Inn Hotel. There it was unanimously agreed that a vote of thanks and appreciated be extended to former EU commissioner Mr Flynn for his work on behalf of Castlebar and Mayo during his years as a TD and minister.
…When asked by The Mayo News last night about the Mahon Tribunal findings that Mr Flynn had corruptly sought and received a payment of £50,000 from developer Tom Gilmartin in 1989, Cllr Gavin remained tight-lipped and said it was a ‘private matter’.
Flynn’s Record Will Never Be Matched (Edwin McGreal, Mayo News)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auo7HUl5lXw&feature=youtu.be
A small video project from Le Cool Dublin to celebrate the start of Bealtaine Festival 2012, celebrating creativity as we age. Includes people like Jimmy Murakami (Where The Wind Blows, The Snowman), Garry O’Neill (Where Were You), Fatti Burke (artist) and Aoife Walsh (editor, The South Circular) and yer man PJ who runs that James Joyce oddity shop, Swenys. Help the aged.
The Nobel prize-winning economist writes:
A reader directs me to this interview with John Peet, the Europe editor of The Economist, who declares: “And of the countries that were in trouble, I would say Ireland looks as if it’s the best at the moment because Ireland has implemented very heavy austerity programs, but is now beginning to grow again.”
From Ireland’s Central Statistical Office:
See the return to growth, there at the end? Me neither. To be fair, Peet isn’t alone. The legend of Irish recovery has somehow set in, and nobody on the pro-austerity side seems to feel any need to look at the data, even for a minute, to check whether the legend is true. Amazing.
Up on the International Space Station, astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates the weird behaviour of antibubbles (droplets of liquid surrounded by a thin film of gas – the opposite of ordinary gas bubbles).
Part of his ongoing series of physics experiments in collaboration with Physics Central.
From left: Joe Higgins TD, Cllr Ruth Coppinger, Clare Daly TD and Paul Murphy MEP at the launch of the Socialist Party’s ‘No’ Poster campaign a little earlier.
Now, where have we seen the one on the left before?
Oh.
(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSudcJnqaQ
Words of advice from the adorable Kenny and Selma: 72 years married.
Yesterday, the Empire State Building ceased to be the tallest skyscraper in New York for the second time.
Still under construction and due to top out at 541m by December, One World Trade Center just passed the Empire State’s 381m mark.
Previously: The World Trade Center: 2004 – 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfF1SgPp9nw
Finally.
Dole TV explains Nama:
A lot of research was done for us by Dr Conor McCabe and Unlock Nama. All made by unemployed people. No budget. Quote form celebrated Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis: “Positively brilliant. The truth behind the Irish state’s insolvency. Bankruptocracy at is best (or is it worst)? “