Rob Jensen writes:
Spotted in the window of NCAD [National College Of Art And Design], Dublin.
Only it’s Bryan.
Nevermind.
Super powers include…
Can fly
Can read news blindfolded.
(leave suggestions below if you wish).
Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Irish Paintball team.
Team splat.
Captain, Charlie Waters writes:
Ireland will be represented again in another European Championship this summer. This time it’s paintball. Ireland have been selected to compete against the best teams in Europe to fight for the title [in London] which is currently held by Great Britain. The team have been selected through tryouts and are now training together to be ready for the competition in London at the end of the month. The team are proud to be representing Ireland for the first time on the European circuit. We have been working hard to get the team together and prepared to play some of the
best players in Europe. We are all motivated for the event and are confident to finish with a good result.
Madeline the dachshund delays the return of a ghost crab to the ocean last summer at Pawley’s Island, SC.
Bonus Existential Wiener moment right at the end.
End of.
Brian Flannery, on Indymedia, writes:
“Some months ago a friend of mine, a journalist in Manchester asked me if I had any idea what was going in the SFI (Science Foundation Ireland). I replied ‘not a clue’.
{He] came to visit the weekend just gone and gave me an insight as to how people in Manchester view, with anger, the appointment of Renovo’s Mark Ferguson (right) as Director General of SFI.
My facts state and these can be checked out by going on Google and looking up Renovo that this company had Stg1 million wiped of its value last year and that shareholders sustained a 75% loss in share price which I have no sympathy for because they took a gamble.
However 200 people lost their jobs in Renovo and I have the deepest sympathy for them.
My friend informed me that Mr. Ferguson was told by the Minister Sean Sherlock (above) and a Mr. Travers, a member of the Board of SFI that he had the job on the 23/12/2011 yet he was still Chairman of the fast ailing Renovo plc….”
More here: Secrets Of Cronyism In Semi-State Sector (Brian Flannery, Indymedia)
Pic via PMBRC
Daragh Ryan complains:
4.08am, on Sunday morning and AIB [Ballsbridge, Dublin] lit up like a Christmas Tree.
As he fought the general election, he vowed to avoid constituency work for 100 days and focus on bringing Ireland back from the brink.
In office, however, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has found plenty of time for the local circuit, taking part in a jaw-dropping 142 launches, openings, and other Mayo-related events since coming to power.
Mr Kenny’s diary reveals how, when not abroad, the Taoiseach has often attended more than half a dozen local events in a single day.
Aside from launches, he’s also had time for at least 100 constituency meetings, the exact details of which have been censored from official records seen by the Irish Mail on Sunday.
Bodger’s been to a few mayo-related events.
He doesn’t like to talk about them neither.
Enda Tends His Flock (Ken Foxe, Irish Mail On Sunday)
(Peter Muhly/AFP)