Monthly Archives: June 2012
Donal Healy’s charming short film about the treat of all treats.
Did you know that we consume 22 million of these things every year in Ireland apparOMNOMNOMNOMNOM.
Earwiggle’s defiantly tongue-in-cheek take on the Ireland Euro 2012 squad featuring techno DJs and producers.
Yes it probably would have been better had the Boys in Green not had their asses handed to them so promptly, but there you go.
(Thanks Oisin)
Huge version after the jump.
Eugene Moloney, 55, formerly of the Irish News, Evening Herald, Irish Independent and, more recently, the Irish Daily Mail.
Mr Moloney (above) lived alone at Portobello Place on the south side of the city and was on his way home when he was attacked.He was walking near the Ulster Bank in Camden Street around 4.30am [Sunday morning] when a man shouted abuse at him.
Mr Moloney turned to face the man and was exchanging words with him when a second man came from behind and struck him on the side of the head. He fell to the ground and his attacker and accomplice fled.
Detectives want to talk to anyone who was near the pedestrian lights besdie Devitt’s (above) halfway up Camden Street between 3.45 and 4.30am on Sunday. Contact Kevin Street Garda Station on (01) 6669400.
Update: Two arrested Over Murder Of Journalist Eugene Maloney (BBC)
(Camden Street photo by Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Baby Eastern Box turtle Peanut noms a baby-turtle’s-head-sized raspberry for your delectation (and his).
Ah Here
atMars Bar TV advert 2012 – Work Rest Play Your Part for England youtube.com/watch?v=Y3hvQj… via @youtube @broadsheet_ie Engerland missing something.
— Wayne Murphy (@murf_eire) June 25, 2012
Euro 2012: England Hearts Broken On Penalties Again As Italy Triumph (Guardian)
The Rep of Ireland had a greater share of possession against Italy than England did. What, if anything, does that tell us?
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarretTimes) June 25, 2012
Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said he wanted no “red line” areas in discussions.
Sorry, what?
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin said he would not be “prescriptive” in discussions on the budget for next year.
Come again?
Both tax rises and welfare cuts were trenchantly ruled out by the Government for last year’s budget. However, to fulfil its pledges in the EU-IMF bailout the Government has to make cuts of €3.5 billion next year.
So…
The comments by the two Labour Ministers have raised speculation that both areas are back on the budget agenda.
Oh great.
Ministers won’t rule out tax rises (Irish Times)
(Photocall Ireland)
Ulster Bank has said due to the length of time it is taking to work through a payments backlog it will not be fully operational on Monday.
…The technical fault has disrupted payments [including social welfare deposits] into and out of thousands of customer accounts since Wednesday.
Antoinette McKeown from the [Northern Ireland] Consumer Council said they were concerned about the lack of response from the bank.
She said the information it had given had been confusing.
“They have been very, very slow to come out with information. When Ulster Bank did come out with information it was confusing, it was misleading. There has been a distinct lack of leadership presence from the Ulster Bank.”
PT writes:
Shane MacGowan and Hutch waiting for Huggy Bear at Hugo’s, Merrion Row, Dublin, last night.