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Monthly Archives: July 2012
DéiseDee writes:
As a former teacher who now works full time in dog welfare, I am disgusted and appalled at Irish Greyhound Board’s poster encouraging schools to do tours of Greyhound Stadiums.I see every day the results of an industry that uses these beautiful dogs as a commodity; dumping and often killing greyhounds that no
longer make money for their owners.
However, putting that aside, why are the IGB allowed to encourage schoolchildren to become the gamblers of tomorrow? Cigarettes and alcohol come with warnings and age restrictions, yet gambling can be freely promoted to underage children?
Given that Gamblers Anonymous now says that gambling addiction is at an all-time high in Ireland, I think this campaign is totally reprehensible. Schools should think of their student’s welfare and completely boycott this attempt to line the pockets of the IGB with blood money.
Breaking
at@broadsheet_ie Walt from breaking bad, drinking in my local, The Hotel Northbridge in Perth WA, about 15 mins ago twitter.com/monaghan16/sta…
— Mike Monaghan (@monaghan16) July 26, 2012
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CARTOONS SHOWING the dry, quirky humour of painter Jack B Yeats will go on public display for the first time on Saturday.
The 56 illustrations by the Irish artist are part of 500 published in British satirical magazine Punch under his pseudonym, W Bird, between 1910 and 1948.
Pft. He’s no Martyn Turner.
Satire about social class, professions, everyday life and political commentary are among the subjects tackled by Yeats, co-curator (at the National Gallery of Ireland) Donal Maguire said. Many of the illustrations “don’t fit with the current humour and are very much of their time”, he added.
Oh wait now.
Jack B Yeats cartoons to go on show for first time (Genevieve Carberry, Irish Times)
Image: Irish Comics Wiki
@broadsheet_ie Thanks for clearing that up.. Spotted at Spar Santry! twitter.com/CiaranNolanIre…
— Ciarán Nolan (@CiaranNolanIre) July 25, 2012
Here’s €1.50. Gimme six of those bad boys.
Things that will not happen: this.
Starting today we’re giving you the ability to change how you appear on YouTube, with the option to use your Google+ profile on your YouTube channel. One Google-wide identity was something that proved popular with new YouTube users when we began offering it in March, so we are now extending it to existing users.
Maybe you posted a few things way back (all those “I love you Biebs!!” comments?) that you’d rather not associate with publicly. By clicking “Review my content,” you can see every video, comment or playlist you’ve ever posted, and decide whether you want it associated with your full name before making the change.
In other news: angry 15 year-olds urged to think twice before using the internet as an anonymous flame pit of unfocused hate.