The gardai have also sold off 17 former ministerial cars this year but their mileage appears to have affected the price — the total raised was just €44,448.
Owen Fitzpatrick writes:
That’s an average price of €2,615 euro per car – Merc, Lexus, Audi etc. I wonder who got to buy them?
Taoiseach Exempt From Ministerial Car Levy (Michael Brennan, Irish Independent)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Oh.
Thanks sendittoliam
The Epic and The Beasts – a lingering tribute to skateboarding directed and edited by Sebastian Linda
Music: Giselle – Silk Ianborg Remix
The Galway Arts Festival promotional mine in Grand Canal Dock: not quite so threatening now with its Hertz horns all flaccid and broken.
Mmf.
(Pix: Oisin)
Carey Rottman (above), who was shot in the leg, posted a photo of himself with [Christian] Bale at the side of his bed. Writing on his Facebook page, Rottman said: “I am definitely feeling nothing but love and am ready to get started on this recovery!”
Batman Star Christian Bale Visits Aurora Shooting Victims (Guardian)
The 88-member, all-female Pearls of Russia skydiving team set a world record in the sky above Kolomna near Moscow. This was their third attempt at forming the red white and blue flower formation, beating the previous record of 84 skydivers.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTzidK1tOic
Wait for it.
Jade says:
Best garda retort you’ll hear this week.
Previously: Photo Fitz
Thanks Hugh O’Connell
MADONNA IS apparently afraid of thunder and lightning and was said to be anxiously watching Dublin’s cloud heavy skies in the run-up to last night’s concert.
As it happened, the heavens failed to light up and all the electricity came from the material girl and her blood-splattered S&M troupes who danced up a storm for close to two hours in front of a half-empty Aviva Stadium which was more like a giant hen party than a concert.
Madonna is getting rained on. Wouldn’t be the first time Aviva refused a pensioner some cover. #mdma #madonna
— Damien O’Connor (@ratskins) July 24, 2012
Ah here.
Elsewhere on Twitter.
Pop Princess Reigns Supreme On Damp Night More Like Hen Party Than Concert (Conor Pope, Irish Times)
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
