Monthly Archives: August 2012

THE PARENTS of more than 100 former pupils at a Dublin fee-paying school say they will take legal action over the suspension of nearly the entire Leaving Cert class shortly before the exam this year.

Some 113 of the 120 sixth-year pupils at the High School in Rathgar were suspended on May 18th after an incident on May 4th in which they locked themselves into the sixth-year common room for 55 minutes and played dance music.

In a text message sent at 8pm on May 18th the pupils were told their lessons had been concluded for the year, and they could attend the school only by appointment until the Leaving Cert exam started on June 6th. There were 2½ days of lessons remaining.

Parents of suspended Leaving Cert pupils to take legal action (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)

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Darragh Kerins’ mother Noleen (centre) is congratulated by friends and family after her son’s first round at the FEI Nations Cup (the Aga Khan) at the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS.

Jane Gallagher writes:

Please give the Irish team a mention for winning the Aga Khan today. No other outlet seems to be!

 

From left: Darragh Kerins, Richie Moloney, Robert Splaine [Chef d’Equip], Cian O’Connor and Clem McMahon.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Also: lovely.

Mayo’s only female TD, Michelle Mulherin [FG], has wished the best of luck to Mayo Rose, Dervla Kenny [Enda’s niece], and Perth Rose, Knockmore native, Lorna Gallagher, in this year’s Rose of Tralee Festival – an event which Deputy Mulherin says is “rooted in the family and Irish culture

“It is more than a beauty contest. It is rooted in the family and Irish culture, and in every little girl’s dream: to be appreciated, chosen and ultimately loved.”

 

Roses Will Do Us Proud, Says Mulherin (MayoToday)

Previously: She So Forni

Thanks David M

OK, it is.

But

Kevin Whitty writes:

George Dalton, my mechanic, had his car (above) stolen last night from Bray, Co Wicklow. He is a VW/Audi specialist and is known throughout Ireland for the work he does on his customers’ cars and also on Irish car forums for the expert knowledge he dishes out to peeps who wish to know more. He has received massive support already from the interweb with people posting it on their FB and also on the forums. Details here.

Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29

Two years each in a “prison colony”.

Two.

The three stared ahead defiantly from inside a glass cage, their wrists shackled in handcuffs, as the verdict was read. Supporters and opposition activists blamed the case against the women – and the tough sentence – on Vladimir Putin.

“Whatever Putin wants, Putin gets. That is the only thing to say,” Tolokonnikova’s husband, Pyotr Verzilov, said on leaving the court.

 

Pussy Riot Sentenced To Two Years Of Hard Labour (Guardian)

Meanwhile:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY98sZWxt-w