YIKES!
A likely winner already?
The Long Fella by Aoife Crowley.
Unless you can possibly do better.
Broadsheet Pumpkin Challenge to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Monthly Archives: October 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUp1PP98uU
One year after his death, Venus – the luxury superyacht designed by Steve Jobs and Philippe Starck – makes its debut at Aalsmeer in the Netherlands.
We’d like to think the horn sounds like this.
Judge Jesus
at
Kurt Cobane
at
See what he did there?
A newly-upturned uploaded video of prawn trawler The Snowdonia sinking in the Irish Sea on Tuesday.
It took about a minute.
The two-man crew of the Ardglass-registered boat, the Snowdonia, were rescued by another trawler, the Tribute.
…Asked about the possibility of her husband going back to sea, Ms Kearney said: “We will have to talk about that.”
Fisherman’s Wife Tells Of Ardglass Boat Ordeal (BBC)
Via John O’Regan
Because there won’t be any tourists in Cork this weekend @failte_ireland twitter.com/despod/status/…
— despod (@despod) October 27, 2012
Ah.
Near Blarney this evening via Jonathan Healy.
Ten minutes later…
Oh my.
And, for the HDR fans in the audience, Cork Ccity tonight via @Alecskid:
And so the state-sponsored exploitation continues…….
EMC² corporation.
A company with revenues of over $20 billion and profits of $3.44 billion seeks to recruit a recruitment co-ordinator.
And the cost of JobBridge to the company in question, $0.
Nice.
Recruitment Coordinator (IrishJobs.ie)
You tell ’em, Pat.
(Thanks Evlyn Leen)
Lissadel House, Co Sligo.
Home of the Gore-Booths and Summer bolt-hole for WB Yeats.
In 2010, The High Court ruled that a public right of way existed across the grounds following a case between the owners (barristers Constance Cassidy and Edward Walsh) and Sligo County Council that lasted 58 days and cost up to €6m.
Anon writes:
Massively expensive court case, fraught with disagreements, locals not speaking to each other, protests, all of it.
Well.
Take a look at the famous Right of Way now. This is what the County Council fought so hard for, and spent so much money protecting. I’m afraid these photos don’t really do them justice: these potholes are massive. (cont. below)
Some of the them are ankle deep (knee deep if you’re a leprechaun) and full of water so if you drive at any speed at all that’s your sub frame gone.
Tried to drive in normal car. Took me around 15 minutes to get 150 yards.
Unfortunate tourist in a large Campervan found himself having to reverse the entire way back because the fencing is so close to the road there is nowhere to turn.
Camber on road is very high as well which makes you suddenly feel very sentimental about your exhaust. Mother Nature 1 Barristers 0
Court Rules On Lissadell Right Of Way Case (RTE, December 20, 2010)