Monthly Archives: October 2012

Some 30,000 printed copies of the children’s rights referendum Bill will have to be pulped after a misprint suggested the proposed constitutional amendment related to the article protecting the right to life.

The copies erroneously stating an amendment to article 40 of the Constitution was proposed were sent to post offices across the country so they could be made available to members of the public.

Article 40 is of particular concern to anti-abortion campaigners because it contains a statement that the State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn.

The referendum actually proposes to insert article 42A, entitled Children, into the Constitution, aiming to protect children at risk and make it easier for the children of married parents to be adopted.

Referendum copies to be pulped after right to life error (Mary Minihan, Irish Times)

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOq9pBkY0I

 

As expected, Trump was unable to dig up any dirt on Obama despite dispatching teams of private investigators to Obama’s home state of Hawaii, and spending considerable time advancing the theory that President Obama had not been born in the United States, also known as “birtherism.” Should President Obama comply with the request, Trump promises to donate $5 million to a charity of Obama’s choice.

 

Trump’s Obama Announcement A Big Publicity Stunt, Mogul Offers $5M For College Transcripts And Obama’s Passport Application (Inquisitir)

 

Earlier


Charlie writes:

My good friends Damian and Nathalie are running the Dublin Flamenco Festival. It’s in its second year and the second of 3 shows is tonight at 8.30pm in the Smock Alley Theatre, 7 Lower Exchange St  Dublin.  I know you don’t normally do this – but it’s a top-notch lineup with really respected artists from Spain and Damian and Nathalie pour their hearts into it. Tonight’s show is a Guitar Recital from Juan Anton Suarez.

Dublin Flamenco Festival

But the case is now settled and in a statement read to the court the former Unicef ambassador acknowledges that Dave Kavanagh was a good and loyal friend to Gerry Ryan and that she never intended to suggest that he behaved in any way inappropriately on the day before the death of the broadcaster. The book is due back on the shelves of shops tomorrow but it will now come with a clarifications slip inside the cover to reflect the legal settlement today.

 

Gerry Ryan Memoir Book To Go Back On Sale (Newstalk.ie)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)