Monthly Archives: October 2012

 

 

The ‘Cycling With’ people are back.

Paddy Cahill writes:

Ellen Rowley is an Architectural Historian who lives with her family in Ballybough, Dublin. We went for a cycle with Ellen and looked at the architectural heritage around parts of Dublin that often goes ignored, the architecture of the 20th Century and her special interest, the social housing schemes by the former prolific city architect Herbert Simms. For more Cycling with… videos check out our blog Cyclingwith.com and please like us at Cycling With (Facebook)

 

Previously: Cycling With Ollie

Cycling With Ally

 

Nein.

12.26 Germany appears to be refuting everything today.
German news agency DPA is reporting that German government
spokesperson Steffen Seibert has said Ireland won’t enjoy exceptions
to the European Stability Mechanism procedure, but said special
circumstances are taken into account.
He added Ireland does not enjoy “special status” in the support of
its banks.
Earlier today (see 08.59) Irish papers were reporting that Merkel had
told Ireland’s Taoiseach Enda Kenny that the country’s bank debt is a
“special case”.

EU Debt Crisis Live (Telegraph)

Earlier: The Smell Of Bullshit Victory In The Morning

Thanks Lars Biscuits

She loved him in Prêt-à-Porter. (1994)

UNICEF Ireland Ambassador Stephen Rea with Um Alaa (name changed for her protection) and some of her grandchildren during a visit to the Syrian Refugee Camp in Za’atari, Jordan.

Um Alaa escaped Syria with 20 members of her family and they have been living in the camp for two months, located 14km from the Syrian/Jordanian border.

A Visit To Syrian Refugees In Jordan Is An Eye-opener (Brandeis University)

(Salah Malkawi/Photocall Ireland)

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel outside the Royal Marine Hotel in September 1953.

From the Irish Times, September 9, 1953:

The two comedians arrived in Dublin virtually unnoticed. Last night at the Royal Marine Hotel where they are staying, a reporter found Stan Laurel and his wife at dinner.
“Ollie is resting, ” said Stan, “We had a terrific heatwave in New York before we left and it was just too much for him.”
The reporter went on to say Stan and Oliver will rest until Monday morning, when they will be joined by a scriptwriter from London. For the following fortnight they will think up scripts for their show. “We are thinking of calling it ‘Birds of a Feather’ but we may change that title”, said Stan. Their show will go on a 12-month tour of British theatres. “We will be appearing in Belfast but I do not know about Dublin yet” Stan added.
………The cast, which will take part in the show, will arrive in Dublin in a fortnight’s time and will rehearse in the Olympia Theatre, where the two comedians appeared last year during their first visit to Ireland. The scenery for the show is being made in Belfast and will be brought to Dublin for the rehearsals.
Laurel & Hardy would have rehearsed in England but for some labour restrictions, which prevent them from going there until October.
“From what I have seen of Dun Laoghaire,” said Stan Laurel; “it seems to be a beautiful spot”. The reporter noted that he had some trouble with the pronounciation.

Pic via Dun Laoghaire Town (Facebook)

Thanks Buzz