Remember the takeover bid,
For the Áras? Well heaven forbid,
Instead of old Squee,
We’d have had a baby,
His wife Trish, and before long, a kid.
John Moynes
(Photocall Ireland/GIS)
Monthly Archives: October 2012
This is the entire Irish Times report on an independent review of the JobBridge scheme to be published today.
Impressive, right?
Not so fast.
The story lacks one fairly important detail.
59% of JobBridge applicants left their placements early, according to the independent review.
Fifty nine per cent
6,608 of the 11,200 JobBridgers to date.
Over Half Of Interns On JobBridge Find Work (Tim O’Brien, irish Times)
Hotness!
Who is this?
Lines close at 11am
Update: Yes, it’s – apparently – Sean T Ó Ceallaigh, who worked as a librarian, in the Reading Room of the National Library
How Many?
at
Oh.
And that’s just Melbourne.
[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Professor Des Cahill] told the [Australian] parliamentary inquiry [into clerical sex abuse] that 14 of 378 Melbourne priests were convicted of child sexual abuse, and church authorities had admitted that another four who had died were also abusers.
But the actual figure was much higher when under-reporting was taken into account. “One in 20 is a minimum. It might be one in 15, perhaps not as high as one in 10,” Professor Cahill said.
Professor Cahill said the Church hierarchy was incapable of resolving abuse issues because of the way the institution operated with a “clerical caste system” that made protecting the church’s reputation and priests more important than caring for victims. Bishops who did want to put victims first were prevented by the Vatican.
It operated by canon law rather than civil law, “but canon law has nothing to say about the rights of child victims”.
Trans Pride
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Scenes from Saturday’s Rally for Recognition to demand the “introduction of inclusive and respectful Gender Recognition legislation that will not enshrine pathologisation of trans identities into Irish law”.
The Rally coincided with the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe) annual conference which concluded in Dublin yesterday.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
It literally stinks.
The statement proved Mr Kenny enjoys direct access to Ms Merkel and holds enough sway to get her to agree to the issuing of the Sunday night statement. While it does not bring a bank debt deal tangibly closer, it shows he has influence at the highest level in Berlin — which will be hugely significant in the coming weeks and months.
Mmm.
Pungent.
Merkel Rides To Enda’s Aid And Agrees Ireland Bank Debt Is A ‘Special Case’ (Independent.ie)
Howth Tram Bridge, Howth, Co Dublin (Phil Lang)
Kells, Co. Meath – we’ve since lost the cross to a wayward school bus driver. (Jody O’Dea)
Stephen Street, Sligo (Noel Ballantyne)
Galway Cathedral, Galway City (Senan Kelly)
Spanish Arch, Galway (Senan kelly)
Main street, Rathmines, Dublin. (Conor Galvin)
Parnell Monument, O’Connell Street. (Signal XFM)
Google Street View Challenge to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Manor Street, Dublin 7.
(Thanks Andy)
A not-terribly-exciting video that demonstrates a terribly exciting thing you’ll shortly be trying yourself (please be careful) to see whether or not it’s a troll.
Do let us know. We can’t afford batteries. Or matches.