You thought yesterday‘s sunrise was impressive?
From the cliff path, Howth, Co Dublin, at 8.13am.
Just showing off at this stage.
Thanks Robin Blandford
Yearly Archives: 2013
What you may need to know:
1. Like most smart filmmakers, Neil Jordan has embraced TV, with The Borgias now in its second season.
2. He still does features, even though recent ones like Ondine (2009) and The Brave One (2007) haven’t been feeling the love. His best movie? We’re thinking The Butcher Boy (1997). And still love Mona Lisa (1986).
3. Byzantium is Jordan’s first vampire flick since Interview With The Vampire (1994) 19 years ago, still his biggest box-office hit.
4. Carlow’s own Saoirse Ronan is starring in the next Wes Anderson movie, then Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, with Stephenie ‘Twilight’ Meyer adaptation of The Host (2013) in cinemas any day now.
5. Broadsheet Prognosis: Where’s Stephen Rea when you need him?
Release Date: Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8wOmGtRxQ
This is the world’s largest outdoor pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile.
It’s 1km long, covers nearly 20 acres, contains 250 million litres of water pumped in from the Pacific Ocean and drops to 35m at its deepest point.
Here it is on Google Maps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IvxRsnMXF0
Anon writes:
I captured this video outside Supermac’s in Eyre Square, Galway, last night. It is pretty much a repeat of what happened around this time last year during the now unofficial NUIG rag week.
Previously: They Want To Cancel Galway Rag Week
From the Tumblr Pictures Of Hipsters Taking Pictures Of Food wherein we observe hipsters taking pictures of food.
Damn.
(Hat tip: Anthony Finucane)
A body count and cause-of-death infographic for Tarantino films created by Phillip Rhie for Vanity Fair.
Full sized (click through) version here.
The Government is holding firm in its plans to cut premium payments for frontline staff in the public service, despite a major protest last night involving thousands of nurses, gardaí, prison officers and fire and ambulance personnel.
Government sources said even after the proposed cuts, it would still be paying a significant premium payment to public service staff for working on a Sunday.
About 4,000 frontline staff took part in the rally against the Government’s proposals to reduce Sunday premium payments from double time to time and a half and to abolish special Saturday and “twilight” evening payments.
Union leaders at the rally urged frontline public service staff to lobby their TDs and senators and to warn them that it would never be forgotten if legislators supported such plans to cut the premium payments.
The government. It likes big cuts and it can not lie….
Coalition to stand firm over cuts to premium pay for staff (Martin Wall, Irish Times)
(Laura Hutton/ Photocall Ireland)
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More to follow
Via Mike Hogan 4fm, Meliosa Fitzgibbon, Enda Cunningham and Sean Fitzmaurice
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“Well… that’s the Irish isn’t it?”. Nice answer, Mr Corporate Iceland man on Panorama. How many stores does Iceland have in Ireland?
— Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) February 18, 2013
Malcolm Walker (above), chairman and CEO of Iceland discussed the horse burger brouhaha this evening.
He told BBC’s Panorama:
“No, we don’t test for horse, we don’t test for cat or dog either”
and
“The Irish say there’s 0.1% horsemeat in them? Well that’s the Irish for you.”
Oh, it‘s on.
That’s right, Iceman.
We are dangerous.