Yearly Archives: 2013


John Tierney.

Appointed as the new managing director of the newly-established semi-State body Irish Water.

Formerly Chief Running Bull Dublin City Manager (2006-2013).

How did that go?

– Mr Tierney was forced to apologise after Dublin City Council was accused of mismanaging public funds, following an official audit of the €80million spent on the Poolbeg incinerator project. The audit, which came out last December, found the council’s handling of the project was weak and inadequate.

– Last November, Mr Tierney became embroiled in a row which developed after a TG4 documentary Iniuchadh Oidhreacht na Cásca about a proposed development on Dublin’s O’Connell Street/Carlton site, which encompasses the 1916 buildings on Moore Street. The documentary alleged a continuing cover up involving officials in Dublin City Council over a secret deal with developer Joe O’Reilly to sell the site to O’Reilly’s Chartered Land and buy it back at a potentially higher price.

– In December 2011, Mr Tierney invoked a veto introduced by former environment minister Martin Cullen to overrule a Dublin City Council vote 52-50 against the sale of its waste-collection services to Greyhound. This was despite the fact Greyound was, in 2009, forced to pay back €1.3million to Iarnród Éireann – which had hired it two years previous – because of inadequate services. In January 2011, Greyhound was forced to pay €9,000 in fines and costs to the Environmental Protection Agency for breaches of its licence to run a waste facility in Clondalkin, Dublin.

Oh.

Previously: Nothing To See Here 


(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

 

A Yamaha 90 maybe.

But a Honda?

*sucks teeth*

Greg Ryan writes;

My brother is involved with a charity driving from Limerick to Mongolia on Honda C90s, Yes, those bikes with the 85cc engines, max speed 50mph, all in aid for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Here is a video of their story so far.

 

Limerick to Mongolia 2013

 

Dermot Flanagan.

Hates skimpy briefs.

The figures show that Dublin-based senior counsel, Dermot Flanagan, received €96,469 for representing the local authority [Clare County Council] at two An Bord Pleanala oral hearings last year.
The hearing into council plans to construct a new bridge crossing at Killaloe lasted 10 days, while a separate oral hearing into plans to construct a contentious pier at Doolin lasted one day.

 

€96,469.

11 days.

*doffs wig*

Council Paid €100k To Lawyer For Two Hearings (Independent.ie)

Pic via Law Library

 

According to all of the spinners,
FF are opinion poll winners,
But bould Michéal Martin,
Denies that he’s startin’
To make friends with those filthy Shinners.

John Moynes

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Conor Lally writes:

I realise you don’t normally do this, but I’m fuming writing this email. I’m an avid angler and on Saturday went to a fishing expo in Swords, Co Dublin. This is one of the biggest shows of the year and is on in the National Show Centre. Unfortunately there have been a number of car break ins in their car park which is poorly policed. My own van
was targeted today and I’ve had a lot of my prized fishing tackle stolen. If you could put a picture of one item – my IMA lure vest, which is an unusual fishing/floatations vest it might alert anybody who sees it for sale around the country in the next few days. The vest contains a lot of unusual lures and gear which is of no use to anyone who is not as fanatical about shiny fishing gear like me.

 

Anyone?

 

David Bowie will release the second single, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), following his recent “return” to “form”.

He’s 71.

Seventy one.

Previously: Is There Free Bus Travel On Mars?

Next Bowie Single Is ‘Stadium Rock’ (Breakingnews.ie)