Yearly Archives: 2013

00139936Dr Rhona Mahony, Master of the National Maternity Hospital is getting a ‘privately funded’ top-up of €45,000 in addition to her salary and allowances of more than €236,000)

Mr Kenny [in the Dail this afternoon] said of the of the 44 agencies involved in the HSE audit, seven had replied to say they were compliant, 13 were non-compliant and others either needed more time to respond or needed legal advice.

Mr Kenny said the same rules should apply to senior managers as to those on the frontline.

He was reacting to reports that ten of the country’s State-funded voluntary hospitals and health agencies are breaching official Government policy on pay for senior executives.

Govt ‘will not tolerate’ pay top-ups – Kenny (RTE)

Earlier: That’s Why They Call It Fundraising

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

Meanwhile…

Oh.

edinburgh(Dunedin Connolys of Edinburgh)

The illuminati GAA abroad story continues.

Aisling Kavanagh writes:

The ladies of Dunedin Connollys in Edinburgh have reached the Tesco Homegrown Junior Club GAA Championship Final. This is a first for a Scottish Club.

The team is made up of players from all four provinces as well as a Scot and a Canadian.
We secured our place by beating St Helens of Longford last Sunday and will travel again to Ireland for the final on November 30th.

The commitment from the players has been unreal with girls flying in and out on the day in order to satisfy work commitments as well as their love of the game.

The girls have been fundraising throughout the year but would appreciate any support /sponsorship very much as the trips to play in Ireland have been self funded…

Dunedin Connollys

Previously: The Truth Behind The GAA Player In The Nip

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In its latest forecast,The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) said GDP growth will be just 0.1% this year and 1.9% next year.
Its projections show that unemployment will remain high at 13.2% in 2014.
The OECD said Ireland may miss its target of cutting the deficit to 3% of GDP in 2015 which has been a cornerstone of its recovery plans. The OECD predicted the deficit would be 3.1% in 2015.

 

Ah.

OECD calls for more action on long term unemployed (RTE)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

islandDid you leave your bike on this island?

Elaine writes:

Two guys on the island on the corner of Harcourt Street (where bikes are locked up opposite the Harcourt Building) looking dodgy and cycling away with two bikes each. Went towards Charlemont Street area with them. Saw from my office window so couldn’t do anything… I think there might be a couple of upset cyclists come hometime :(

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It’s World Toilet Day. But you knew this.

As you celebrate today with family and friends – perhaps gathered together in song around the bowl, or exchanging small, warm gifts – do spare a thought for the real meaning of World Toilet Day.

As this short GE Focus Film directed last year by Jessica Wu explains:

For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison. Businessman-turned-sanitation-superhero Jack Sim fights this oft-neglected crisis affecting 2.6 billion people…

(Thanks UCDScienceExpression et al)

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The mighty Eclectic Method’s ‘meta self-referential’ music video tribute to movies about movies,’ including classic films about films like Robert Altman’s The Player, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and of course Boogie Nights’.

Previously: Mashed-Up Cats

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Declan Ganley south of Bray behind enemy lines in the FCA’s elite Republican Guard during the 1990s.

YOU WEREN’T THERE MAN.