(John FitzGerald , chief economist with the Economic and Social Research Unit (ESRI)
Pour a big glass of Champagne,
‘Cause Ireland’s back in the fast lane,
Regardless of cost,
It’s high time we lost,
The run of ourselves once again.
John Moynes
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Stephen Nolan spoke this morning on BBC Radio Ulster with a newly married woman, Sarah who is pregnant.
She discovered after a scan that her foetus had anencephaly.
Under existing laws in Northern Ireland, Sarah is unable to procure an abortion for her condition.
Her options are to carry the foetus to full-term or travel to Britain for a termination.
As she is 20 weeks pregnant, there is only one clinic that will perform the procedure.
She describes how she was harassed and intimidated by protestors at a family planning clinic in Belfast.
Her story will feature tonight on The Nolan Show, BBC1 at 10:35pm.
Previously: Where Is Your Decency?
Choice Words
Jobbridge and direct provision.
Together at last.
Deadbeatdolehead writes:
Just to point out that despite their apparent financial success at providing accommodation for refugees in Ireland, Bridgestock Group were recently looking for a free Admin Assistant through JobBridge. Cached link above (as original job posting has expired):
What you may need to know:
1. Less a trailer, more a preview of 3e’s new animated series for grown-ups.
2. Newsbag was created by Gerard Barrett, writer/director of no-budget arthouse darling Pilgrim Hill (2013).
3. Barrett’s day job is working for genius Irish animation house Brown Bag
4. TV3 have also got a Bottler cartoon with Brendan Grace on their schedules.
5. Fact: animated sitcoms are big business these days. Our favorite: Bob’s Burgers.
Broadcast Date: 3e, Saturday 12th Oct at 10pm
Chromatic – a super slow-motion short filmed last year in LA featuring pro/am skateboarders Jordan Hoffart, Aldrin Garcia, and Josh Hawkins on the streets with decks covered in coloured chalk.
Slip hazards galore.
Music: Once Before by J.D. Beatz
In that disturbing new report from Rape Crisis Network Ireland, 97% of the perpetrators of sexual violence against children are male.
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) October 9, 2013
Finally.
Mark Sugrue writes:
This is a really great idea for parents who want a quiet cuppa. It’s ‘Dublin’s first Rotating Venue Play Cafe’. Basically, Coffee for the parents/toys for the kids.Visit & catch your breath.
Facebook paid no corporation tax in Britain last year, according to its latest accounts, despite taking an estimated £223m share of the digital advertising market.
The social network’s tax bill fell from £238,000 in 2011 to zero, while its reported UK income rose by 70%.
….In common with fellow American technology leaders Google and Apple, Facebook funnels the vast majority of its income from advertisers targeting its 33 million British users through Ireland.
France is pushing for Europe to adopt a new corporation tax regime which would see multinationals such as Google and Facebook regulated and taxed in the countries where customers use their websites.
Fleur Pellerin, the French digital economy minister, is expected to push for the reforms at a summit of European leaders scheduled for the end of October.
They’re on to us, aren’t they?
Poster: IDA
