Howth Road, Clontarf, Co Dublin.
Harry Byrne’s Pub writes:
filming the Charlie Haughey TV series/movie [with powder blue Merc]. outside the pub today…
Yearly Archives: 2013
A coveted ‘Chompsky’ (above).
Who will win the Fair Play Though, In Fairness award 2013?
YOU decide.
Was there anyone in Irish public life [political, artistic, academic, etc] who didn’t greatly disappoint you this year?
OK then.
Do YOU have Someone YOU know who proved this year to be a decent skin in a world gone flaky?
A thoughtful friend/relative/colleague/LOVER who went out of their way for OTHERS this year.
Someone of whom you thought: fair play though, in fairness.
This is their award.
Five will be chosen.
To nominate a candidate for the 2013 FPTIF please complete this sentence.
I nominate__________________ because_____________________, in fairness
Nominations close at MIDNIGHT.
Prizes for nominators.
The beautiful perspex FPTIF award was designed by James M Chimney inspired by Celtic mythology. “Chompsky represents Cú Chulainn’s hound”. James avers. ” I have used the original bad-leg Chompsky because I was using an old file as a nod to tradition.”
The Grand Canal at Dublin this afternoon.
Thanks Gavin Kilduff
What’s the best way to ease someone’s suffering?
Part of an illuminating talk entitled ‘The Power Of Vulnerability’ by US scholar and public speaker Dr Brené Brown animated for The RSA by Katy Davis.
Ah here.
Paul Sammon writes:
Maybe the new London Irish [Rugby club] owners can bring an end to this abomination spotted at the weekend in the Madejeski [London Irish ground in Reading, Berkshire] during their win over Stade Francais..
RUCK!
Previously: Irish London irish
[The Dublin Roller Derby team]
It’s judgement night in the arena.
Feeownah writes:
Dublin Roller Derby’s last bout of their season tomorrow. They’re playing Hot Wheels (from Leeds)…
Legalled
at
Seems legit.
Last December Saw our fleg depart
And it wasn’t okay
‘Cause it’s not on displayThis year
We want it to reappear
That’s basically it in a nutshell
‘Last December’, a Wham! parody for charity by satirists Loyalists Against Democracy (LAD).
LAD were born a year ago this week in response to loyalists protesting at the flying of the Union Jack from Belfast City Hall solely on designated days.
The single, launched last week with proceeds going to SOS Bus NI, climbed Amazon’s mp3 chart and was a 10/1 bet to make the Christmas Number One spot.
Until a Dublin musician called ‘Frankie Regan’ made a complaint to the music distributors claiming the lyrics were sectarian and SOS took the decision to step away from the single.
‘Frankie Regan’, it has since emerged, is a known anti-Lad lad from Coleraine.
Good times.
Swine-y Todd (Loyalists Against Democracy)
Previously: Guevara Ourra Tha’
John Muldoon writes:
A Christmas cracker beloved by all in the office.
A cheaply Xmas-hatted seal.
Thanks Maxi
Heather Thompson
My desk dinosaurs are very cheery today.
Gabriel (an exile) writes:
Just me and Bondage Pig feeling the cheer.
Sarah Barry writes:
A mini manger “brightening ” up my desk
Joanna Brophy writes:
My addition to your lonely Xmas scenes is my not so lonely overcrowded crib. Virgins, aliens, shepherds, dinosaurs, smurfs, wise men, dragons, carpenters, wizards – there is room for everyone at Occupy Bethlehem. I know baby Jesus isn’t meant to appear yet but he had a severe case of FOMO.
John McMahon writes:
One retro decoration and some handsome tinsel. Thanks 1980s…
Lonely office/home Xmas scenes to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Get Ganley.
CNBC interviewing Declan Ganley as part of the bailout exit brou haha on Merrion Street, Dublin a little earlier.
Thanks Bros
Meanwhile…
Media at Government buildings, top, and above interviews with Brendan Howlin (left), Joan Burton and Michael Noonan.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)