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Today’s UK Daily Mirror.
Via Kotaku
Yearly Archives: 2013
A light-hearted homage to the world of burlesque and the endemic ‘chasing of the shiny demon’ presented by the world famous Hubba Hubba Revue of San Francisco, what sez:
…GTV True Life exposes the dangers and consequences of the metallic particles used frequently with abandon amongst burlesque performers. Support a glitter-free burlesque lifestyle!
De Hedald
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One hour to go.
The Irish A-Z.
Fatti Burke writes:
Over the past 2 weeks, Twitter and the customers of Kaph on Drury St, Dublin, have been voting on the 26 who should make it into my illustrated A–Z of Irish People, which I have made into an A3 3-colour Risograph print, which will be in an exhibition in the café on Thursday 19th from 6-9pm.
I have a copy of the poster to give away to the first Broadsheet reader who can correctly name the most members of the A–Z.
Anyone?
Lines close at 3pm
*90% of the ‘heads’ are by surname, not first name.
A hilarious and adorable New Zealand anti drug-driving PSA with a serious subtext from Maori Television what sez:
Three Maori boys find themselves in a situation familiar to most kids growing up in New Zealand – sitting outside in the car, waiting for one of their dads to come out and drive one of them home. The only thing is, the dad has been blazing, and the kids know it.
The UVF-linked PUP has said that there must be “safeguards” against “retribution” when dealing with the legacy of the Troubles. The party yesterday published a four-page document, ‘Transforming the legacy 2’, as Dr [Richard] Haass [US diplomat chairing all-party talks] began his work.
The postmodern document said that there could be no absolute truth about the Troubles because “truth is changeable”, arguing that there should therefore be no attempt to find “the truth” of what happened in the Troubles. It added: “There can be no attempt to use a reconciliation process to enshrine narratives about who inflicted the most and who suffered the most.”
Anyone?
PUP warns against any bid to find truth about the Troubles (Belfast Newsletter)
Pic: Wikipedia
Extremely raw footage of a conflagration at Molesworth Place/Kildare Street, Dublin within the last hour.
Earlier: Ring Of Blue Steel
Via Mrleefreeman
Meanwhile…
Behind the barricades.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
A new study has looked at how the 2008 global economic crisis has affected suicide trends in 54 countries. It compared the actual number of suicides in 2009 with the number that would be expected, based on the trends between 2000 and 2007, before the crisis.
It then calculated the ‘excess’ number of suicides in 2009, which the study attributes to the recession.
It found Ireland had an excess of 82 male and 15 female suicides in 2009.
According to the National Office For Suicide Prevention, there were 552 deaths by suicide in Ireland in 2009.
Research assistant professor Shu-Sen Chang, senior research leader David Stuckler, professor Paul Yip and professor David Gunnell carried out the research.
Full study here.
Gardaí deny access to protestors on Molesworth Street, Dublin (top) and Molesworth Place (pics 2-3) attempting to enter Kildare Street part of security measures for the return of TDs to Leinster House today.
Elsewhere, the Irish Times reports:
“Two protestors said they had been doused with pepper spray or mace when they attempted to pass a Garda barrier.”
Earlier: Dáil Lockout
Anti-austerity protests as Dáil resumes (Irish Times)
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Thanks Andrew Sheridan
Meanwhile…
Protester offers a flower to a Garda officer and says: "You should be with us." #Dail pic.twitter.com/cCbTSjwTEM
— Aaron Mc Nicholas (@amcnicholas92) September 18, 2013