Yearly Archives: 2013

fingersmcfeelyTom McFeely (left) and Michael Fingleton.

Together they made Priory Hall possible.

McFeely, a former IRA hunger striker, and his business partner Larry O’Mahony, were so close to the society that they even agreed a profit-sharing deal on the construction of firetrap apartment block Priory Hall.
Under the terms of the deal, Irish Nationwide funded the purchase of the site in Donaghmede, Dublin, as well as the construction of 194 apartments.
Its developers also signed a “supplemental arrangement fee” where they agreed to pay Michael Fingleton’s Irish Nationwide €2m from the sale of its 194 apartments…

 

Fingleton €186m loan helped build McFeely’s firetrap (Irish Independent)

Earlier: “I Just Need A Little More Time”

(Laura Hutton and Leon FarrellPhotocall Ireland)

90311932(Stephanie Meehan, right, whose letter to Enda Kenny said the 18-month wait  in finding a solution to the Priory Hall crisis contributed to her partner Fiachra’s suicide in July of this year)

Enda Kenny gave a brief response to questioning about Priory Hall to Paschal Sheehy on RTE R1’s News at One.

Enda Kenny: “Priory Hall in my view, is an example of the worst of what happened during the so-called ‘Celtic Years’ (sic) , where people, through no fault of their own were put into houses that were effectively deemed to be death-traps. This is not going to sort itself out. Now, I want to say – I spoke to Minister Hogan about this, there is the issue of the rent matter that is before the courts.
“But I want the people to know, that just as in the same way as commentators said; ‘You won’t do anything about The Magdalenes, or you won’t do anything about The Pyrite problem, they said; you won’t do anything about Priory Hall. But, I want to assure you that we will!‘ I just need a little more time. I think it would be an injustice, a complete injustice to have these people, expected to pay mortgages and interest on houses that they will never live in.”

Paschal Sheehy: “Will The Government rebuild though, will The Government provide money for those apartments to be rebuilt, for those people?”

Kenny: “I have asked for a report for myself on this matter, I just need a little more time to get clarity about what is the best thing to do.”

Listen here

Previously: Dear Enda

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Tandem Felix – Third Degree Burns

From the people who gave us this gem

The opening organ-tickling track from Popcorn, the Dublin band’s debut EP release.

Evan Keogh writes:

The video stars Katie Humphreys, aged 8 and 3/4, alongside Tandem Felix singer, David A. Tapley, aged 22 and 3/4. The dialogue that features is a reenactment of the actual conversations that occurred between David and Katie upon her first listen to the Popcorn EP.”

 

Popcorn, is now available to download freely and Tandem Felix will be playing Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin on October 3 and supporting Kodaline in the Olympia, Dublin on November 21

Tandem Felix (Facebook)

Tandem Felix

noonanDublin South East, 1981.

Liz got 373 votes – as against Garret Fitzgerald’s 13,000 .

And, according to one newspaper report, a lone ‘hurrah’ at the count centre.

Mmf.

Anyone?

Liz Noonan Election Poster (Ebay)

Thanks Sibling of Daedalus

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A newly released Irish ‘indie animation anthology’ from Late Night Work Club, whose admirable manifesto states:

Late Night Work Club is a loose, rotating collective of indie animators.
That is, animators who do independent, non-commercial work. It’s an excuse to bring a whole bunch of us
 together and make something great, and also to promote the work of the artists involved. Some of the best,
most personal, experimental and vital animation going right now is happening on the internet. It’s being made
late at night when other people have gone to sleep and on weekends when everyone else is out. It’s being made 
by students, freelancers, full-timers and folks with unrelated day jobs. It means something to us. It’s our scene.

Animations featured: 0:45 – I Will Miss You by Dave Prosser; 04:46 – The Jump by Charles Huettner; 07:22 – The American Dream by Sean Buckelew; 09:53 – Mountain Ash by Jake Armstrong & Erin Kilkenny; 14:29 – Rat Trap by Caleb Wood; 16:23 – Loose Ends by Louise Bagnall; 18:47 – Phantom Limb by Alex Grigg; 23:02 – Asshole by Conor Finnegan; 25:22 – Ombilda by Ciaran Duffy; 29:39 – Post Personal by Eamonn O’Neill and 32:31 – Last Lives by Scott Benson

All animator contact details here.

(Thanks Lisa Powell)

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Guess what?

There’s a catch.

Steve Dempsey writes:

Here’s something that might be of interest to Broadsheet readers. It came out in the discussion of Bank of Ireland’s figures in [ the Finance] Committee [this morning] that over 90% of the sustainable deals that they’ll offer as part of dealing with the mortgage crisis, will see customers pay more over time than their original mortgages. It’s pretty alarming stuff. Best summation of the figures is from about 5mins 30 secs.

Hard.

Core.