What do we want?
Sssshhh.
The first readers in the first Irish Standing Up Protest outside the dail earlier.
Everyone is welcome and reading will continue “until the last bus”.
Bring a buke.
Thanks Mark Malone
Yearly Archives: 2013
(Independence Day celebrations at the American ambassador’s Residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, today)
Let the star spangled banner fly high,
For today is the fourth of July,
When millions of yanks,
Gather round and give thinks,
For your mother and for apple pie.
John Moynes
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
1987 Renault 4: “A common sight on Irish roads in the past was the Renault 4 and these were even used by the Department of Posts & Telegraphs. A huge production span of over thirty years means that millions have been produced. An interesting feature on these vans was the column gear-change (gearstick beside the dashboard). Although the van was most popular in Ireland, the car was originally a small hatchback and exists in other body styles too.”
Ford Mustang: “The Ford Mustang Mk 1 was put into production in 1964 becoming one of the most popular cars to ever grace the roads and spurring on a host of imitators. This is the GT model which is a fastback version and visually based on the high-performance Shelby Mustang.”
1976 Citroen CX: “Citroen have always had an avant-garde twist to their styling that is all the while quintessentially French. The CX is no exception with it’s long front, curved rear and hydro-pneumatic suspension system. This is one of the earlier models but they were built up until 1992 with very few major styling changes. It was replaced by the Citroen XM.”
Pics and text: Patrick ‘Carspotter’ Cummins
Tay You Say?
at
Free bus trips to Dublin on Sat thanks to @theRallyforLife – get in touch with them, then come to the counter-demo. #prochoice_ie #actiononx
— Cathie Doherty (@CathieDoherty85) July 4, 2013
The forecast is looking good.
Via Rally For Choice
Oona Tully writes:
A big shout out to the brave, bull-dodging Irish Team who travel to Spain today ahead of their Charity Bull Run in Pamplona (Iruña). They are joining the first run of the week on Monday July 8th at 8am and will scamper through the narrow streets for 825 metres alongside approximately eight bulls. Beats the M50 morning commute. The Team have been fundraising for almost a year now for seven Irish children’s charities. Still time to donate…
Details here
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Last Statement Archive is a morbidly revealing database of the crime, execution date (the most recent at time of posting was last Wednesday), race, name, age and last statement of hundreds of executed offenders.
(Pic via murderpedia)
“It seems inconceivable that senior management in Anglo didn’t know that the gardaí had sought court orders for these tapes
“Alan Dukes was appointed as a public interest director to the bank in December 2008 and paid €127,000 in 2010.
He became chairperson in 2010. But he wasn’t the only political appointment to the Bank. Former Fianna Fáil senator, Aidan Eames was appointed to the Board in June 2010.”
“The Public Interest Directors didn’t inform the Central Bank at the time. It seems they didn’t even inform the government,”
“Why did Alan Dukes sing dumb? Tánaiste what are you going to do about these tapes?
Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald during Leader’s Questions this morning.
McDonald queries Dukes’ knowledge of Anglo tapes (Irish Times)
The Quixt’ai
at
He’s back.
Judge Of The Day Hall of Famer Judge Martin Nolan, no longer in the Family Court, delivers another memorable judgment
A Dublin father who sexually assaulted his neighbour while her eight-year-old son lay in the bed beside was given a two-year, suspended sentence. The child woke up during the assault, recognised the man and told him to “get off my Mammy” before he leaned over and tried to push him away.
The man later told gardaí that he had no idea how he ended up in the woman’s bed and said he thought the victim was his partner when he began touching her
….Judge Martin Nolan said the man had given “an explanation of sorts” for what he did that night but added “I don’t find it very believable, to put it bluntly”.
He suspended the entire two-year sentence after he said that he didn’t think, considering the man’s lack of relevant convictions and genuine remorse, that the crime justified an immediate custodial sentence.
Dublin man avoids jail for sexual assault while victim’s son was in same bed (BreakingNews.ie)
Previously: To The Family Court With You
