“Well you know I find it very rich that an American would tell us to think about a new
flegflag how they actually bow down to their flag. You know, from my point of view, you know, the Union Jack is the national flag of the country. I am British and I live in Britain. So, I don’t want to see a new flag or do I want to even be involved in trying to create one.”
Oh.
Current PUP leader and former UVF member Billy Hutchinson with Noel Thompson on BBC One’s Spotlight last night.
Back in the late 19th century, photographic portraits required the subject to remain perfectly still for at least 30 seconds.
Twitchy infants were generally immobilised by a cunningly (and creepily) camouflaged mother.
Anchorman 2 Dublin Bus ad in Dublin city moments ago.
To the tridents pitchforks
FIGHT!
Thanks Jacky Waffle Waitress
From left: Brendan Gleeson, Delores O’Riordan, Robin the boy wonder and Dublin criminal ‘The Monk’.
The Fantastic Irish Four.
Liam Geraghty writes:
The League of Volunteers is a comic book adventure set in Ireland in the 1940s with characters drawn from Irish history and mythology. Last night the creator Rob Curley (who owns Sub City on Exchequer Street) spoke to Culture File on Lyric fm alongside a radiophonic adaptation of scene from the comic feat. a platoon of mythic Celtic warriors fighting off a Nazi invasion of Ireland. Have a listen here. The comic is available from Rob’s site here
Illustration by Stephen Downey.
“The link between the Irish nationals and the chlamydia statistics was of the newspaper’s making and not supported by any reported information. Likewise the headline ”Luck of the Irish has downside in sex-disease stats” is inaccurate and this complaint is upheld.” New Zealand Press Council
Reppy writes:
You may recall a while back the racist article in the NZ press. well the NZ Press Council have upheld the complaints against the paper and the journalist, even referring to her rude outbursts on Twitter following the negative feedback the article received! It was worth the wait.
Press Council Finds Against ‘The Press’ (Stuff.co.nz)
Previously: Trouble Down Under
According to Toby Harnden’s ‘Bandit Country‘, the then RUC Chief Constable John Hermon (above) blamed Superintendent Bob Buchanan’s belief in predestination for his failure to take basic security measures.
The superintendent had been a lay preacher and member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
“The reason they died was so simple. There was no advance preparation, they just went. Bob Buchanan was a very devout Christian and he did not believe in taking precautions because God was in control. He did not follow basic, elementary security procedures. I still don’t understand why no one spotted he was going down there [Dundalk] so casually. By the time they left Dundalk, the place was swarming with IRA men and there was no way they were going to get back.”
Update
From the Smithwick Report:
Finished #SmithwickReport Reveals army unit dug in nr ambush site for week prior to killings. Withdrawn hours before shooting 1>2
— conor macauley (@TVconormac) December 4, 2013
Army unit in area to carry out surveillance on & protection of Dublin railway line a regular IRA target #Smithwick
— conor macauley (@TVconormac) December 4, 2013
#SmithwickReport says 3 aborted attempts to carry out the gun attack before the day of the shooting
— conor macauley (@TVconormac) December 4, 2013
Smithwick report findings ‘shocking’ – Taoiseach (RTE News)
Photo: UPPA
Dawson Street, Dublin moments ago
Tasha writes:
Mansion House builds stable extension to accommodate live crib.
No decking!
Via EveningEcho.ie and Independent_ie
