EMI, Sony, Warner Music and Universal had alleged the Pirate Bay activities were causing them some €20m losses annually and sought the orders against UPC, Imagine, Vodafone, Digiweb, Hutchison 3G Ltd and Telefonica O2 Ireland Ltd.
Really?
Really?
REALLY?
Created for jaded Hogwarts aficionados by Kayla Pyke (Harry Potter’s Mum)
Scenes from the last 12 hours. After two weeks of protest in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey, riot police used tear gas and water cannons to move thousands of anti-government protesters from the square. The BBC report an uneasy calm in the city today
Previously: Meanwhile, In Ballsbridge
9 shocking photos from Istanbul’s escalating protests (The Week)
(BBC)
Pics: (From top) Reuters/Osman Orsal; Reuters/Yannis Behrakis; AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis; Reuters/Murad Sezer; Reuters/Yannis Behrakis; Reuters/Yannis Behrakis; Reuters/Murad Sezer; Reuters/Osman Orsal; Reuters/Yannis Behrakis.
Hanoi-based artist Nguyễn Hùng Cường creates origami animals (among other things) with a type of Vietnamese handmade paper called Dó.
He’s rather good at it. More of his work here.
Merrion Square, Dublin, minutes ago.
Anyone?
Thanks John Beatty
Update:
Yes , it’s The Touring Tama draped over a London Plane tree in Merrion Square park in Dublin by artist Miriam McConnons.
The huge cloth , is made up of hankerchiefs and traditional lace, sewn together which Miriam collected from the people of Cyprus and Ireland”.
The Touring Tama was previously exhibited at the UNESCO heritage site of Paphos, Cyprus in September 2012 to commemorate Cyprus presidency of the European Union.
The People of Ireland – that’s YOU – have been invited to hang handkerchiefs onto and under the tree at Merrion Square Park during the tour before it heads to Athens Greece in 2014.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
But not in Ireland.
Having opted out of the revised laws governing the Common European Asylum System and not signed the Receptions Condition Directive.
This is because signing it would mean Ireland would have to allow asylum seekers work after a certain period of time, should they still be waiting on a decision on their application.
And, as Justice Minister Alan Shatter said, we can’t be having that.
Ireland Will Not Benefit From EU Migration Law Advancements (Brophy Solicitors)
Previously: Shutting Out The Asylum Seekers
BREAKING NEWS: Cabinet concludes & has agreed Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013
— Newstalk 106-108 fm (@Newstalkfm) June 12, 2013
A San Francisco-based rescue kitten with his own Facebook page, Twitter feed and rumoured t-shirt deal with Urban Outfitters.
All because he was born with a “real mustache that is better than any mustache that has ever walked this planet”.
That’s true, in fairness.
