Co Dublin,
Barry Fassbender writes:
Passing through Sandyford this afternoon and this lands on me…
Yearly Archives: 2013
..an offbeat romantic comedy about a pig who has an addiction to eating eggs. But when he falls in love with the hottest chicken in town, he must choose what comes first…
A very cute, highly polished animation by Ringling College of Art and Design students Chistine Kim and Elaine Wu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFCPNqxzssk
Tragic, booze-sodden, Irish racism on the Brighton-London train.
Why do all the good ones LEAVE?
Thank Brian Whelan
Jim O’Callaghan (FF) making very good point on FB that bill to abolish Seanad would delete *in full* Art. 27 of the Constitution.
— Rossa McMahon (@rossamcmahon) June 6, 2013
That goes much further than just abolishing the Seanad & tidying up the constitution.
— Rossa McMahon (@rossamcmahon) June 6, 2013
Article 27 of the constitution allows the President to refer significant bills for referendum when petitioned by Oireachtas members to do so
— Simon McGarr (@Tupp_Ed) June 6, 2013
Two solicitors tweeting their concerns regarding the Seanad referendum.
This changes everything/nothing.
Is there a constitutional expert in the Upper House?
Article 27?
Short version:
Article 27 allows a Seanad majority and 1/3 of the members of the Dail to jointly petition the President to refer a bill to referendum on the basis that the matter is of such national importance that the will of the people should be ascertained.
Long version:
(click to enlarge).
Thanks Legal Coffee Drinker
The smell of fresh cut grass and fleshy, shirtless farmers.
Grass reduction around the country.
Updated every 20 minutes.
Grass Cutting Around The Country (Facebook)
Thanks Maura Fay
President Higgins (top) with Tatjana Josipovic, President of Croatia, yesterday and greeted this morning by Prime Minister Zoran Milanovi at Croatian Government Buildings in Zagreb.
Tall, aren’t they?
President Higgins says economic crisis threatening to undermine EU democracy (RTE)
(Fennels/Photocall Ireland)
Gav and Dan (the Slow Mo Guys) observe the bouncing water droplet effect at 2,500 frames per second.
It’s all about the molecular cohesion, don’t you know.
http://vimeo.com/67241387
Adidas ‘Super’: a ‘test commercial’ written and directed by TJ O’Grady Peyton, currently shortlisted for the Cannes Young Directors Award 2013.
Shot on location in Darndale, Dublin (and Bray, Co. Wicklow).
Featuring Packy Connors, Stephen Clinch, Johnny Elliot, Robbie Quigley, Jake and Megan Ward.
The latest installment of illustrator and animator Andy Martin’s Illustrated Aliens project.
Andy writes:
If you have 42 seconds to spare today, you could spend some time under the waters of Planet Five. From a single cell, one creature evolves into the next and for a fleeting moment the darkest depths of the sea are transformed by a dazzling display of light and colour.
View the rest of the planets here.
Previously: Planet One
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Dublin Zoo’s new addition.
Look at his little head.
Soon it will sprout enormous moody-looking sideboards.
Kelley Cousins writes:
Dublin Zoo is delighted to welcome a newborn white-faced saki to the South American House proudly sponsored by Kellogg’s Coco Pops. The young male, yet to be named, was born to mum and first-time dad on 30th April and weighs approximately 150 grams only.
A name, anyone?