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Yearly Archives: 2013
Tralee, Co Kerry.
A world outside our window.
Oscar B writes:
In response to the pictures of Grafton Street’s [blingin’] Christmas lights (and to combat the Dublin-centric nature of most of the user-submitted images), here’s some pictures of Xmas in Tralee. I was even lucky enough to catch the men in the cherry picker putting the lights up [top] .
Not lonely in the slightest.
Free Saturday?
Spaghetti Hoop writes:
Happenings, in association with Waterways Ireland, presents a very special selection of Irish short films, all connected with our love of swimming. This Saturday afternoon from 4.30pm four award-winning films
will be projected from the Happenings barge in Grand Canal Dock [Dublin]
Featuring Deep End Dance by Conor Horgan; The Swimmer by Fergal McCarthy; Real Men Don’t Wear Togs directed by Jennifer Keegan and produced by Anna Devlin and Marina Hughes, and last Summer’s Grand Canal-based Becoming Men by Ross Killeen.
Completely FREE.
Bring your own tay.
Swimming Shorts: a Screening of Irish short films in Grand Canal Dock (FilmIreland)
Previously: Diving For Girls
(From top: The Central Remedial Clinic in Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin; last year’s comedy fundraiser and the Santa Bear Appeal, 2009)
Take a seat.
The Central Remedial Clinic has admitted using charitable funds to top up the salaries of senior staff members.
In a statement today, the Dublin-based clinic confirmed that money was collected by a company linked to the organisation and used to pay top-up allowances to senior staff.
Nice.
Just be grateful Jimmy isn’t around to see this.
Meanwhile…
Labour TD for Dublin Mid West, Robert Dowds, said the reputation and fundraising capacity of the CRC would be damaged if it doesn’t immediately address the issue of funding and top up payments to staff.
On RTÉ’s Six One News, Mr Dowds said he would ask the CRC to come before the Public Accounts Committee and to end any topping up of salaries without delay.
He also said more information needed to be provided in relation to the source and use of the almost €14m fund held by Friends and Supporters of the Remedial Clinic.
€14m.
Just sitting there.
Being held.
Public donations used to top up salaries at Central Remedial Clinic (RTE)
Previously: That’s Why They Call It Fundraising
Pic:Rate My Area
Meanwhile…
After the news, major new revelations on the #CRC story – @Shane_RossTD joins us in studio. #rtept
— RTÉ Prime Time (@RTE_PrimeTime) November 28, 2013
Spectacular nighttime aerial shots of London taken over the last six weeks by photographer Jason Hawkes.
MORE: 20 stunning aerial pictures of London lit up at night (ITV London)
(H/T: Reppy)
We. Are. Great.
Significant alterations suggested by Fianna Fail deputies to last night’s attempt by the Technical Group to rescind the promissory notes.
Mark Malone writes:
Just one long pat on the back for themselves
Meanwhile…
(Diarmuid O’Flynn, centre)
The Motion was defeated, we were not – in fact we have gained in strength and in conviction;
The searing truth in speech after speech by the members of the Technical Group, the honesty, the conviction, was in stark contrast to the sneering arrogance by a succession of government speakers;
We ended with over 40 TDs opposing the government’s amendment to our Motion – that’s nearly 25% of the current Dáil, so we’re getting closer and closer!
We have been on a long journey in Ballyhea and in Charleville, a sometimes rocky road, but this week we turned a corner, and we reinforced as we now are with new friends, new alliances, we aren’t in the least intimidated by what now lies in front of us.
Diarmuid O’Flynn, Ballyhea Says No
Pic via Diarmuid O’Flynn
Grafton Street, Dublin.
Bit wanton, in all fairness.
Thanks Gary Byrne
Kinky
at
‘Bye Bye Now’.
Emotionally charged vintage phone box porn.
Cathal O’Rourke writes:
For your consideration. Just a wee documentary on the phone boxes being removed in rural Ireland. Quite good…
