Monthly Archives: January 2013

If you enjoy “long-form immersive improvisation for saxophones and live electronics” coupled with dreamy heart-tugging scenes of Dun Laoghaire’s East Pier.

And who, to be fair, doesn’t?

Seán Mac Erlaine – Rave At Close Of Day

A winter solstice “lamenbration/clement” by Jennie Moran, music by Seán Mac Erlaine

Filmed at the bandstand, East Pier, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin on  December 21, 2012.

Damn atonal jazz-loving, shortest-day observing chillaxed hipsters

Jennie Moran

Sean Mac Erlaine

You may recall the post this morning about the stolen vintage Mercedes.

Mark Rudden writes:

Police have the car after it was spotted on Broadsheet. Thanks to everyone who shared it, liked it and talked about it! Never thought I’d get it back let alone without much damage (door lock and alarm damaged). Now to see if the people who took it can be caught!

Yay.

Paul McGrath (above) was tweeting at the weekend about the game between Manchester United and Liverpool. His tweets included criticism of Liverpool defender Glen Johnson. McGrath was then sent a small number of tweets taunting him about his drink problem and this morning he went on Ryan Tubridy’s 2FM radio show to discuss the matter.

The interview in which McGrath apparently sounded drunk has been cut from RTE’s playback version of this morning’s show.

Tubridy told his audience:

Ryan Tubridy: “Lot of people inquiring after Paul McGrath. To be honest with you, I don’t know what the story is, other than, I wasn’t, he literally came on the phone, I thought we were going to have a bit of banter about what happened with Twitter yesterday. But lots of people want to wish him well and see how he is.
I don’t want to judge him or comment on what the story is, because I don’t know. But what I am gonna do is I’m gonna call him later on in my own time and see how he is, and see how he’s getting on.
Cause we spoke to him earlier on in the morning, you know, around 8-ish. And he was absolutely fine and we wouldn’t have put anyone on who wasn’t other than, maybe, in the mood to come on, shall we say.
We certainly got the impression that all was well in the world and that’s why he was put through. And, you know, I interviewed Paul on the Late Late Show last, I think it was last season. And he was, you know, you couldn’t meet a nicer, more gentle man. You know that expression ‘a gentleman’, he’s both a gentleman and a gentle man.
And he’s happy to chat away, as you know, on Twitter, no matter what they throw at him. And he’s, you know, he seems to be up for that. But he is loved by people in this country. He’s a national treasure, he’s an icon, he’s a hero.
And that’s why a lot of people are just wondering how he is, and I’ll get back to you on that as they say, and I’ll talk to him. But I’ve been looking at the texts and it’s almost like people a family relative needs to be asked after and that is what we’ll do. I’ll make that call later on.”

Listen here (59.54)

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They can’t quit each other.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Health Minister James Reilly  to RTÉ’s Fran McNulty on RTÉ Radio One’s This Week yesterday.

Fran McNulty: “The main question I’m asking is: Do you think James Reilly is doing a good job?

Enda Kenny: “Yes, I do.”

McNulty: “You do? Yet, despite, you still feel the need to work with him more closely which, in your own words, means you want to make sure he achieves standards.”

Kenny: “Minister Reilly has an enormous work to do. And it’s not just about Minister Reilly. He’s operating on behalf of Government but with Ministers of State (Kathleen) Lynch and (Alex) White, and that trio are leading the structural changes that need to be made in the area of health together now, with the implementation of the Health Service Executive plan. What I can say about Minister Reilly is this, that he has always had a genuine, personal concern for putting patients first.
“And we set out, in this programme for Government, to introduce universal health insurance at the end of our programme. This is a long and challenging road but remember it is about providing the very best service and attention for people who need it, based on their medical requirements, as distinct from what they’ve got in their pocket. So, of all of the hills to be climbed here, health is one that remains challenging. And it’s one that I’m going to help the minister and his team, and all of those involved in the health area, to implement. To see that we can actually achieve what we want to achieve.”

Listen here

The Health Minister Was On Committee Whose Chief Signed Off On IMO Chief’s Multi-Million Retirement Package (But Now Members Are Disputing Whether They Even Knew Of The Lavish Deal (Mail Online)

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