Today’s Irish Independent.
But who would stoop so low as to print the Senator’s address?
Those cyber-bullying cowa….
Ah.
Internet ‘Cowards’ Force Senator To Quit Social Media Sites (Greg Harkin, Irish Independent)
Senator Jimmy Harte (Labour.ie)
Thanks Conor McCabe
Broadsheet Judge of the Day Hall of Famer Martin Nolan has been moved from hearing criminal cases.
At the request of The President of the Circuit Court, according to yesterday’s Irish Mail on Sunday (not available online).
Judge Nolan will now preside in the Family Court in Dolphin House, Dublin.
Where he will no longer be subject to public scrutiny (as all cases are held in camera)..
And will be the first port of call for many domestic violence cases.
Yay.
Previously: Judge of the Day
138 members of SkyDive Chicago attempt the world vertical skydive record in a 220mph snowflake formation.
Best viewed in fullscreen HD.
Fine Gael TD Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (top), at the Oireachtas hearing on abortion legislation and Caroline Simons (above) on EWTN.
From Fine Gael
Fine Gael TD for Laois/Offaly, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, has called on Caroline Simons of the Pro Life Campaign, to clarify her involvement with the Catholic television network, EWTN, which recently broadcast the “Life Crisis in Ireland” programme on its website.
“During the Health Committee hearing this week, I asked Caroline Simons from the Pro Life Campaign to clarify her involvement with the EWTN ‘Life Crisis in Ireland’ broadcast, in which the Government is described as being ‘agents of the culture of death who are attempting to have abortion legalised in Ireland’. Contributors to this series are acknowledged on the EWTN website. The acknowledgements include a ‘Caroline Simons’.
“I found this broadcast quite disturbing in the language used and I asked Caroline Simons during the Health Committee hearing this week if she had indeed contributed to this video as mentioned on the website. In response, Simons said that she ‘didn’t know anything about it.’
“Her response contradicts what is stated on the website, so I am today calling on Caroline Simons to clarify whether she is indeed involved in this broadcast or not.”
Fair play though, in fairness.
Previously: An Easy Thing To Forget
(RTE, EWTN)
“And then everyone emigrated and/or died. The end.”
A Haddock-smelling old hag An elderly lady amuses the crowd in 1895.
But where?
Lines close at 9.30am
Ninja up your bookcase with this katana sword yoke – available from March for $30.
An image from The International Space Station showing bushfires over Southern Australia in the last 12 hours.
Homes destroyed in NSW bushfire (TheAge)
Thanks Mark Geary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efYg0vQyPGA
“I’m just gonna put it out there… I’m single.”
There was laughter, but the room at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles fell silent as it appeared Foster, 50, had a serious point to make.
Foster said: “I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age. In those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends, and family, coworkers and then gradually, proudly, to everyone who knew her. To everyone she actually met.
“But now, apparently I’m told, that every celebrity is expected to honour the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a primetime reality show. You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo child.”
Jodie Foster ‘Comes Out’ in Opaque Golden Globes Speech (The Guardian)
Meanwhile…
Golden Globe winners: Daniel Day Lewis (best actor, Lincoln); Jessica Chastain (best actress, Zero Dark Thirty); Damien Lewis and Clare Danes (TV acting, Homeland), and Adele (Best song, Skyfall).
