Monthly Archives: January 2013

A bilateral meeting between the church and Government Ministers is scheduled for next week as part of an ongoing “structured dialogue” process, while the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference will appear before the Oireachtas health committee on Thursday morning.

The Government has been taken aback by the language used by bishops as the debate on abortion continues. The four Catholic Archbishops of Ireland have said that if what was being proposed became law, “it would pave the way for the direct and intentional killing of unborn children”.

Bishop Leo O’Reilly of Kilmore [above] described it as the “first step on the road to a culture of death”. 

Church to bring abortion concerns to Coalition (Mary Minihan, Irish Times)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

The Villagers – Casey The Wonder Dog.

“This is a song about a dog that was found by Dogs in Distress and now she lives with with me and my housemates. And she was nearly dead when they found her. Her name is Casey. I call her the wonder dog.”

Conor J O’Brien of Villagers and musicians including Neil Hannon, performing the song he contributed to the album Oscar the Hpyno Dog in aid of Dogs in Distress.

Filmed at the album launch in the Workman’s Club, Dublin. by Luke Byrne, Pauline Rowan and Myles O’Reilly

 

Dogs in Distress

Oscar The Hypno Dog (Facebook)

Download the album here.

Previously: Look Into The Eyes (Not Around The Eyes

An intoxicated passenger firmly duct-taped to his seat on board a flight from Iceland to New York snapped  last Thursday afternoon by a friend of business developer Andy Ellwood, who offered the following explanation:

Passanger drank all of his duty free liquor on the flight from Iceland to JFK yesterday. When he became unruly, (i.e. trying to choke the woman next to him and screaming the plane was going to crash), fellow passengers subdued him and tie him up for the rest of the flight. He was escorted off the flight by police when it landed.

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