Monthly Archives: January 2013

 

Independent TD Clare Daly confirmed she drank a “hot whiskey” before she was arrested on Monday night after performing an illegal turn on a south Dublin road.

Results of a sample she gave at the station are awaited. She told RTÉ she was a little surprised that information had been “released” without charges having been brought or confirmation obtained that she was over the limit.

Ms Daly played a prominent role in a recent campaign for a public inquiry into allegations of corruption in the removal of penalty points from driving licences.

Hmm.

Just…hmm.

Daly says she drank ‘hot whiskey’ before drink-driving arrest (Mary Minihan, Irish Times)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiNvMJTJr0Q

Falling Down.

Dublin 6.

Whaddayanuts writes:

My pal [Mark Kelly] videoed this guy driving off with a clamp on the wheel of his BMW in Ranelagh, Dublin, yesterday.

Mark Kelly adds:

I initially stopped while he was in traffic assuming he didn’t realise coz he was oldish.. However, he told me ‘feck the clampers, they can go to hell’ as he drove off down Ranelagh main street been perused by them. Pretty good driving until the road started to curve and he started driving straight ahead towards the footpath!

At least he tried, goddammit.

A love letter to Dublin in 9,000 photos.

By Paris-born, Dublin-based Matthieu Chardon.

He loves it here.

Says Matthieu:

“This video is a celebration of how beautiful and interesting Dublin is through my eyes. At the end it shows only 1% of the city atmosphere but at least I hope it will give you emotions. It was quite tough to shoot particularly at night, and with hours of walking in the cold and windy Howth hills, but still wonderfull. Thanks to Lise who helped me to stay warm.”

 

Shot during November 2012; 52 hours shooting. 47 hours editing,

Franc jeu cependant dans l’équité.

In fairness like.

Watch in HD here

Follow Matthieu here

 

Last year we told you about Storymap by Tom Rowley and Andrew Flaherty, a site which ties stories to locations around Dublin. The natural progression is to provide it all wrapped up in an app so you can find out about where you’re standing.

Enter Jamie Osler and Eoin Rogers, two final year DIT students who developed the Storymap iPhone and Android apps under the supervision of Bryan Duggan.

The app has all the current stories (with more promised) from the site grouped into various categories (but you have to guess at what the colours mean as there doesn’t seem to be an explanation for them).

It also strings them into a variety of themed walking tours across the city, but the killer feature of the app is to create a custom tour for you between where you are and where you’re going.

An annoyance though is that watching a video takes you out of the app and into Safari (obviously this is on the iPhone).

Storymap.ie

Available on the Apple App Store (€2.69) and Google Play (€2.69).

Do you have an Irish app? Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

No favours, cuddles, or pints were given for this post.

France Football magazine has raised questions about world body Fifa’s awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar,alleging it was tainted by corruption and collusion involving top figures in the game.

To back up its claims, the magazine quoted what it alleged was an internal e-mail in which Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke confirmed that the tiny Gulf state had “bought the 2022 World Cup”.

Valcke subsequently claimed a misunderstanding and insisted that the tone of the e-mail was “light-hearted”.

He then kicked a ball boy in the head and went for a spit roast.

French Magazine Questions Fifa’s Awarding Of 2022 World Cup To Qatar (Straits Times)