Monthly Archives: February 2013

 

Moreover, [Owen] Bennett [University Times editor] said that [David] Quinn was “upset” by the portrayal of the Institute as a “discriminatory” organisation.

Bennett told Trinity News that for Mr [David] Quinn, the article amounted to “slander” and that the Iona Institute is seeking a full retraction of the story. the University Times editor further stated that the Institute expressed a preference for “non-monetary” compensation such as an apology or the “right of reply” to the article and has said that it would prefer to not have to take legal action.

Any excuse to play this.

University Times Threatened With Legal Action Over Iona Institute Articles (Trinity News)

Previously: Is The Iona Catholic?

 (Hadyn West/Photocall Ireland)

 

Stephen Donnelly outside the Dail last night

“Speaking to East Coast FM’s morning show, deputy Donnelly [Independent TD/regular person] said this has left the Irish People totally responsible for a debt that was never theirs. Under the terms Ireland has swapped our promissory notes for for a long-term Government bond. This means we will no longer pay 3.1 billion a year in instalments, instead we will make the first payment on the bond in the year 2038, with the final payment in 2053.”

Right so.

Via East Coast FM


Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin following  the announcement that a deal has been reached with the European Central Bank (ECB) in relation to the promissory notes used to bail out the former Anglo Irish Bank.

2038.

 What Happened? (NamasWinelake)

Ireland’s Kenny Declares Victory as Bank Debt Accord Reached (Bloomberg)

 

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

Some useful ‘problem women’ coverage today you may have missed.

Taoiseach Facing A Backbench Revolt Over Failure To Apologise (Michael Brennan, Fionnan Sheahan and Fiach Kelly, Irish Independent)

Magdalene Laundries Product of Male-dominated Rule (Irish Independent Letters)

Labour Criticises Magdalene Response (Harry Magee, Irish Times)

President ‘Moved By Their Story’ (Paddy Agnew, Irish Times) 

Apologies To Women After Magdalene Report (Irish Times Letters)

Taoiseach’s Place To Make Magdalene Apology (Irish Examiner)

Our Stolen Generation Deserves More (Irish Examiner Letters) 

Previously The Magdalene Report: A Conclusion (Broadsheet)

Gloucester Street Magdalenes via Limerick Museum

 


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The Hobbit SFX team discuss how they created the pustulant Goblin King (voiced by Barry Humphries) by – among other things – studying the gruesome effects of herpes.

Weta visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri said, “It was all about making him as disgusting as possible.”

Nailed it.

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