Monthly Archives: April 2013

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In 2004, Karl McCaughley was employed as an agent of Cork City Council to distribute parking discs and bin tags and to collect payments from retailers.

Within a year, he came to the attention of the internal audit department of Cork City Council.

This eventually lead to an audit by Pricewaterhouse Cooper in 2009 and a garda investigation.

During a search of Mr McCaughley’s home, Gardai gave evidence of the accused having six luxury cars at his address (including two Porsches, two Mercedes SUVs and a Land Rover).

In March 2012, McCaughley appeared in Stubbs Gazette as the council registered a separate judgement against him for €925,000.

According to The Phoenix magazine, the council agreed to an installment scheme of €25 a week which would mean it would be 2721 before the bill was settled.

Mr McCaughley pleaded guilty to 28 charges of theft, deception and fraud totalling €124,000 in October 2012 and was sentenced to three years today.

In evidence, McCaughley said he “100% apologised” and he wanted to repay the council, but to date just €26,000 has been repaid.

And thanks to the guilty plea, Cork City Council is not required to give evidence in court of its auditing practices.

Result.

City council scammer had several luxury cars (Liam Heylin, Irish Examiner)

Businessman pleads guilty to deception, forgery and theft (RTE News)

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After the release of the updated Broadsheet iPhone app, Dublin based indie developer Neil Turner (of Bus Nearby fame) asked if we’d be interested in servicing that vital 1% of our mobile users – Windows Phone – for the killer price of the fame and glory it’d bring him.

The app went live over the weekend and Neil has done a brilliant job. if you have a Windows phone, do us a favour and download it from the store.

Android users: We’re still working on an app for you and hope to have it pass final muster sooner rather than later. Sorry.

Broadsheet.ie on Windows Phone

 

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‘The Vincent Browne Song’ by Derek Flynn.

I know it’s much too late in the day,
I really should just go and hit the hay
But people are tweeting bout Vincent, Vincent Browne

How will I sleep without knowing what poor soul
Vincent has chosen to carve a new assh*le?
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?

I know it’s crazy to stay up so late,
Especially when I’ve got to go to work at eight,
But Fionnan Sheehan’s throwing a hissy fit
And they’re always great

There’s Constantin G making all the ladies swoon
He makes an IMF report sound like he’s reading Mills & Boon
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?

What if Vincent and Willie O’Dea get in a fight?
I could watch their eyebrows duelling all night
Are you watching Vincent, Vincent Browne?

And then there’s the unbridled joy of the time
Spent watching Vincent mangle every newspaper headline
And how many times can he screw up saying, “Tweet Machine”?

Now I know the show’s not always pure gold
In fact, sometimes it’s like watching your granddad in a home
But I’m still watching Vincent, Vincent Browne
I’m still watching Vincent, Vincent Browne

More of this here.

We feel it has a pleasing bang of the Deschanel/Gordon-Levitts.

Via: Philip Nolan

aw-Bishop-20Peter-20Connors-2C-20Ballarat-20Diocese_20130429222119286356-620x349Bishop Peter Connors (above) of the diocese of Ballarat appeared, at the government-lead inquiry into the handling of child sex abuse cases by the Catholic Church in Victoria, Australia, today

He was asked by Committee member David O’Brien about Fr Paul Ryan a paedophile who was moved from parish to parish.

O’Brien: “Was there awareness of Ryan’s sexual problems from early on?”

Bishop Connors: ”Yes.”

O’Brien: “Was there persistent conduct in not warning parishioners?”

Bishop Connors: ”I can’t comment.”

O’Brien: “Was there a persistent determination to retain him despite the high risk?

Bishop Connors: ”Yes.”

O’Brien: “Was there a persistent disregard for victims?”

Bishop Connors: ”Yes.”

O’Brien: “There hasn’t been any investigation or explanation of how a priest like Ryan could be shifted around?”

Bishop Connors: ”No.”

O’Brien: “The church has effectively facilitated child sex offences by leaving known offenders in place?”

Bishop Connors:”I agree with that.”

O’Brien: “Very unChrist-like, isn’t it?”

Bishop Connors: ”Absolutely.”

Catholic Church ‘facilitated’ abuse (The Age)

Thanks Mark Geary

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The village of Poynton in the UK has instituted a style of urban design originally pioneered by the late Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman – getting rid of traffic lights, pavements and other traditional road architecture to calm traffic and reduce accidents.

Share play though, in shareness.

Lots of Cars and Trucks, No Traffic Signs or Lights: Chaos or Calm? (Atlantic Cities)

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