Monthly Archives: May 2013

00017630 00017632 00050754 00050756 00056939 0005704890097660 90047130 90103239 90177123Colin Farrell in Ireland through the years.

Fair play though in fairness.

From top: pic 1-2 promoting Ballykissangel, 2000, 2-3 at the Meteor awards with Chris Pontius of Jackass, 2003, 3-4 with Keith Duffy, 2003; At an Abrakebabra event for Childine 2006; the irish premiere of Alexander with Val Kilmer and Angelina Jolie, 2007; with Brendan Gleeson and Martin McDonagh at the premiere of In Bruges in Dublin, 2008 and the premiere of Ondine, 2010.

(Gareth Chany, Leon Farrell, Graham Hughes, Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

image007-1-2-4-3The Lusitania.

Sister ship of you know who.

There wasn’t enough time to separate the rich and poor.

Sibling of Daedalus writes:

Contemporary news photos [above] showing survivors of the Lusitania, torpedoed off the Old Head of Kinsale on the afternoon of May 7th, 1915.
The liner took between 15-18 minutes to sink, and though there were lots of lifeboats, enough for everyone, the crew wasn’t trained in lowering them and there was no policy of ‘women and children first’.
1198 passengers and crew, among them 94 children and 31 babies, drowned in the disaster.
Those who survived were brought to hotels in Cobh, where some of them caught pneumonia, adding further to the casualties.
The German captain who fired the torpedo, Walter Schweiger, was killed in action a year and a half after the disaster.
The sinking, much used by the British and Americans for propaganda purposes (ghoulish example below), contributed to the subsequent American decision to enter the war.

 

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Pics National Library of Congress

HoganThe Irish Times is reporting the Government has announced that it will establish a new planning regulator, in response to the recommendations set out by the Mahon Tribunal.

It reports:

“(Phil Hogan) said the independent regulator will review and assess all forward planning functions by local authorities- such as the drafting of city and county development plans. The regulator will also have the power to advise the minister to reject or overturn part or all of a plan “where it is not up to scratch”, Mr Hogan added.

“ This advice will be published. The final decision to act will rest with the Minister of the day, and the Minister will be accountable to the Oireachtas for his or her decision”.

“It is understood this new planning regulator’s office will be staffed and resourced largely by staff taken on secondment or on a permanent basis from An Bord Pleanala.”

 

New planning regulator to be established (Irish Times)

Previously:  Why Did Phil Hogan Stop Six Separate Planning Inquiries?

Covanta And Dublin City Council: What’s That Funny Smell?

Pic: philhogan.ie