Lorna writes:
On my cycle to work this morning, I passed a set of car keys on the ground at Leesons St Upper [Dublin]. Figuring a fellow cyclist has lost them, I went back to pick them up. I’m now trying to see if I can locate the owner! They’re for a Peugeot and have the owner’s bike lock key & house key on it! Can you ask your broadsheet viewers if they’ve lost their keys this morning?
Sir Henry’s, South Main Street, Cork
Munster’s blissed-out, langer-filled answer to Manchester’s Hacienda.
Now a play!
Deep, written and performed by Ray Scannell, above, is taking place in the Half Moon Theatre in Cork city until Sunday night, as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.
The story is told thought the dilated eyes of a 35-year-old pill head (top), supported by DJ/VJ narrated audio-visual discography with documentary footage of the club.
The blurb:
“Ten years ago the spiritual home of Cork’s first generation of ravers closed forever. This new show from one of Cork’s finest theatre-makers marks the occasion by exploring the social and political backdrop of the time. Featuring documentary interviews of the club’s main figures and footage of nights at the club (can you spot yourself amongst the smiling faces?), Deep is the story of an era told through the personal journey of a Deep House Junkie who, at 35, has lived through the peaks and troughs of the last two decades, and is still intent on raving to the grave.”
Yeah, boi.
On RTÉ’s The Meaning of Life With Gay Byrne last night, Bono spoke to host Gay Byrne about God and his tax arrangements
Essentially, U2 is a business and he’s a tough guy.
And, you know, GET OVER IT.
Gay Byrne: “If I don’t ask you this, I’ll be criticised and if I do ask you this I’ll be criticised but since you’ve touched on the subject now. The subject of U2’s taxation arrangements, whereby people are expressing their wonder at what they call your hypocrisy, not my word, their word, hypocrisy of haranguing us all and asking us to pay for more international aid, at the same time as you shift your company overseas in order to save taxation.”
Bono: “Yeah, but it’s [unintelligible] of Irish people to be critical of this is because the shock horror moment here is U2 behaving like a business. (Fake shock facial and gasp expression). And I mean our, we live in a small rock in the North Atlantic and we would be under water were it not for very clever people working in Government and in the Revenue who made tax competitiveness a central part of Irish economic life.
It is the reason we have companies like, you know, Google and Facebook and, indeed, I helped bring those companies to Ireland. So it’s more than churlish for Irish people to say well we don’t want an Irish company involved in that stuff that we do want everyone else. I mean we do pay a lot of, I want to say, we pay a lot of tax and…but we are, you know, tax sensible. But, as every business is. And why is it because I’m involved in these…some people think as idealistic things but I think as pragmatic things, why can’t U2 be tough in business? This thing of the warm, fuzzy feeling, you know we want you know this…I’d like people to get over that. Because that’s not who I am. I am tough and I may have, you know, I may sing from a very private and intimate place and I make art. But I’m tough-minded and I’m intellectually rigorous, I hope. And, I think U2’s tax business is our own business and I think it’s not just to the letter of the law, it is to the spirit of the law.”
Byrne: “In that context do you think you’re removed from the everyday lives of people in Ireland, especially today?”
Bono: “That must be true.”
Watch here (from 27.40)
Australian prime minister Julia Gillard (top ) and rival Kevin Rudd this evening.
Oh, it’s on.
Mark Geary writes:
Aus may get a new PM in the next 60-90 minutes... Bill Shorten is a power broker and he has switched sides to Rudd. This is massive for Australia…
More as Mark gets it.
Live blog here
(The Age)
Update:
Mark adds:
Rudd Wins!
MG A: Here is a 1956 model of the beautiful MG A owned by Italian radio personality and author, Paolo Tullio. Initially opposed for its avant-garde styling, the MG A proved a success and had a production span from 1955-1962. Notice that no external door handles were manufactured for this model.
Renault 18: Replacing the Renault 12, the 18 became a very successful car in many countries. This version is a GTS model and the driver says it’s from 1982 and has a 1.4L engine. GTS trim level apparently included electric front windows and a 1.6L engine and this car certainly didn’t include the former so I wonder…these were popular in Ireland and the UK in the 1980s and into the 90s and had an equally successful estate version.
Porsche 928: The 928 filled a gap in Porsche’s limited range that required a motor to freshen up the 911’s thoroughbred but dated image. Initially planned as a replacement for the 911, the 928 eventually took it’s title as luxury touring car alongside 911 production in 1978. It was one of few front-engined Porkers and was always powered by a V8. This is the 928Stt model and has an automatic gearbox. I’m guessing it’s a late 80s example.
Pics and Text: Patrick ‘Carspotter’ Cummins.
At Lake Serre-Ponçon, France, yesterday.
MT writes:
Just thought I’d send this in, it’s Irish rock climbing legend Calvin Torrans from Bray [Co Wicklow] powering away at 70 years of age.
Two years ago after being told he would never climb again after shattering both ankles and tearing ligaments in a bad fall. in the Mourn Mountains. Calvin has led the first Irish expeditions on K2, Broad peak in Alaska as well as many others from Peru to the Himalayas..SEVENTY!
Pic: Denis O’Connell
A romance-themed submission from the Tumblr Exploding Actresses, wherein actresses’ heads explode.
Oh.
Ireland and the Anglo Tapes make the front cover of Bild, Germany’s biggest tabloid newspaper (circ: 3,548,000) this morning.
Earlier: Anything Good In Der Spiegel?
Via Derek Scally
