Monthly Archives: June 2013

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Give me two good reasons, etc.

Speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Galway Senator Fidelma Healy Eames [above] said she was “confused” as to why Taoiseach Enda Kenny wants to get rid of the Upper House.

Ms Healy Eames said that although she supports the idea of holding a referendum, she would not be supporting her party’s position.

 

Meanwhile…

Was it for this?

President Michael D Higgins has said comments he made in Croatia yesterday about Senator WB Yeats were not in any way related to the planned referendum on Seanad abolition.

He said the reference was appropriate because the poet had signed a letter to a Croatian sculptor in the 1920s as Senator WB Yeats.

 

Yeah, that’s what they all say

President Higgins says Senator WB Yeats comments not linked to Seanad debate (RTE)

(Laura Hutton?Photocall Ireland)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yg9gTY5TOo

What you may need to know:

1. Terrible title.

2. Justin Timberlake is really determined to be a movie star.

3. We love bad slo-mo Ben Affleck. The tan makes his teeth extra white.

4. It’s written by the guys who wrote Rounders (1998). Now that’s a gambling flick.

5. Affleck appears to be auditioning for the role of Lex Luthor in the Man Of Steel sequel. Sold.

6. Poor Gemma Arterton.

7. Wait… Did we just watch the whole movie?

Release date: September

Kate-FitzgeraldThe Kate Fitzgerald  inquest jury returned a verdict of death by suicide yesterday evening.

Kate’s parents Tom and Sally Fitzgerald declined to comment.

PR executive Kate took her own life, inquest jury finds (Gareth Naughton, Irish Independent)

Jury Finds PR Consultant Died By Suicide (Carl O’Brien, Irish Times)

Previously: Kate Fitzgerald on Broadsheet

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My God. It’s full of Apps…

Stupid Calculations has worked out that – tiled and stacked together – the 352,292,000-odd iPhones sold since the launch in 2007 would form a one-iPhone thick monolith screen (based on the average screen area of all iPhone models) 868m wide and 1,542m tall – wider than Central Park and taller than any skyscraper in Manhattan.

More stats on the 2001: A Space Odyssey style monophone here.

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