27 janvier, Journée de commémoration de l’Holocauste. Ici, le camp d’Auschwitz-Birkenau #AFP pic.twitter.com/9tbp4TA0B9
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) January 27, 2014
Meanwhile in Stormont…
@M_McGuinness_SF tells Assembly he is “delighted” Adolf Hitler was defeated by “Allied Forces” during 2nd World War. Q about Holocaust Day
— Gareth Gordon (@BBCGarethG) January 27, 2014
Young Hearts Run Free presents Moonface, Katie Kim, Caoimhin ó Raghallaigh
, Niamh McCormack Sings @ St. Werburgh’s Church, Christchurch, Dublin (€16)
Nialler9 writes:
A rare gig in Werburgh’s Church (opposite Leo Burdock’s in Christchurch) featuring a fine lineup of YHFR-curated talent: former Wolf Parade singer and current Canadian Spencer Krug in his piano-heavy Moonface solo guise, ethereal singer-songwriter Katie Kim, atmospheric fiddle player Caoimhin ó Raghallaigh and soprano singer Niamh McCormack. Proceeds towards the Simon Community.
Three NSFW minutes of excellent reasons why the next series of Curb Your Enthusiasm is long overdue.
Ex-residents at Derry homes were made to eat their own vomit, beaten for bed wetting and bathed in Jeyes Fluid HIA inquiry told. — Tara Mills (@taramillstv) January 27, 2014
Witness statements from the Sisters of Nazareth came as late as last Friday. HIA inquiry made first request for documents in Nov 2012. — Tara Mills (@taramillstv) January 27, 2014
Sisters of Nazareth nuns have given their evidence to Northern Ireland’s Historical Abuse Inquiry in a “haphazard and piecemeal fashion”, the inquiry has been told. The inquiry is investigating abuse claims against children’s residential institutions from 1922 to 1995.
Nazareth House Children’s Home (above) and St Joseph’s Home, Termonbacca, were both run by the Sisters of Nazareth. The Derry homes are among a total of 13 residential institutions currently under investigation by the inquiry. To date, 434 people have contacted the inquiry to allege they were abused as children.
Sisters of Nazareth evidence ‘haphazard and piecemeal’ (BBC News NI)
Spotted in Ballymun, Dublin yesterday.
(Thanks John Braine)
[Noel Whelan at the MacGill Summer School in Donegal, 2011]
The suggestion that anyone who disagrees with full equality for gays and lesbians is homophobic is surely a misuse of the word.
An overwhelming majority of our parents’ and our grandparents’ generation opposed equal rights for gays and lesbians; indeed most of them supported the continued criminalisation of homosexuality.
To many of us today that seems irrational on their part, but which of us would brand our parents or grandparents as a shower of homophobes?Calling opponents homophobes may bring some level of satisfaction to those who do it and may attract cheers of applause in their own circles and on microblogs in the liberal realm, but it does nothing to advance the cause of debate.
It is also counterproductive in the effort to engage and persuade the mass of the moderate Irish electorate to support and vote for marriage equality.
Fianna Fail adviser and political analyst Noel Whelan in Saturday’s Irish Times.
I find it increasingly tiring being told by middle class straight men how I should feel about being gay. (Apologies to the lovely straights)
— Panti Bliss (@PantiBliss) January 25, 2014
Meanwhile…
Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
As the purveyor of smart phones, TVs, fridges, ovens, and even kitchen sinks, Samsung couldn’t possibly let the opportunity to create smart glasses pass it by. A new report from the Korea Times cites unnamed Samsung officials who claim the company is presently developing a competitor to Google’s Glass — tentatively named Galaxy Glass — which could make its debut at the IFA trade show in Berlin this September.
Samsung ‘Galaxy Glass’ wearable reportedly set for September reveal (The Verge)
Pic: BRG
Via EveningEcho.ie and Independent_ie
