RTÉ reports:
Around 300 staff at Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin are set to lose their jobs as the directors of the hospital apply to the courts for the appointment of a liquidator.
While it is unclear when the hospital will actually close, sources said that NAMA was likely to fund an orderly wind-down of the operation and that staff will be paid in the interim.
300 jobs set to go as Mount Carmel Hospital applies for liquidator (RTÉ)
Bento boxes by food artist Gamene, who used to make these to cheer herself up during a previous career as a lawyer, during which time she photographed hundreds of her squeeful creations.
Via Eveningecho.ie and Independent_ie
[Bono at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland yesterday]
Bono spoke to Pat Kenny on Newstalk from Davos this morning following a night with the Irish delegation.
Bono: “It’s all sorts and the Taoiseach and Minister Noonan are doing an unbelievable job with the IDA. That’s what I was doing last night. They had a load of people in the room, locked in a room…”
Both laugh
Bono: “…until they agreed to move their companies to Ireland: Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs was the theme last night. And I must say the two of them made me very proud to be Irish. And Barry O’Leary, the guy from the IDA – he spoke extremely well, very…without notes, just really beautiful about the country and then, you know I was really struck by..these two men spoke very modestly on our behalf. They’re actually very modest men themselves. And that I think struck everyone that was there. I made up for it by the way. But they were very modest. And the coalition – Labour deserves some [inaudible] too, you know. They’ve been through rough, rough times and they’re still there for a lot of people but, you know, you can see some light at the end of the tunnel.”
Later
Pat Kenny: “In Africa, good governance is the holy grail because it is a continent of unbelievable wealth, if only it could be tapped for it’s people, by it’s people.”
Bono: “You are exactly right and, you know, I should say something, I don’t know if people know this but Richard Bruton, Minister Bruton, was really pivotal in getting new legislation in Europe, to make it law, that any mining company, in the extractive industry, registered in the European Stock Exchange, have to publish what they pay for those mining rights. And you think, well, of course, what could be difficult about that? Well you see that is where corruption is, the declared amounts and the real amounts are often different by hundreds of millions. And there’s a transparency revolution breaking across the world right now because of technology, technology is turbo-charging that revolution, people know what’s going on in their government budgets, or want to know.”
Right so.
Oh.
Further to the ‘frustratingly inconclusive‘ ending to RTÉ One’s drama Amber.
Gaff Gaff writes:
A disturbing discussion on the possible alternate endings to Amber [on page 9 of today’s Irish Star], speculating on whether she could be raped, murdered or held in a dungeon.
Meanwhile…
The internet may be content but are you?
The Content Advisory Group, established by Minister Pat Rabbitte (top) want to know YOUR views/state of mind about Internet Governance before they report in May.
Everyone happy?
@pNibbler No big secret. We want views on Internet content. The process is about to be launched.
— CAG (@CAGroup14) January 24, 2014
@CAGroup14 is this about sex! its always about sex in ireland :( dirty dirty sex — pNibbler (@pNibbler) January 24, 2014
Personally I think it’s a great idea RT @colettebrowne: What do you think of internet content? — Fred Logue (@fplogue) January 24, 2014
I like internet content usually. @CAGroup14
— Conor Farrell (@conorsthoughts) January 24, 2014
Oh.
Old Enda has pulled off a trick,
As Facebook just gave him a click,
All they really “Like”,
Is there’ll be no tax hike,
While the rest of us think he’s a dick.
John Moynes
Smell the Smarties.
Glenn previously told the ‘Derry Journal’ he had been “disgusted” by the discovery. “The tube had been sealed and we were really shocked to find the gloves. They were really manky – with rubber palms – the kind of heavy duty gloves you would expect a workman to wear,” he said.
He sent the item to Nestlé for investigation – and this week the company came back admitting that the gloves were “similar to those used” within their packing area.
Confectionery giant ‘sorry’ after bizarre discovery in tube of Smarties (Derry Journal)