Yearly Archives: 2014

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln5CS6nu2VQ

If it’s not Charlie (Dan Li) from ‘Amber’ shilling Whoppers.

John Joe writes:

Did you see where Charlie was deported to?… Burger King!
Deported to the UK, in our common travel area…

Every cloud has a silver limousin…

Previously: Amber Alert

They’re Calling It A ‘Hacklash’

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200k? 300k 400K?

Only a few days (possibly hours) before the salary of Rehab CEO Angela Kerins is revealed.

And YOUR last chance to win a small cash prize and copy of the Broadsheet Book of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (New Island) for guessing the amount..

Scratch YOUR suggestion below.

Closest number wins.

Numbers already taken here.

Angela’s Stashes Lottery cards by James M Chimney

 

 

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Demolition of the Charlemont Street flats, Dublin 2, earlier this afternoon.

The soon-to-be-level site may be derelict for some time yet.

Dust “everywhere”.

(Pix: Oisín Kane (1,2))

(Additional pix: Sheila Larkin (3), Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland (4-8))

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[The Peacock Theatre at the Abbey Theatre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin]

“And then there is the issue of the Peacock. How could it be part of any well-thought-out strategy or understanding of the responsibilities of the National Theatre to commit significant funding to it over a three-year period while tolerating the effective closure of what is, to all intents and purposes, the engine room of the Irish theatre?
The future of the Abbey comes through the Peacock. And if a National Theatre is not about the future, then it is increasingly forced to fall back on institutional rhetoric rather than excellence of performance, to justify its existence.
It also has to be asked: where does the chair and board of the Abbey stand on this? The Peacock going dark for such long periods of time is something that surely, as a strategic issue, had to have board approval?

Garry Hynes, of the Druid Theatre Company.

Fixing the Abbey: where next for the National Theatre? (Garry Hynes, Irish Times)

Previously: Abbey On His Bonnet

Pic: DublinRocks

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[John Waters]

From the [BAI] Broadcasting Authority of Ireland:

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has, today (23.01.14), confirmed receipt of a notification from the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, of the resignation of Mr. John Waters from the Authority. Mr Waters was appointed to the Authority by the Government in September 2009.
Since his appointment, he has served as an Authority member; served a two-year term on the Compliance Committees; and was a serving member of the Contract Awards Committee at the time of his resignation.
Speaking about the resignation of Mr. Waters, the Chairperson of the Authority, Bob Collins said: “John has been a valued member of the Authority and of both statutory committees since the establishment of the BAI in 2009. He brought additional expertise and experience to the Authority through his previous service on the Board of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his service and know I speak for my fellow members when I say that his insights and contributions will be missed.”

 Previously: Waters, Panti And RTE

Anyone?

SEPA?

Update:

Anon writes:

My girlfriend is Payroll manager in a large Irish company. They had their first run last week with SEPA. Nobody got paid because Ulster Bank f**ed up, despite numerous test runs and assurances of everything being groovy. They decided to hold funds for checking. Completely their fault, but some chance of getting them to admit it. Took most of the morning to sort out by escalating up the chain. People did eventually get paid by the end of the day.