Jojo writes:
Returned to my apartment block (Drumcondra [Dublin]) and caught a glance at some genius frugality in the corridor outside my neighbour’s door…
[Ms Lauren was] Dressed all in black wearing a black long sleeved dress, black tights and black flat knee high boots…
Mainly black so.
Ralph Lauren’s niece to be sentenced tomorrow for air rage (Irish Times)
Meanwhile…
Garda Yvette Walsh told the court that when the jewellery designer was being detained at the airport she told officers: ”Can you say that in English please?”
Paul ‘The Gloomeister’ Krugman.
The austerity-bashing, cat-stroking economist visits University College Dublin on Monday (the 13th!). He’s still in mourning.
No buzz is safe.
Previously: Paul Krugman’s Buzzkills on Broadsheet
Thanks Thomas Williams







A mere sample from the treasure-laden Behind The Gifs subreddit wherein backstories to popular gifs are presented for your delectation.


Tokyo cityscapes blurred to bokeh abstraction by photographer Takashi Kitajima who surrounds the distant focal points of his nighttime shots with the magical glow of out-of-focus light sources in the foreground.
Angela Kerins, CEO of de Rehab was on a salary of €234,000 nearly two years ago.
If you can guess the exact figure Ms Kerins earns TODAY (once it is revealed) a special top-up [a remaindered copy of the ‘Broadsheet Buke of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland’ more than likely] could be yours.
Lines close at 6pm. Extended 9am Wednesday.
Rehab Chief Stays Tight-Lipped On pay (Irish Independent)
“A young itinerant is forced to confront his secret heritage.” Which gritty indie movie is @AerLingus describing??? pic.twitter.com/91dn5f2bR5
— Siobhán Colivet (@shivvycol) January 7, 2014