The WB Yeats statue on Stephen Street in Sligo.
By Pat Rooney.
Thanks Annie West
Yearly Archives: 2014
To Bono
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Many thanks to @U2 for the “Welcome to Dublin” case of Guiness! The only thing I miss about being sober. iiii]; )’
— Slash (@Slash) November 11, 2014
Gulp.
Slash, clean for more years than he can remember, played with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators in The Point 3 Arena last night (above).
Further to Saturday’s Irish rugby victory over South Africa.
Terry Pattison writes:
When Conor Murray picked up the ball to kick for Tommy Bowe, where was [South Africa star winger Bryan Habana? He was standing in the middle of the pitch, exactly opposite Murray, having drifted in and abandoned marking his opposite number – a cardinal sin for an experienced international winger, I would have thought. But not one commentator or match report had any criticism for the famous man! He may be fast, but nobody can leave Tommy that much space…
RUCK!
Meanwhile…
Tommy Bowe modelling his new clothing range XVKings yesterday with (pic 2) from left Paddy Wallace , Andrew Trimble, Niall O Connor and Rob Kearney.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Dawn Run
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Sunrise on the N11 this morning.
Thanks Joanna Wynne
Denis Match
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Denis O’Brien (Top) and Balkan heartthrob Vladimir Savčić (above)
Uncanny.
Bonzor writes:
Denis O’Brien, not just your local media mogul, petrol head, water-meter monster. He also moonlights as Serbian pop star Vladimir Savčić.
This morning.
Heather writes:
Fecked into the Grand Canal between Portobello and Ranelagh [Dublin 6] this morning.
Ignition
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John Mooney, of The Sunday Times, on last night’s Prime Time
The Garda Inspectorate Report is set to be published today.
It looked at allegations made by whistleblowers, former Garda John Wilson and Sgt Maurice McCabe, that many serious crimes were not fully investigated.
Last night, on Prime Time, journalist Rita O’Reilly reported that the report is expected to reveal that true crime figures were “underreported, underrecorded and underplayed”.
Last Sunday, John Mooney, security correspondent at The Sunday Times, reported:
The practice of “massaging” crime statistics is said to be widespread in some garda divisions. It means that the true scale of crimes such as burglary, theft and criminal damage is downplayed in some divisions, which could have a bearing on officers’ chances of promotion.
The inspectorate, which is led by Bob Olson, a Canadian police consultant, examined more than 150 incidents over three years and found that in some cases gardai did not even record crimes on Pulse, the force’s computerised database.
In other cases it found evidence to suggest that gardai did not respond to reports about certain types of crime, including incidents of domestic violence.
It is understood the Garda Inspectorate is considering investigating the force’s response to domestic violence.
Meanwhile…
Following on from Sgt Maurice McCabe’s fresh allegations in September – that certain gardaí were continuing to cancel penalty points, despite the introduction of new regulations three months previous, in June – last night Katie Hannon, of RTÉ’s Prime Time, reported that a report into these fresh allegations has found them to be true.
This new report was carried out by the Garda Professional Standards Unit.
Eighteen months have passed since Assistant Commissioner John O’Mahony’s May 2013 internal Garda report into the penalty point allegations concluded there was no widespread quashing of penalty points.
Watch Prime Time in full here
Previously: Lest We Forget
