Yearly Archives: 2014

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Irish Water’s Elizabeth Arnett

“All of the costs in terms of staff costs in Irish Water are included in the costs that have been approved by the Regulator. The structure whereby you would be holding back some of that salary and some of that wage and performance-linking, linking that to performance is the structure that we’re in and as I said that is government approved but I can certainly understand why people would get upset if they thought this was, you know, back to the bonus culture and I can assure it’s not…. I’m not telling porkies, I’m telling it as it is.”

Elizabeth Arnett, spokesperson for irish Water on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke on Tuesday.

I”m Not Telling Porky Pies (Broadsheet, October 7)

Meanwhile, today…

“in a statement the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) said no staff bonus amounts were reviewed or approved by it.The CER said whether or not Irish Water paid bonuses was a matter for the utility company, rather than the regulator. It clarified that it reviews and sets the total level of costs that can be recovered by Irish Water across all its key activities.”

Regulator: We had no role in setting Irish Water ‘bonuses’ (Independent.ie)

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Finally.

A new stamp to celebrate the bicentenary of Thomas Davis, a founder of the Young Ireland Movement (and according to wikipedia a “professional juggler’ by the age of 13)

An Post writes:

“The 68c stamp, designed by Irish design agency Conor & David [Conor Nolan and David Wall], features an engraving of Thomas Davis taken from the book Memoirs of an Irish Patriot by Charles Gavan Duffy (in the National Library of Ireland).”

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Professor De Selby writes:

“Along with this commemorative stamp, and in keeping with their attempts to appeal to the youth of today the Philatetic Advisory Committe have decided, based in no small way on the wild success of their ‘Cats of the Internet’ series, to run a sister stamp which features an engraving of Thomas Davis’ feline companion: Cát Davis, who is credited with inspiring the lyrics to Davis’ famous poem ‘A Nation Once Again’ whilst passing an abnormally large hairball”

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A 3D-effect trompe l’oeil on the wall of a Hamburg apartment block by German artist 1010 that appears composed of coloured layers excised into the building.

It may also resemble another thing.

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Do you own a spoon? Do you like chilli? Are you generous?

Chewy writes:

“I have no doubt that there is some amazing chilli cooks and chilli fans amongst the Broadsheet readership. Right now we’re looking for entrants for the 2nd almost annual Chilli Con Carnivale at The Bernard Shaw, Richmond Street,  on Oct over 25.

All money raised goes to Fighting Words

How do you cook yours anyone?

Chilli Con Carnivale 2014

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Hello you.

Kim Buckley writes:

“Team Gibraltar [ahead of the Euro 2016 qualifier against Ireland at Lansdowne Road Nua on Saturday] just hanging out in the Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre [Dublin] yesterday afternoon….”

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Team Gib on Grafton Street, Dublin.

Paul McNulty writes:

“More of the players including one ‘pulling a Balotelli‘…”

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Lucan, Dublin yesterday evening.

Sasko writes:

“Two upset brickies are continuing to stage a 200 foot high sit in protest on a crane claiming they have enough food for eight days. Protesters Gary Gleeson (top left)  and Luke Fitzpatrick (right) who are members of Unite trade union are claming they earn just €4.90 euros a hour while working on the site of Kishoge Community College site in Lucan. The developers JJ Rhatigan clam the workers allegations are untrue and the pair are being paid by  a sub contractor”

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)