Yearly Archives: 2014

Enda

Enda Kenny with Darragh and Jennifer Loftus in Castlebar, Co Mayo following the 2011 General Election.

In the Dail last week Mr Kenny strongly defended the appointment of his neighbour Darragh Loftus to the board of Solas, the State training agency.
“I am actually sick and tired of a position where we have had a flawed process for years in this country. Because of the flaw in the process, people who want to give service can be labelled as lackeys, hacks or cronies.
“I heard a name on national radio this morning of a young man appointed to a State board who was deemed to be eligible on the basis of having worked in a bar or having supervised a pool room. I know the young man in question,” said Mr Kenny.
“I saw him grow from a primary school lad to the adult he is now. That young man has a B.Sc. honours degree as well as an MA in innovation and management. He did his stint in Brussels. As many other students did, he worked in a bar for the summer.”
Today it can be revealed that Mr Loftus’ sister, Jennifer, also from Castlebar, but based in Galway, was appointed to the board of An Post [a €16,000 a-year-role] on May 6 by then-Communications Minister, Pat Rabbitte. Ms Loftus, who works for Acorn Life in Galway, has worked with Acorn Life since 2003, having graduated from University College Dublin with a first-class degree in actuarial and financial studies.

Good times.

Varadkar No Vote For McNulty Puts Heat On Kenny (Independent.ie)

Pic: Tom Campbell/Castlebar.ie

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Scenes from the Superhero Fun Run for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin in the Phoenix Park, Dublin yesterday.

All funds raised from the one-mile dash will go to support “all the little superheroes currently undergoing treatment in the hospital”.

Mmmf.

 Crumlin SuperheroFunRun 

From top: Padraig Thompson and Jamie; Aoife Gillen with Max Newman; Paul Needham & Charlie and Mark McNally & Alex and Emma Carolan; Cliodhna Gallagher and bottom pic: Adelle Nolan and Darragh.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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A helpful illustrated guide from The Art Of Manliness, what sez:

Back in the days of the ancient Near East, both men and women wore flowing tunics. Around the tunic, they’d wear a belt or girdle. While tunics were comfortable and breezy, the hem of the tunic would often get in the way when a man was fighting or performing hard labor. So when ancient Hebrew men had to battle the Philistines, the men would lift the hem of their tunic up and tuck it into their girdle or tie it in a knot to keep it off the ground. The effect basically created a pair of shorts that provided more freedom of movement. Thus to tell someone to “gird up their loins” was to tell them to get ready for hard work or battle. It was the ancient way of saying “man up!”

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