Yearly Archives: 2014

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Oh.

Wally Cassidy writes`:

“O’Connell Street, Limerick city this morning, preparations for the Giant Granny [part of the City of Culture hoo ha] this Fri-Sun…”

Name that crushed vehicle anyone?

UPDATE: what to expect…

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The Limerick-bound Giant Saga from the enormo-slippered  Royal De Luxe theatre company.

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USI members: from leftSiona O’Connor, Kieron Pierson, Ruth Doran, Glen Fitzpatrick and Eve O’Connor

The launch today of the  Union of Students in Ireland pre-budget submission at Temple Bar’s Smock Alley Theatre.

The national student movement issued an INVITE  to members of the Oireachtas to “advocate for the improvement of students’ lives”.

USI President Laura Harmon sez:

“Education is too expensive. Too many students and prospective students are worrying about whether they can afford to go to college. The level of the grant as it stands today gives opportunity to the least well-off candidates in the country to attend third level education and develop skills for life. Cutting the grant or shifting the thresholds downwards would certainly price even more students out of education – and that means pricing students out of a future.”

A “national rally for education” will take place in Dublin on October 8.

FIGHT!

Pic: Conor McCabe

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A pleasing assembly of (typically geometric) vehicular POVs from The Life Aquatic (2004); The Darjeeling Limited (2007); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) by Jaume R. Lloret.

Music: Mr. Fox in the Fields by Alexandre Desplat

Previously: Tarantino: All The Deaths

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Gangs – Daisy.

Gangs are a guitar rich Dublin band comprising Jordan Curtis, Dan Smith, James Connolly, and Jonny Halpin.

This is the opening track from their Back To School EP (Produced by Brian Foley of The Blades) available to purchase here.

Video (with a TWIST at the end) by Gansee Films

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“…a throwback to the crazy days of the property boom, house hunters have begun queuing overnight for a new homes scheme in Swords, Co Dublin, that will not open to the public until Saturday. Three or four parties queued overnight at the Millers Glen development [from Gannon Homes] near Applewood in Swords in order to secure their places at the top of the queue for 60 newly-built homes launching on Saturday at 2pm. This morning a number of others have joined the queue…

You tried to tell them.

Hell, we all tried.

They’re going to have to learn the HARD way.

*squeezes reused tea bag*

House hunters queuing five days ahead of Swords estate launch (Madeleine Lyons, Irish Times)

Fashion Sketch of Angelina Jolie's Wedding Dress by Versace

“Vivienne, Knox and, indeed, all six of our children are such wonderful artists,” breathes [Angelina] Jolie, proudly wielding a finger painting of a hungry caterpillar. “And what better place to reflect their creative talents than my gown?”
At this point, [Luigi] Massi [master tailor for Atelier Versace] would have been forgiven for sobbing hysterically. The official line, however, is that he was only too happy to sew a random assortment of motorbikes, Eiffel Towers, mouse-like creatures and other “charming” artwork onto the train and veil of Jolie’s silk frock….While die-hard Brangelina fans are mooning sentimentally over this “exquisite expression of family love and dedication,” the rest of us are reaching for the sick bucket.”

FIGHT!

Angelina’s wedding gown a gross display of parenting run amok (Jane Ridley, NewYorkPost)

(Atelier Versace)