Yearly Archives: 2014

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Irish News journalist Allison Morris receives fan mail correspondence from the righteous in response to this column.

Previously: Kitty Litter

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‘This is a show about super-peasants from the west, suburbia in the ’80s, state-making, sound, walking in single file, chewing seaweed, hauling sand, squatting, and smoking cigarettes…'(the blurb from Eating Seals And Seagulls’ Eggs).

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Niall writes:

“This is Caitriona Ni Mhurchu’s theatre piece called Eating Seals and Seagulls’ Eggs. Written, directed and performed by herself, with help from a few pals including acclaimed visual artist Adam Gibney, this will not be how you remembered Irish class back in the day. It runs from Sun 14 to Sat 20 September [at the Cube, Project Arts Centre] at the Tiger Dublin Fringe….”

Tiger Dublin Fringe

90353134Ryanair marketing boss Kenny Jacobs with cabin staff Malwina Reilly (left) and Georgia Hogan

The lovely folk at Ryanair,
Now offer an inflated fare,
So the business elite,
Can get the best seat,
And bring a big bag, and a spare.

John Moynes

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

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Martin and Violet Coyne, aged 73 and 61 respectively, who have been evicted from their rented home in Carpenterstown, Dublin this morning.

The Irish Times reports:

ACC Bank is seeking repossession of the home because the landlord Daragh Ward went into receivership in 2012 and they want to sell the house to reduce his debt.
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In July, Ms Justice Linnane said an order for vacation of the property had been first made in September 2013. She had made her own order on March 27th and Mr Coyne had given a sworn undertaking to vacate the property when he came before the court on June 25th. She said the High Court had also refused a stay on her order as there was no legal grounds for it.

Mr Coyne told the court that he had made the sworn statement in “good faith”, but he had been unable to find alternative accommodation through Fingal County Council.
He said he and his wife had not been “sitting on our arses” doing nothing since the sworn statement had been made, but they lacked the money to seek alternative accommodation.

Dublin couple ‘evicted’ from home ahead of court hearing, TD says (Genevieve Carberry, Irish Times)

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

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Please stop the use of the Wild Mountain Goat from being suspended in a cage [as above] from the top of a crane at Puck Fair causing undue distress and stop the cruelty and abuse that is associated with the Horse and Cattle Fair at same event. Show the world that Ireland can be part of the modern world when it comes to enforcing animal rights’ laws and impose maximum penalties on people who are committing such hideous acts of cruelty. Let’s show the organisers of this event and Government officials that this cruelty must not be tolerated.

From a petition calling for an end to the suspension of a goat at the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.

It currently has 10,365 signatures.

Previously: Ireland’s Oldest Fair

Department Of Agriculture, Republic Of Ireland: Ban the cruelty of animals at Puck Fair (Avaaz.org)

Pic: Puck Fair