Yearly Archives: 2014

Mount Trenchard Direct Provision centre

Further to a protests by some asylum seekers at the Mount Trenchard Direct Provision Centre, Foynes, Co Limerick yesterday

Migrant NGO Doras Luimní write:

“Twenty minutes after Doras representatives left the Foynes accommodation centre where an agreement was made to address the concerns of residents, two residents were transferred by the Reception Integration Agency. One of the transferred residents was escorted by Gardai to Limerick. We are raising our concerns with RIA [Reception Integration Agency] but this inhumane treatment has to stop.”

Doras Luimni (Facebook)

Thanks Mark Malone

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Blimey.

Enraged by the BAI decision to uphold a complaint of a non-gay’ imbalance during a radio discussion on same sex marriage

Buzz sez writes:

“”Irish media and its overseeing body is yet again running scarred of bullying solicitors letters from those opposing the referendum..We would like to use this FB page [link below]  to let the world know what is going on with our opponents, our media and our fellow LGBTQ campaigners. We ask that you don’t troll, and keep the debate civilised. Please add your taped up up mouth pic also….”

Not easy taking that off, in fairness.

Don’t Silence The Debate (Facebook)

Previously: The Balance Sheet

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The Sligo-based  craft beer they couldn’t ban.

Now ON TAP in Dublin!

Gary Boylan writes:

“controversial White Hag brewery Fleadh Ale has defied the VFI [Vintners’ Federation of Ireland] and just arrived (above) in L.Mulligans [18 Stoneybatter, Dublin 7]…”

Previously: Small Beer Big Dreams

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An Irish online bartering swap shop whatsit?

Oh go on then.

Andy writes:

“I’m a UI/UX designer based in Dublin. I spent the last year working on a project I’m very excited about and I would like to let as many people as possible know about it.
Yep.ie is a bartering website where people can swap goods and services online for free.
It was launched in February and it has over 30.000 unique visitors per month at the moment. I know there were other people trying to do the same thing but failed this is why Yep won’t be just a simple bartering website where people post ads.
It will combine social media with bartering + other great features which we will implement over the next few months to make it stand out from the crowd….”

A Cliff Richard CD for YOUR thoughts?

Yep.ie

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The oath of secrecy signed in 1975 by Brendan Boland (top) and [then] Fr John Brady after Brendan had revealed he had been repeatedly raped and tortured by Fr Brendan Smyth over a three year period

Brendan, then 14, said he hoped that by reporting the crimes to Fr Brady (and two other priests)  it would end the abuse for himself and others.

Before signing, and while Fr Brady was taking notes, Brendan was asked “relentlessly” about his own sexual impulses, behaviour and whether he had “enjoyed” the abuse.

It was not until 1994 that Fr Smyth was convicted of four decades of sex crimes against children.

Cardinal Séan Brady offers pope his resignation (BBC)

Pics via Sworn To Secrecy By Brendan Boland and Darrah MacIntyre (O’BrienPress)

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A survey has found that half the bacon and pork tested in butchers’ shops was imported. That is despite the fact most of the shops surveyed were signed up to a voluntary code committing them to sourcing their products locally. The Irish Farmers Association put 120 samples of back rashers, bacon joints, and pork chops from 11 butchers around the country through DNA testing to check origin.

Pat O’Flaherty, chairman of the IFA’s national pigs and pigmeat committee, said he was disappointed with the finding that 51% of the products were from abroad. “The level of imported product identified by the DNA testing is compounded by the fact that the country of origin was not displayed in any of the butchers’ stores audited,” said Mr O’Flaherty.

Meanwhile, to meet like-minded individuals for a rasher sanger day or night, there’s always Rindr..

Half of butchers’ pork and bacon was imported (Caroline O’Doherty, Irish Examiner)

File Pic: James Horan/Photocall Ireland