Yearly Archives: 2014
East India Comedy sez:
The health ministry of India recently suggested that sex education be banned in the country. We look at India’s attitude towards sex through a “government approved” sex education lecture.
Nama chairman Frank Daly and Minister for Finance Michael Noonan at a formal review of the Nama’s operations this morning
NAMA sites can deliver 22,000 new houses and apartments in Dublin over the next five years – Noonan #Nama
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) July 16, 2014
The Docklands area has the potential to be the Canary Wharf of Dublin – Noonan #Nama
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) July 16, 2014
Review: NAMA committed to ensuring delivery of key Grade A office space, retail & residential space in Dublin Docklands development zone
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) July 16, 2014
RTÉ reports:
The report finds NAMA is ahead of schedule and anticipates being in a position to dispose of its assets more quickly than originally envisaged.
The agency is expected to have paid back more than 80% of its senior debt of €30.2bn by 2016, two years ahead of target.
NAMA should be able to repay its debt – Department of Finance (RTÉ)
Read the full 52-page review here
Via Merrion Street
James Martin tweetz:
Bus to Galway toilet sign. No standing to pee or no ghosts welcome while pooping.
Czech Mate
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A lengthy weather delayed start failed to dampen the Irish march over the Czech Republic at the Lacrosse World Championships in Denver last night.
Tom writes:
It was the Czechs who got their noses in front, scoring the first three goals of the game. The Irish team rallied and halfway through the second quarter had it all tied at 4, but the Czechs nudged ahead again and were up 6-4 at half-time. The weather once again wreaked havoc on the game and there was a second delay at half-time, but, once the game started again, the Czechs scored within the first couple of seconds to make it 7-4. The Irish team dug deep.. The third quarter ended 10-7 in favour of the Czechs, but the Irish team went on to score 5 unanswered goals in a spirited comeback to win the game 12-10
Ireland will face Switzerland today after defeating a fancied Wales team in the other ranking game.
Why?
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LS3, the successor to Big Dog, a quadruped robot developed by Boston Dynamics, gets a first taste of military action at RIMPAC2014 – the multinational maritme war games in Hawaii.
Seamas O’Reilly writes:
“Watching Straight Outta LA, Ice Cube’s documentary about the Oakland Raiders. Late on, Cube conveys hip hop becoming a worldwide business at the end of the eighties by depicting himself on three global currencies; a hundred dollar bill, some yen, and ten of the aul fellas. Those first few punts must have meant a lot to him…”
Motivational sticky notes left on commuter trains by UK writer and artist Joe ‘October Jones’ Butcher (commuter train doodler and the author of Text From Dog)