Yearly Archives: 2014

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What you may need to know:

1. A wealthy academic is cursed with an insatiable thirst for human blood after coming into contact with an ancient African artifact which belonged to a tribe who all died suffering from the same affliction.

2. It’s another kickstarted vampire movie. However it is not a vampire film. It is about “human beings who are addicted to Blood. Funny, Sexy and Bloody. A new kind of love story (and not a remake of 1972’s Blacula).”
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3. It is a re-imagining of Ganja and Hess (1973) and examines all sorts of themes.

4. The film is billed as a romantic horror comedy but there is not much to laugh about in this trailer.

5. Filming was wrapped up in 16 days. $1.4 million does not go far in Martha’s Vineyard.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Brooklyn will always be best.

Release Date: February 13, 2015

(Delboy is resting. Dylan is Broadsheet’s rural cinephile Tom Dillon)

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jcorrie-228x300Jonathan Corrie (above) and the doorstep on Molesworth Street (top) where he was found.

 

Via The Kilkenny People:

The only harm Jonathan Corrie  ever did was to himself.

Many of us who knew him through the Kilkenny District Court know what his family went through and how they did all in their power to help him.

They were always there in the body of the court, willing to go bail for him, whenever he needed them to do so. However, from an early age he was gripped by alcohol and then drugs. It was his way of coping and his way of masking his shyness.

Jonathan Corrie was a fine cut of a man when he was young always in a T-shirt, he never felt the cold.

He was extremely quiet, a bit of loner. He didn’t seem to understand what was going on in court when he was being prosecuted for being drunk and disorderly or petty theft or rather had he decided at an early age, that he himself was a lost cause. Looking back, it is simple to see now, that Jonathan Corrie didn’t fit in.

…From 16 years old onwards, he was a regular in Kilkenny district court and whatever petty crime he was responsible for, he owned up to it. There was absolutely no guile in him and I always felt that he was a tortured soul and really didn’t understand the world around him. The supports were not there for him.

Jonathan Corrie’s shyness masked by drink and drugs (KilkennyPeople)

(Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Meanwhile…

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Further to calls for an increase in the price of milk.

Reg writes:

Why does Irish milk bought in ireland go sour within a couple of days of purchase? If you buy milk in Germany, for instance, the milk will still be usable after five days in the fridge. Irish milk has bits in it before its sell by date. WHY?

Anyone?

Farmers call on Phil Hogan to increase milk price (RTÉ)

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Cú Chulainn in the GPO, Dublin

Depends.

Vincent Boland writes:

…In some ways, the climate in which it is being marked could hardly be better. The Good Friday agreement has brought a fragile but enduring peace to Northern Ireland. Political relations between Dublin and Belfast are workmanlike, and between Dublin and London excellent. The Republic has moved past the worst phase of its financial crisis. A big party 18 months hence ought to be a moment to celebrate some good things.

Yet Irish society has emerged from the past six years of hardship more divided than when it entered the period of austerity. As Philip King, a broadcaster and musician, says: “The house [of Ireland] is still standing but it is in very bad shape. The country is psychologically banjaxed.” The 2016 commemorations and those that will follow over the next few years, he suggests, “offer a series of great opportunities to reinvigorate ourselves, to reproclaim Ireland”.

It is doubtful whether anything so ambitious can happen. Between now and Easter 2016, the country will be in election mode – and all the parties want to be on the reviewing podium come the commemorations. That is especially the case for Sinn Féin, the former political wing of the IRA. But all the parties see themselves as the heirs of 1916.

There is a magnificent sculpture in the GPO depicting the dying Cúchulainn, a mythological Irish hero celebrated by both republicans and unionists. Perhaps he will eventually inspire the nation.

A shambles marks the centenary of the Rising that divided Ireland (Vincent Boland, Financial Times) – behind paywall

-1James McLaren writes:

Woody’s first Christmas….

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Tom writes:

This is Blue. Hairy dog got big. I think my parents were lying about my Christmas present.

Your pet love Xmas? Send your pet to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’

Previously: YOUR Pets At Xmas

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Irish storm felled hardwoods?

Whittled down and crafted into something tangible?

Karl Sweeny works to commission and produces a range of wood rolltop boxes, each box is unique and is hand crafted. Using grade A suede, each box and tray is lined and polished by hand using natural oils and beeswax.

Karl writes:

I create jewellery and keepsake boxes at my Dublin studio which is based in Rathgar. Each box is handmade using traditional cabinetmaking techniques, Irish storm felled hardwoods and European hardwoods, typically Walnut and Pear wood which have come from orchards.

Any excuse.

Karl Sweeny Design

Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. Fee free.