Yearly Archives: 2014

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Fine Gael TD and Assistant Government Chief Whip Joe Carey 

In evidence, Garda Dermot O’Rourke said that he was operating a mobile speed detection van on October 14 at Ballaghafadda West. He observed a car exceeding the speed limit by driving at 71kph in a 50kph zone, and Mr [Joe] Carey was the registered owner of the car.

Challenging the prosecution on Mr Carey’s behalf, solicitor John Callinan pointed out that the space where the picture alleged to be Mr Carey’s car registration should appear on the documentation was blacked out.

Garda O’Rourke said that the blacking out on the page had occurred because the page “went through the photocopier so many times”.

In response, Judge Patrick Durcan said: “I’m going to strike it out.”

Hmmm.

Speeding case against Fine Gael TD gets struck out (Irish Independent)

EP6 Marmoset‘Sup?

Catherine O’Connor writes:

“In TONIGHT’s episode of ‘The Zoo’ zookeeper Susan checks in on the new arrivals… pygmy marmoset twins. They are the result of the breeding programme at Dublin Zoo with their mum being born at Dublin Zoo and their dad coming from Dudley Zoo in the UK. Pygmy marmosets are one of the world’s smallest primates weighing in at only 120 to 140 grams in weight….”

The Zoo is on RTÉ One at 7pm.

Pic: Dublin Zoo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xNvdptsXY

What you may need to know:

1. It’s a new sitcom starring Will Forte.

2. He used to be in Saturday Night Live, and starred in Nebraska (2013), which was a bit of a masterpiece.

3. Forte has been in Ireland a bit, having shot Run & Jump (currently on release) in Kerry.

4. We met him. He’s THE NICEST MAN ON EARTH.

5. Broadsheet Prognosis: one season, then a cult favorite.

Broadcast Date: Summer

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Spotted yesterday at the corner of Kevin Street and Bride Street in Dublin.

Lois McGrath writes:

Has anyone any idea what this is about?

Anyone?

Previously: Hell’s Dimple: Do You Know Anyone Who Has One?

The Hoodie Of Hate: Yours For $35

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Mayor Street, Dublin 1.

Barney Noooooo!

There is a better way.

I love you, you love me.

Etc..

Update:

11:45am, Kildare/Molesworth Street

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Also….

 

Moody’s is upgrading its view as Irish employment grows, the government deficit narrows and the wider crisis which threatened the euro-region’s future passes…Irish mortgage loans in arrears by more than three months rose to a record 18.4 percent in the first quarter, Fitch Ratings said this week.

“Some investors may scratch their head about valuations for Ireland,” Rainer Guntermann and David Schnautz, analysts with Commerzbank AG, wrote in a note to clients this week, adding the economic backdrop was “mixed.”

We’re going from Banjaxed to Mahogany Banjaxed.

Yay!

Moody’s Set to Upgrade Ireland For Second Time This Year (Donal Griffin, Bloomberg)