Yearly Archives: 2014

eircode

Further to the launch of Eircode.

Gary Delaney is a GPS and positioning consultant and a director of Loc8 Code, the “modern alternative” to a post code rejected by the government in place of Eircode..

Gary writes:

“Of The total cost to the economy of the proposed postcode is estimated at €100million (NOT the €26.5 million popularly quoted);- yet An Post have said they do not need it, the code is to be mainly random and therefore prone to error, the code is limited to “letterboxes”, the code will not solve public safety issues and the needs of the emergency services, the code will be optional and therefore may not enjoy popular use, the code has not been subjected to oversight and there is no guarantee that the global leaders in Navigation devices will support it as they are already supporting other cheaper, more robust and more flexible next generation solutions….

Anyone?

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palin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vdAlzh-jo

In a speech at an NRA (National Rifle Association) event yesterday, one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (not Tina Fey) said with regard to America’s enemies:

“If I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptise terrorists.”

Why Sarah Palin’s Sacrilegious Torture Nostalgia Matters (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)

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Gateway, JobBridge and Joan.

Labour’s ‘success’ stories.

Eddie McCabe writes:

“A new video [featuring Paul Murphy MEP] produced by Scambridge.ie, exposing the lies about JobBridge and Gateway exploitation, you might be interested in.”

Name that street anyone?

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This afternoon.

Ruth Meehan writes:

“New [€4m] paving on Grafton Street in bits already – anyone know why?”

Previously: The new Paving

How Grafton Street Might Look

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The Molly Malone statue being moved for Luas works at lunchtime.

Her cleavage alone weighs half a ton.

Thanks O

 

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Dr Paddy Smyth standing in the Rathgar-Rathmines constituency for Dublin City Council.

Wacky and conservative.

@padsmyth

Meanwhile…

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DowntownTrain writes:

No self awareness or cheerful self deprecation? Cathal Moran FF upon a house where nobody lives.

 

max

 

The 71-year-old was cleared of two counts and the jury at Southwark Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict on one other. He becomes the first person to be convicted under the high profile Operation Yewtree sex crime investigation.

Max Clifford guilty of string of assaults on teenage girls (Channel 4 News)

Meanwhile…

…in a clip not shown until today the publicist is seen creeping up on Sky News correspondent Tom Parmenter during the trial.

Pic: BBC/YouTube