Yearly Archives: 2014

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You may recall yesterday’s Sex Siopa competition to win his ‘n’ hers adult toys from ireland’s first health and design focused  sex aid shop.

Runners-up

“My friend kevin Whitty deserves a designer sex toy because he’s got is an old Nokia 3210 that has got so much use it doesn’t even vibrate any more (therealkevinwhitty)

“My friend pussy deserves a designer sex toy because she’s a c***.” (Dolly)

Winners:

“My friend (me) deserves a designer sex toy because I am in the throes of redundancy arguments with the company I work for and would rather be in the throes of passion. Also I broke my last one and will be way too broke to buy a new one :)” (Katia)

“My friend joey deserves a designer sex toy because hes a design student doing his thesis and deserves a good one when he can! :) …plus the design is probably enough to get him going! :P” (John Boden22)

John’s ‘friend’ Joey wins a Red Dot design award winning Tenga 3D masturbation sleeve and Katia wins the brand new Minna Limon programmable vibrator. Winners AND Runners up win a box of Sir Richard’s’ condoms. Rarr.

Thanks all.

Sex Siopa

Previously: Something For The Weekend?

darklight

What you may need to know.

1. Darklight is Dublin’s pioneering festival of independent creativity. No, seriously.

2. Darklight has been showcasing new ways of making film, art and DIY culture for 15 years – from digital cinema to 3D printing. We’re big
fans.

3. This years programme includes a screening of the Director’s Cut of the Oscar nominated (and BAFTA winning) documentary ‘The Act of Killing’ (2012), directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, who will be present for the post-screening Q&A. It’s a bit of a masterpiece.

4. The programme also includes any amount of cool screenings, seminars, workshops and associated interactive fabulousness. It’s officially where it’s at. Find out more HERE.

5. Guess what? We’re giving away A PAIR OF SEASON TICKETS TO DARKLIGHT. Tell us what docuimentary beat the Act of Killing to the Oscar this year? First two correct win a season ticket EACH.

Release Date: 24 April

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For the weekend that’s in it,

Horgan! D’Arcy! Cullen! O’Connell! O’Gara! O’Driscoll! Other People!

All locking horns in the Celtic League final at An Sean Bóthar Lansdún on 15 December, 2001.

Carnage ensued.

The Irish Times reported the following Monday:

“When we look back at this one it could turn out to be a seismic day. Rumours of Munster’s impending demise may be a tad premature, but notions of Leinster’s emergence as a real force in Irish and European rugby were confirmed by this memorable win. Hallelujah. Leinster have come of age…”

FIGHT!

Meanwhile..

poster prize

The spirit of Irish rugby by Retro Eire

Fancy this on your wall?

We have one, yes ONE print to give away.

Simply PREDICT the score of tomorrow’s game. That’s all.

Lines MUST close at 2.45pm. 4.45pm.

classroom

Vienna-based filmmaker Nikolaus Vuckovic mucks about with Cinema4D, Octane Render, Photoshop, Aftereffects, Davinci Resolve, Cubase and VSL to show how the furniture in a classroom might let off steam after lessons have ended.

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A mere sample of the results of a Photoshop competition by online graphic design marketplace DesignCrowd to create believable hipsterised versions of famous folk.

The comp ended last week. Leo DiCaprio won.

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[From top: Former Chief Executive of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) Ian Elliott in September 2012 and Bishop of Down and Connor, Noel Treanor at a press conference after a meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference in Maynooth, Co. Kildare in 2008]

You may recall reports from earlier this month claiming that Mr Elliot – who carried out fieldwork in the diocese of Down and Connor in May 2013 – may sue Bishop Treanor over the December 2013 publication of the NBSCCCI review of safeguarding practice in the Diocese of Down and Connor, claiming the report failed to include a serious clerical child abuse case.

Mr Elliot told the Irish Independent that the diocese blocked the release of information it had about  former priest Jim Donaghy, who was jailed for 10 years in 2012 for abusing two altar boys and a trainee priest.

The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland rejected the claim in a statement on its website this week while also claiming that Mr Elliot “has not yet responded to our correspondence with him”.

This morning, Patsy McGarry reports:

Last night Mr Elliott told The Irish Times that he “stands resolutely by the comments [he] made” and that it was untrue of the board to say he had not responded to its correspondence. “We have been in communication through our respective lawyers.”

Catholic Church child protection board rejects criticisms of audit by Ian Elliott (Irish Times)

Church watchdog denies omissions in abuse report (Irish Independent)

Related: Ian Elliott may sue Catholic bishop over child protection report (BBC, March 8, 2014)

Previously: “By Covert Means”

Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

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[District Court Judge Anthony Halpin]

In Tallaght District Court:

A judge has caused outrage after saying he thinks “Muslims feel they can actually beat their wives” during the trial of a Somali man [Khadar Younis] accused of burglary at his former wife’s [Kara Ibrahim] house.

…

[Defence solicitor John O’Leary]  said there was no suggestion of a physical assault and Ms Ibrahim then said that she wanted to drop the case.

Outrage as judge claims: ‘Muslims feel they can beat their wives’ (Independent.ie)

Pic: Irish Sun