It seems the Irish Times are continuing their specific line of propaganda when it comes to the property market, lest anyone forget they are in the business of selling advertising.
I seem to recall they helped pump-prime the last bubble and took no responsibility when the market collapsed. They are more than happy to do it again, as yet another bubble is being artificially inflated….
The question remains will they ever learn, or more importantly will the gullible who bought into the last bubble, learn from their mistakes?
Further to the ongoing kerchief brouhaha concerning the post on the Repeal The Eighth silk scarf by Poland-born, Ireland-reared street artist Berriblue, (above) who now lives in Porto, Portugal with with her husband Wilim.
Wilim (with handlebar, top) has engaged in hand to hand combat in our comments arena over the past two days.
As a mark of respect, We have purchased ONE controversial scarf to give away.
Normally these will set you back 50 ‘large’ with half the profits going to the Abortion Rights Campaign.
But you can have it for nothing.
Sez Wilim
The scarf is printed on 100% habotai silk, with hand rolled hems. It measures 60cm x 60cm. The most interesting feature is that there are three different slogans – ‘Repeal the 8th,’ ‘My Body, My Choice,’ and ‘Her Body, Her Choice,’ for men. Since scarves are such a versatile accessory, you can tie it in a load of different ways, displaying different slogans.This instagram clip shows off the different slogans.
To enter, please complete this rhyme:
‘My scarf is a little red,
My scarf is a little blue,
___________________________’
Lines MUST close at 4.45pm MIDNIGHT stay open all weekend.
But please think of those suffering at this time in the Third World.
Digicel’s €6.2 billion debt is at “unsustainably high levels” at 6.2 times earnings at the group, Michael Chakardjian, an analyst with US credit research firm CreditSights, said at a conference in London this week.
He also said that the company’s cost-cutting plan was ambitious and opaque and that the company faces “near-term refinancing risks”.
Digicel said on Friday that it “fundamentally disagrees with the conclusions”, and has a positive outlook.
…The Bermuda-based company, which operates in 32 markets in the Caribbean and South Pacific regions, is in the middle of a third year of earnings decline, with its latest quarterly figures, to the end of September, hit particularly by currency weakness in several of its markets against the dollar…
Celine is a musician, choirmaster and music teacher currently living in Howth, Co Dublin.
She writes:
I’m an Irish woman who lived in America for 15 years….who fell in love with America and fell in love in America. My American husband and I have two children who have embraced both cultural identities. I love my extended family and friends in America, some Democrats, some Republicans. I’ve even had a Republican thought every once in a while. But not recently….
The Pitchford Inquiry in the UK is investigating all undercover police operations conducted by English and Welsh police forces in England and Wales since 1968.
Shell to Sea, the County Mayo-based group that fought the building of a natural gas pipeline through the village of Kilcommon, Erris, are calling for the Minister of Justice, Francis Fitzgerald to seek that the inquiry include the activities of undercover police in Ireland.
The German Government, the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland’s Justice Minister, have all called for the remit of the inquiry to be widen to include the activities of the undercover British police in their jurisdictions.
In an open letter Minister Fitzgerald, Shell To Sea writes:
It is known that undercover British police officer, Mark Kennedy operated in Ireland intermittently for a number of years including monitoring Shell to Sea in March 2006. It is suspected that after leaving the British police Mark Kennedy provided information on protesters to energy companies.
Shell to Sea is calling on Minister Fitzgerald to add her name to this list of other Governments and call for the Pitchford Inquiry to extend the inquiry into activities of undercover British officers in Ireland.
Shell to Sea have also made a submission to the Pitchford Inquiry and British Home Secretary seeking the terms of the inquiry be extended to include Ireland.
The seriousness of these undercover operations were emphasised by President Michael D Higgins speaking in 2011 regarding Mark Kennedy’s activities stating “It is of grave concern. This type of activity undermines respect for the law and it is very sinister in that it can damage good causes.”
Meanwhile..
Mark Kennedy (centre) at a Shell To Sea gathering In Bellnaboy, Co Mayo in 2006
Shell to Sea submtted the following questions to Minister Fitzgerald.
How many and which undercover British police officers targeted protesters opposing the Corrib gas project?
Who authorised Mark Kennedy’s (& any other undercover police officers) trips to Ireland?
What State bodies knew of the presence Mark Kennedy and other undercover police officers during their deployment here?
Who chose the Irish campaign groups, activists and protests to be targeted?
Who received any intelligence or evidence that was gathered by Mark Kennedy in relation to his monitoring of the Corrib Gas protesters
Did Shell or any other companies or people connected with the Corrib Gas Project receive any of the intelligence or evidence that was gathered by Mark Kennedy?
Did other foreign police or security services seek permission for or deploy undercover agents to monitor the activities of Corrib Gas protestors
Was any of the intelligence or evidence that was gathered by Mark Kennedy (or any other undercover police officers) used in the prosecutions of protesters opposed to Corrib Gas project?
Who paid for Mark Kennedy’s undercover work in Ireland? Did any of the money come from the Irish Exchequer?
What lawful authority did Mark Kennedy have to undertake his undercover operations in Ireland?
What details were the Gardaí and other State bodies given on Mark Kennedy’s undercover operations prior to him being deployed in Ireland?
What, if any “rules of engagement” with campaigners were given to Mark Kennedy during his time as an undercover agent in Ireland?
What oversight did the Gardaí or other State bodies have on Mark Kennedy during his time in Ireland?
Yesterday, we asked YOU, to lay out your favourite listens from the year that’s been.
On the line was a €50 voucher (twice the usual} for Golden Discs, usable at any of its fourteen branches around the country.
We specified:
‘The best thing I’ve heard all year was___________________________’
It was a big year for music both major and independent, and we had some great suggestions. But there could only be one winner.
LiamZero takes the voucher with the The Dame’s surprise swansong from January.
“‘Blackstar’ by Bowie, because in just three days, it went from being the remarkable rebirth of one of popular music’s greatest careers to being the most astonishing, beautiful, witty, dignified, clever and heartbreaking farewell of them all, filled with lyrics that suddenly revealed their hidden truths. It’s a poorer world without him, but at least he gave us a fitting goodbye.”
In further finds from the running we have two categories:
The Best thing I heard this year from this year
Starina: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was Girl Band’s Holding Hands With Jamie. Slightly deranged, with clever lyrics and deadly melodies. We should hold them up as an example of how great Irish music really can be.”
Witty Name: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was Let Me Get There by Hope Sandoval and the Warm Invention, featuring Kurt Vile. Warm, fuzzy tune, with great guitar. American singers with a great Irish band (Dirt Blue Gene, Colm O Ciosóig). Lovely album, takes your mind off all the madness of 2016.”
Kolmo: “The best thing I’ve heard all year is Deantown by Vulfpeck. Nothing on Earth has come close to being this toe-tappingly groovy. Nothing. Nada. Nix.”
Garreth: “Nick Cave, Skeleton Tree. A hard, brutal listen, but hauntingly beautiful. Masterpiece.”
Marklar: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was (Girl We Got A) Good Thing by Weezer. Full of joy and back to their best.”
The best thing I heard this from from another year:
Ouch: “Only discovered this Bowie gem when it was re-released this year on the Who Can I Be Now box set that covered his phenomenal 1974 – 1976 period. Amazing tune and it didn’t even make the cut to be released at the time…”
Wilson-IRL: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was Farewell Sarajevo by Maybeshewill from the album I Was Here For A Moment, Then I Was Gone. The album is a couple of years old but i first heard it this year and it’s the first album that I’ve repeatedly listened to, in its entirety, in over a decade.” (Recommended – Mike)
Niallo: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was Superstition by Stevie Wonder… No, no, wait! Come back… on 10+ grand’s worth of hi-fi gear at the listening room on Wicklow Street, blew me bleedin’ socks off, you can hear the placement of each of the instruments as if you were in the studio, ’twas unreal.”
Zena: “The best thing I’ve heard all year was, Cherokee Morning Song by Walela. It was released before 2016 but it’s one hell of a song, it’s sang in Native American too, simply beautiful.”
Sleep giant Mattress Mick (top left) at the Homeless reclamation last night and later, in video above, providing approximately 300 mattresses to occupied Apollo House, Tara Street, Dublin 1.
Axe throwing at Killruddery House & Gardens Christmas Farm Market, Southern Cross Road, Bray, Co Wicklow
The market is on 9am – 5pm this weekend and 1pm – 8pm Monday through to Thursday, December 22 and includes gifts, crafts and artisan foods from the best of local and small producers, Killruddery Christmas cakes AND puddings, hampers, and more,
