Yearly Archives: 2016
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John Hyphen writes:
Someone needs to have a word with Dj Shadow about where Dublin hasn’t been for quite some time…
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9km/h fugitive Clare Daly TD
Have you seen this woman?
Do not approach her.
She’s upset the establishment.
Inspector Mel Smyth outlined that Deputy Daly, originally from Newbridge, has no previous convictions.
Defence Solicitor, Cairbre Finan, told the court that Deputy Daly is not present, but had come into court to instruct him to plead guilty on her behalf.
Judge Desmond Zaidan said: “She came into the court like everyone else, she saw how busy we were. A member of the Oireachtas came in and left, what kind of respect is that?.”
Judge Zaidan refused an adjournment and ordered a bench- warrant.
Ms Daly’s crime?
Driving 59 km/h in a 50 km/h area.
Good times.
Breaking: Judge in Naas Court orders warrant for arrest of Clare Daly TD (Kildare Now)
Yesterday: You’ll Get Nothing From Me
Previously: Wicked Leaks
Meanwhile…
Please RT. Reason @ClareDalyTD was in Newbridge that day she got done for speeding #vinb #horseracing pic.twitter.com/KYaSTlKosJ
— Padraig O'Mara (@beyourownreason) October 13, 2016
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Social Expenditure Paschal Donohoe discussing Budget 2017 at government buildings on Tuesday; James Larkin
So, about that budget.
James Larkin (no relation) writes:
An Open Letter from a Young Jobseeker to the Government
“All weekly social welfare payments … will rise by €5 per week” –
Paschal Donohoe
That’s not true Paschal. Those aged 18-24 are only getting an increase of €2.70 per week, bringing our total to €102.70 while those aged 26 and over are getting a €5 increase bringing them up to €193 per week. Why this discrimination Mr. Donohoe?
“There are lots of jobs available, I want them [young people] to take them up” –
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar
Surely you also want the over 25s to take them up too Leo? I don’t understand why we’re different? I’m an unemployed young person. I’ve got an undergraduate degree from Trinity College, a Master’s from University College London, and experience in my field.
I’ve been granted one job interview in the last 2 months despite myriad job applications.
Where are these jobs you’re talking about Mr. Varadkar? Because at the moment I really need one of them. At the moment I’m living in Dublin because it’s where all of these alleged jobs are on offer. Dublin… where rents are sky high, Dublin… where you’ve got to take our expensive public transport to get to your one job interview in the last two months, Dublin… where I’m given €102.70 a week and told I should be able to live on it.
Jobseeker’s allowance is there to help us look for jobs, to feed us, to have some semblance of a happy existence. Mr. Varadkar, why do you want to hinder me and not help me?
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan
It’s all starting to get a bit mad now Mr. Noonan. I’ve got a degree in maths and psychology and a Master’s of Science and you want me to get more education. I’ve got plenty of education Mr. Noonan, some might say I have too much. I don’t need more education, what I need is the support to find a job.
The question I find myself answering now is, why am I still here? My family is here, my girlfriend is here, my friends are here… for God’s sake, Ireland is my home, Mullingar is my home, Dublin is my home. I want to stay and contribute to society. I don’t want to have to emigrate.
I just need a little more money to help me look for the right job. I promise that if you help me out for the next little while I’ll pay it all back and more when I’ve a job.
Being a young jobseeker in Ireland isn’t sustainable at the moment. It’s getting to the point where it feels like I’ve no other choice but to leave my home behind and seek work abroad.
Does that seem fair to you Mr. Noonan?
Yesterday: A Young Person Reacts To Budget 2017
Rollingnews
Top Gut
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Choice store, Naas, County Kildare
John T writes:
Remember when one size used to fit all?
Hot Wheels
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From top: Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, Dublin 6; A Cheetah
‘sup?
A huge, exotic, hungry cat prowls Dublin 6.
Only Cecil can stop him.
Rarr.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
No one expects to meet a Big Cat in the leafy suburbs of south Dublin, but that’s what happened to Mr Cecil A. Graves at Grosvenor Square, Rathmines on March 3, 1913.
Mr Graves, described in contemporaneous news reports as a very important official in the Customs House, encountered the stray cheetah in the course of his evening constitutional.
Fortunately the customs official was also a man of action and – ably assisted in his defence by his loyal terrier – clubbed the feline interloper with a stick before stabbing it to death with his penknife.
No satisfactory explanation as to how a cheetah came to be prowling around Dublin 6 was ever forthcoming, although some suggested it might have been a pet of one of the soldiers stationed in nearby Portobello (now Cathal Brugha) Barracks.
The animal’s unclaimed carcass was ultimately appropriated by Mr Graves himself either as a trophy of the field or an illegal import. He subsequently sent it to a taxidermist to be stuffed.
The Natural History Museum in Merrion Square contains a very fine specimen of a cheetah. Perhaps it’s the same one?
Anyone?
Tales Of Old Dublin (Sibling of Daedalus)
Pics: Google Maps, pbase
The Bank Of England’s new plastic polymer five pound note, released last month, rigorously tested by this reviewer and used as a record stylus by Michael Ridge.