Yearly Archives: 2016

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A minimalist gem for the bottom of your stocking.

Judith Ritchie, at A Box For My Treasure writes:

Handmade in Dublin, these dainty gold choker gemstone necklaces come in a range of colours and lengths and are the perfect accessory to add a little flash of colour.

They cost €45 and can be purchased online at link below and Broadsheet readers can take 10% off all jewellery with the code XMAS10 (enter this at checkout).

P.S. All jewellery is packaged in a gorgeous gift box and there’s FREE postage for online orders!

Chokers (A Box For My Treasure)

A Box For My Treasure

Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.

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Louis Le Fronde writes:

Having nearly been run off the run road more than a few times in the last week in the annual wacky races engaged in by Dublin taxi drivers. Perhaps it’s time to standardise the city’s taxis and put a few of the Christmas part-time cowboys out of business. Above is a series of images of Milan’s concept taxi designed by Volkswagen…

FIGHT!

Pics: Volkswagon

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A graphic outlining the number of females on State-funded sports boards in yesterday’s Irish Times

What a load of codswallop. The proposal by Minister of State for Sport Patrick O’Donovan that 30 per cent of senior positions in Irish sporting organisations must be held by women within the next few years is poorly thought out.

First, he talks about fairness and equality, but then plucks that 30 per cent figure out of the air. The number of women participating in and involved in the administration of the various sports differs greatly.

Rather than a random figure of 30 per cent, the number of women in senior positions should be proportionate to their numbers in a particular sport.

Second, and more importantly, the Minister and his colleagues should perhaps put their own house in order before meddling in the affairs of sporting organisations. The population of Ireland is 50.1 per cent female, yet only 22 per cent of TDs are women.

I would take Mr O’Donovan’s proposal seriously if he achieved fairness and equality in Dáil Éireann and led the sporting organisations by example, rather than indulging in publicity stunts.

Donal McAuliffe,
Dublin 6W.

Gender quotas for boards of sports organisations (The Irish Times letters)

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This morning.

From 10am.

Nama’s chairman Frank Daly and Nama’s CEO Brendan McDonagh will appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer questions regarding the taking of notes and preparation of minutes at Nama board meetings on December 12, 2013 and January 8, 2014 – in relation to the sale of Project Eagle.

PAC’s chairman Seán Fleming previously stated:

“I find it surprising that at key meetings where the sale of Northern Ireland assets worth 1.3bn was being discussed that notes from which the minutes were to be prepared have not been retained by Nama. Put simply, this means these records have been disposed of and were destroyed. Therefore, the committee has agree to recall Nama to discuss this matter.”

Watch the proceedings live here

H/T: Namawinelake

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From top: Arran Smyth, and his ‘Nature Pak Picture’ ink jet paintings, €25 each

Arran Smyth is seven years old and from Dublin.

Arran writes:

My dad has helped me make a website, so I can sell prints of my drawings from my shop and give the money to Homes For Unwanted Greyhounds.

I really love greyhounds and I want to look after a greyhound someday.

I already have a dog called Mr Bojangles. He is a sheepdog.

Thank you, everybody.

Arran Smyth

Irish-made ‘Stocking Fillers’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No charge.

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Shot from below, as if flying through the air, a school of blue silversides swims through mangrove trees on a coral reef off Cuba.

The image, captured by underwater photographers David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes was one of National Geographic’s Best Photos Of 2016.

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