MUMMY!
Dara Flynn writes:
Clery’s, [O”Connell Street, Dublin 1] 1982. I was terrified of Santa and wouldn’t let go of my Mother’s hand (I’m the girl). I cried a lot afterwards….
Mmf.
Meanwhile…
Eek!
Paul Flynn writes:
I remember vividly the sweet scent of Major fags and McArdles. Circa 1976, Dundalk Shopping Centre (aka Penny’s)…
Care to share your joy from the department store grotto? Santa Claus and YOU to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Santa And Me’.
Earlier Santa And Me: Don Reilly
In fairness.
‘I’m Your Man’ by Cathal Manning
Oil on canvas with purple-smeared palette knife.
This afternoon.
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Protesters, including Cystic Fibrosis sufferer Jillian McNulty (above) outside Leinster House expressing dismay at the Health Service Executive decision to not fund the Cystic Fibrosis Orkambi tablet over ‘exorbitant charging’. The drug costs $259,000 a year in the United States.
Meanwhile, inside the Dáil chamber:
….Enda Kenny said there was a big difference between the €160,000 being sought per patient annually by Vertex (makers of Orkambi and the €30,000 value put on the drug by the National Pharmaceutical Agency.
Amid exchanges with the Opposition, Mr Kenny said he did not hear the company say it was prepared to come way down on the price.
“If they are prepared to come way down from €160,000 per patient, well then let us see what they are talking about,’’ he added.
Orkambi company charge ‘grossly excessive’, says Kenny (Irish Times)
Leah Farrell/Rollingnews
Update:
This afternoon.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin address protestors.
Leah Farrell/Roillingnews
LE BOOM – Dub-American synth-pop
What you may need to know…
01. Chris and Aimie (no surnames) are the transatlantic synth-pop duo LE BOOM, based between Dublin and Brooklyn.
02. Hotly tipped by the Irish Times and State.ie for bigger things domestically, their work in the U.S. is paying off, with recent glowing reviews from Paste Magazine.
03. Streaming above is the video for single What We Do, a taster of their first formal release due next year. Filmed in Brooklyn, with featured dancer Breckyn Drescher.
04. Catch them next at Floating Joints XI at Connolly’s of Leap on the 17th, supporting Meltybrains?
Verdict: Super-tight synth-pop with indie touches, the duo easily has it in them to elude the big-name comparisons and put their own stamp on Irish electronica.
Ah now.
Dublin city centre.
Johnny writes:
Kerry independent TD Danny Healy-Rae blocking a yellow box this morning: “God is holding up traffic and there’s nothing we can do about it”
The slang words and portmanteaux literally every kampfer was using throughout 2017.
MORE: Slang 17 (Funkshot)
Europe.
They need YOU.
Tom Moylan writes:
The European Solidarity Corps is being launched today. It’s pretty much Europe’s version of the Peace Corps. People between 17 and 30 can sign up for volunteering and paid work experience opportunities (both in Ireland and other EU countries).
Areas to work in include working with refugees, working with the elderly, healthcare, environmental protection, arts, disaster prevention, teaching and loads of others….
Learn more/sign up here.
