This afternoon.
Outside the Halfway House Pub at Ashtown, Dublin 7.
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the Dáil yesterday
Further to yesterday’s post on Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s misleading comments about the 8th amendment in the Dáil, and the subsequent call from the group TFMR Ireland (Termination for Medical Reasons) for him to correct the Dáil record…
Ellen Coyne, in The Times Ireland edition today, reports:
Ruth Coppinger, the socialist TD for Dublin West, had tried to correct Mr Kenny after he made his comments in the Dail.
“Nobody in 33 years has ever had a vote on the Eighth Amendment, and the taoiseach either doesn’t know that or deliberately gave the impression that they had,” Ms Coppinger said.
“When people were given the opportunity in 1992 and 2002 to vote to make abortion even more restrictive, they rejected it. The taoiseach is completely incorrect, people do not want to keep the Eighth Amendment.”
...The Department of the Taoiseach did not respond to requests for a comment.
Activists tell Kenny to correct abortion claim (Ellen Coyne, The Times)
Previously: ‘The People Decided To Keep That Reference In The Constitution’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoJlp8r9628
What you may need to know:
1. A reformed criminal (Nicholas Hoult) backslides into his old ways to save his girlfriend (Felicity Jones).
2. German-set Fast and Furious-style car porn thriller.
3. With Sir Ben of Kingsley (strong, like bull) and Sir Anthony of Hopkins (calm voice/SHOUTY VOICE).
4. Formerly known as “Autobahn”, this has been sitting on the shelf since last October when the studio went bankrupt.
5. Four weeks of reshoots have been ordered for Jones’ Star Wars: Rogue One. This could be down to test audience stupidity or a sign of bigger problems.
6. Broadsheet prognosis: Autobahn Garda.
Release Date: August 19.
(Mark writes about film and TV at ScreenTime.ie)
Works by South Korean artist Kim Byung Kwan, who describes his oeuvre thus:
What I would like to express through my work is very simple. I am trying to bring out strangeness from familiarity.
*fistbump*
Two hours ago we asked:
What is your funeral song?
You answered in your dozens.
But there could be only one winner.
The Bad Ambassador wrote:
“In the unbearably sad event of my death, I would like Fiesta by The Pogues (above) to be played as they cremate my mortal remains because it’s appropriately mournful for 30 seconds before launching, unapologetically into full-on party mode – which perfectly reflects how I want my funeral to be.”
‘The Bad Ambassador’ wins a voucher worth €25 to spend at his/her leisure at any of the 13 Golden Discs stores nationwide.
Bubblin’ under
Nello: “In the unbearably sad event of my death I would like ‘Tha Crossroads’ by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because it would be a fitting song as they lay my Thugish Ruggish Bones to rest.”
Optimus Grime: “In the event of my (premature) death I would like to have Organ Donor by DJ Shadow because I carry and organ donor card and I can only hope a few bits of me would live on in other people.”
Pip: “In the sad event of my death, I would like Lay Me Low by The Albion Band (English folk rock) to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because it’s very moving and strikes a rather different note…‘Lay me low, Lay me low, where no-one can find me, where no-one can see me, where no-one can hu-urt me’.”
Kolmo: “In the unbearably sad event of my death, I would like Coaineadh Cú Chullain by Davy Spillane to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because everyone will start roarin’ and cryin’ with the haunting beauty of the uileann pipes, which will make me look far more popular than I actually am. as i am quite the disagreeable cur.”
Ronan Fitzgerald: “In the unbearably sad event of my death, I would like “Funeral Tango” by Scott Walker to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because it’s pretty true & funny’
Someneck: “In the unbearably sad event of my death, I would like ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ by Robbie Burns (as sang by Eddi Reader) to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because it’s the most beautiful parting song there is.
Carnie: “In the unbearably sad event of my death, I would like “Cristo Redentor” by Donald Byrd to be played as they lower/cremate my mortal remains because it’s an incredibly emotional song and when I hear it I get images of those New Orleans funeral processions. It will surely make even the hardest of men weep like a children. Then I will have the last laugh!”
Thanks all.
Earlier: One More Choon
Thumper – new EP and festival appearances
What you may need to know…
01. Dublin five-piece Thumper have been carving out a niche in the city’s lo-fi/pop community.
02. Starting as a solo project, Thumper’s debut EP released in March of least year, and led to regular gigging around Dublin, as well as a run of dates with Blades Club.
03. Streaming above is the video for new single Rent is Due, available with a pre-order of their new E.P., magnum opuss, releasing June 17th via Little L Records. A limited run of tapes is also on the way.
04. Appearing next at Knockanstockan, Electric Picnic, and the UK’s Truck fest.
Verdict: Noisy, jagged poppy ruckus covered in tape hiss and overdrive. No-nonsense action.
Behold: the Potoo – a type of frogmouth bird, native to Central and South America, whose gaping maw is adapted to capturing insects.
Which it does at night. Obviously.
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Ah now.
Liam writes:
Summer’s over…according to the killjoys in Marks and Spencer (Henry St, Dublin 1). Luckily the kids are still in school so they don’t know.
Brogue One
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“Ah get out of the garden“?
Alex Cassidy, of Expedia, writes:
This is our Accent Map of the British Isles. We’ve been running the accent map for nearly 3 months, and have been tracking and recording the data that has come from the near 1,000,000 guesses that 250,000 users have made from over 200 different countries.
The results for the Northern Irish accent show that it has a remarkable 69.79% correct answer rate; which is one of the highest out of all of the 15 dialects that we chose to be part of the map.
This makes Northern Ireland, per our data, one of the most recognisable accents in the UK, finishing just behind RP English (74%) and Glaswegian (78%). (It also finished just 0.25% more recognisable than the Southern Irish accent, which had 69.54% correct answers)…