<<<Actual letter sent to me by Fine Gael today. pic.twitter.com/EnI28bm7ds
— Cllr Ossian Smyth (@smytho) December 1, 2016
Michael Pidgeon writes:
A decent Green Party councillor in Dún Laoghaire got sent this bizarre letter from Fine Gael for the incredible local work they’ve been doing in (area)
MORE to folly.
Next year today.
Nicole Buckler writes:
Old Moore’s Almanac is 253 years old and has been a stocking-filler since its inception. In 2016 our inhouse psychic predicted that 2016 was a year that would not be remembered fondly. And that was truly the sentiment by the end of the year.
The magazine holds on to its position as having one of the highest circulations of any indigenous magazine in the country. With a print run of 47,000 copies, it has enjoyed a revival in recent years due to its accurate predictions and its love of futurism.
Irish-made Stocking fillers to broiadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.
The Phoenix notes that INM chief executive Robert Pitt humorously refers to journalists as “non profit generating content providers”. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/cC1W6IX2As
— Christine Bohan (@ChristineBohan) December 1, 2016
SPLUTTER!
The Phoenix Magazine (Facebook)
Pic Belfast Telegraph
Police said the calls from 350 people saying they had suffered abuse came in just six days, from 24 to 30 November, and related to all aspects of football, from grassroots up to professional.
The number continues to grow, police said, and victims may have to wait because of the “significant” volume of reported child sex abuse crimes in football that have been reported since the Guardian’s revelations.
In a statement the national police chiefs’ council lead for child protection, chief constable Simon Bailey, said:
“It is important to note that this is an indicative figure only, and that information is still being collated, numbers will, therefore, continue to change.”
Police and experts believe the sexual abuse of children is massively underreported in Britain.
The former Newcastle United striker David Eatock became the latest footballer to tell police he was sexually abused in the sport. He told the Guardian that he was sexually abused during his time at the club by George Ormond, a former club youth coach.
Police say 350 people have come forward to report child sex abuse in football (The Guardian)
Football child sex abuse: Ex-Newcastle player David Eatock latest to speak out (BBC)
Pic Yahoo
Apologies for the sporadic postage in the last hour. Unforeseen circumstances. Normal service has now resumed. Thanks.
Today’s Irish Times
Bewildered Student writes:
Advertising for people to carry out deportations?
Good times/Anyone?
Today. Tesco, Rathmines, Dublin 6.
Jim O’Callaghan writes:
Is the recession over yet ?
Warner UK are to release the first new single from The Smiths in 21 years, a 7″ led by a demo of The Boy With the Thorn in His Side, backed up with an unreleased take of Rubber Ring.
The artwork, featuring Albert Finney, was laid out by Morrissey.
No confirmed release date at this time.
But, yeah, reunion confirmed.
H/T True to You
Meanwhile…
Mmm.
Festive.
According to intelligence sources, the CIA started to plan the dropping of a 400-pound Steinway on Castro’s remains the moment the agency was made aware of the Cuban leader’s passing.
Agents devised a system where they would tie a piano to a helicopter and fly it above the funeral processional, but in a mortifying turn of events, the rope was reportedly cut too early, and the piano fell out of the sky and landed harmlessly 50 yards ahead of the march…
The Onion’s ClickHole spin-off has long since outdone its mothership in terms of laughs/relevance, and they’ve done it again this morning.
Earlier: Dan Boyle: Holiday In Havana
