Come in, it’s lovely.
Kieran Greene writes:
Shot some epic drone footage around the 40 Foot – Dún Laoghaire [Co Dublin] last night…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Cloud Nein
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AAWeatherWatch tweetz:
Good morning Ireland – not a cloud in the sky and likely to remain that way all day! Very pleasant in the sunshine!
Inshallah
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Further to yesterday’s letter in the Irish Times…
Barbara McCarthy, in The Times Ireland edition, reports:
John Hammond, deputy chief executive of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, said that the Koran was included because of its literary and linguistic value rather than its religious value.
The NCCA said that it received a complaint from a Christian parent of a student, contesting the assumption that all Arabic students were Muslims and had a knowledge of the Koran.
Eight separate sections of the Koran are identified as prescribed texts in the exam.
“The council is willing to address the issue that it is compulsory and will look into making it optional for the next school year,” Mr Hammond said.
Koran may be dropped from Leaving Cert (The Times Ireland edition)
Yesterday: Leaving Cert Fail
Behold: the Super Servant 4 – a huge, semi submersible yacht transporter doing its dippy trippy thing at Martinique.
‘sup?
Government formation discussions as envisioned by Morgan C Jones.
Includes the lesser-spotted Lowry.
Earlier: On Political Responsibility
3D TV
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Spotted yesterday afternoon overlooking Rosslare Harbour, county Wexford.
(Thanks Jim Cowman)
What you may need to know:
1. Fratboy Jake (Blake Jenner) navigates his first weekend of big school.
2. Richard Linklater follows the monumentally overrated Boyhood (2014) with this “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused (1993).
3. More like a spiritual sequel to Porky’s (1982).
4. It’s safe to say that this one won’t be bothering the Oscars.
5. Linklater almost makes Kevin Smith look sophisticated. Almost.
6. Broadsheet prognosis: None for me thanks.
Release Date: May 13.
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (above) signed a resolution which declares pornography “a public health hazard
In Utah they’re pouring their scorn,
On the evil temptations of porn,
So bodily bits,
Like arses and tits,
Are banned now, along with the horn.
John Moynes
(Bloomberg)
GAA Fan writes:
And you complain about the price of tickets to matches? Yesterday afternoon at Adam’s auction house someone paid €4,200 plus fees for a ticket to a match that was played almost one hundred years ago. Of course it was to that infamous Bloody Sunday game.
