Phillip Davis writes:
Hi, just wanted to share a video of my garden which got itself a rain blister as the ground got saturated :) took a shovel to it after the video to let the pressure out, that was strangely satisfying.
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From top: Howard Marks on the Late Late Show in 1997 when he was called ‘Mr Evil’ by Mary Harney; Meeting Aodhan O’Riordan (right) with Hot Press journalist Olaf Tyaransen (centre) last November.
Backstage [at the Metropolis Festival at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4] I spot Drugs Minister Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and invite him to come over and say hello.
The last time Howard met an Irish minister was on The Late Late Show in 1997 (I was also present). Mary Harney wasn’t impressed, telling Gay Byrne that she considered him to be “Mr Evil.”
Ó Ríordáin is far more pleasant and open-minded, later tweeting a picture of us all together along with the comment that it was “Great chatting.” What a difference 18 years can make…
Olaf Tyrannsen, Hot Press, November 2015
Minister Aodhan O’Riordan meets Howard Marks At Metropolis (Hot Press)
Howard Marks obituary: Britain’s Most Charming Drug Smuggler (The Guardian)
Saturday.
The Clyde Court Hotel, formerly the Berkeley Court Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 getting demolished to make way for new apartments. To wit:
The site has planning permission for 190 apartments.
Thanks Luke brennan
Stop doing that.
Karlj writes:
You should put up a select transcript from today’s Liveline [RTÉ Radio 1. The host went off on an angle about this letter (above) in Alive! [Catholic newspaper] and the editor Fr [Brian] Mc Kevitt was able for him.
However each point the priest was made was twisted by Joe Duffy or other callers and it descended into a farce. In particular Joe Duffy questioning Alive! policies and not being able to defend RTÉ licence payers being used to pay 3 producers for a 75 minute show! Fr McKevitt has previous complained to the BAI about Joe Duffy’s treatment….
Fight!
Listen back here
Sad Max
at
‘sup?
Dublin SPCA write:
Max is missing since 10am this morning. He got out of his house on the Clonkeen Road [Co Dublin] near Cornelscourt [Foxrock, Dublin 18]. Please if you live in the surrounding areas of Blackrock and Cabinteely keep an eye out for him. Owners sick with worry. If you see him take him to your nearest vet to be scanned as his chip is registered to owners.
Anyone?
He’s Ireland’s most divisive puppet.
But who’s pulling the strings?
Podcaster Gearoid Farrelly (above) writes:
I made a podcast episode [below] about the story of Bosco. It includes an interview with the woman behind the Bosco, puppeteer Paula Lambert, of the Lambert Puppet Theatre.
Little Treasure with Paula Lambert and Bosco (Gearoid Farrelly, Headstuff)
Ah now.
Colin writes:
BBC carries GAA image of Xi Jingping at Croke Park in February 2012 to illustrate how he’s a football enthusiast as China announces timeline for intended football supremacy.
Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google, Amazon. These top tech companies each receive over a quadrillion resumes per year (source needed). So it’s safe to say they have a good process for choosing the best job candidates. But what is it?
READ ON: Here are Google, Amazon and Facebook’s Secrets to Hiring the Best People (The Cooper Review)
