This morning.
Listowel, Co kerry
Thanks King Dumb
Yearly Archives: 2016
Noel Finn of the Franciscan Well Brewpub (North Mall, Cork City) writes:
Just wondering if ye would give our wee Beerfest a few words, it’s our 16th annual Irish beer festival where Irish breweries gather to show off their flagships along with seasonal Spring specials. Participating breweries this year include:
9 White Deers, Bo Bristle, Blacks of Kinsale, Black Donkey, Cotton Ball, JJs Brewery, Kinnegar, Mountainman, Metalman, O Brother Brewing, Rascals, Rising Sons, Stonewell Cider, Torc, Trouble Brewing, UCC, West Cork Brewing, Whiplash, White Gypsy, Yellow Belly and of course, the Franciscan Well. In a word… Nom.
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This morning.
Navan Road, Dublin 7
Cheesy writes:
Why are people waiting for Dublin Buses always such cocks?
Mickey Twopints asks:
Since the Central Bank of Ireland introduced “rounding” of change for cash transactions in shops and supermarkets, I haven’t heard a complaint, nor do I have one to offer. Except, that is, to the signage on display in each branch of one of our favourite German supermarkets.
No mention there of the voluntary nature of the arrangement, the rights of a customer to demand exact change, or of the “policy” of the Central Bank (detailed in their “Rounding – Retailer Guidebook”):
“(the retailer)…could also choose to apply Rounding in a compulsory manner at some part of their store, as long as the customer has some option in that store to get their exact change if they want it.
For example, they could apply compulsory rounding at self serve machines and to direct customers who want exact change to manned tills. In such cases the options should be clearly communicated to the customer with appropriate signage.”
Incompetence or Germanic arrogance? Was sagst du?
Defiant Row
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This morning.
West Belfast Lombard Street, Dublin.
Very fleggy.
Thanks Oval Head
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Lauren Crothers writes:
My ma tore off random chunks of bread for the dog and buttered the rest for herself when she realised…
From top: John Connors (above) and Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show last Friday
You may have seen actor John Connors speak to Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ’s the Late Late Show last Friday.
Mr Connors’ appearance came ahead of his documentary, called I Am Traveller, to be broadcast on RTÉ Two on Thursday night.
Grab a tay.
Ryan Tubridy: “I’ve heard you saying that you felt that the Travelling community were well represented in Love/Hate in a way that you hadn’t before. Is that the case?”
John Connors: “Yeah.”
Turbridy: “Did you enjoy playing that role?”
Connors: “Yeah, I did yeah. Though I think, because what it dis was for the first time it portrayed a culture realistically – we talked in our language and we had our music involved. I know that I was a pipebomb dealer making pipebombs and, you know, killing people…”
Tubridy: “So you were delighted with the representation?”
Connors: “Yeah, 100%.”
Laughter
Connors: “But you see the way I justified it in my own mind…”
Tubridy: “Go on, why?”
Connors: “Every other settled person there was killing people..”
Tubridy: “Yeah.”
Connors: “So once there’s one Traveller killing people, it wasn’t too, we had to balance it up a little bit.”
Tubridy: “So we’re all ok then?”
Connors: “Yeah.”
Tubridy: “Ok. Well you’ve made this programme, the documentary called I Am Traveller and I watched it and it packs a punch, let’s face it. And it’s, I guess, well why don’t you tell me: what is it? Or why is it called, even, I Am Traveller?”
Connors: “Well it’s called I Am Traveller because RTE called it I Am Traveller.”
Tubridy: “You didn’t decide it?”
Connors: “No, no, the original name was actually The K Word, knacker basically. And I thought that was a powerful title but..”
Tubridy: “Did you want to call it The Knacker?”
Connors: “No, The K Word. Just to show, just The K Word, to show the power behind the word.”
Tubridy: “Yeah.”
Connors: “You know what I mean? And to show that. But RTE changed that, probably shouldn’t go down that road.”
Tubridy: “Tell us, it’s a pity in some ways because it would have said, it would have packed a bigger punch, for you, cause you wanted to say it and highlight that.”
Connors: “Yeah, yeah, 100%.”
Tubridy: “And why, why The K Word?”
Connors: “Why The K Word? Because, well because knacker is a word that’s used day in, day out in Irish society, and it’s used towards Travellers and it’s a very hateful word.”
Tubridy: “Yeah.”Continue reading →
This afternoon.
The Spire, O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Bonkers writes:
Are the Gardai watching Sky Sports on their satellite enabled vans? Or are they watching out for dissidents for the week that’s in it?
We may never know.