Yearly Archives: 2016

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Fiona Reddan, in the Irish Times, reports:

“First-time buyers are struggling to get on the first step of the property ladder as a result of a significant increase in the down payment required to fund the property transaction.”

“According to figures from the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), the average deposit needed to buy a property in Dublin has more than doubled to €51,000 as of the end of 2015, a level of savings which may be out of the reach of many.”

“…The new regulations mainly affect those looking to buy property in the larger metropolitan parts of the country, where a deposit of 80 per cent is needed for property purchases for first time buyers on the portion in excess of €220,000.”

Soaring deposits puts houses out of first-time buyers’ reach (The Irish Times)

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You may recall a previous post about pharmaceutical assistants.

Ailbhe Ní Bhroin, whose mother is a pharmaceutical assistant, explained that proposed changes to legislation will see pharmaceutical assistants only getting 12 hours of work a week.

Ailbhe,  writes:

“I’m going to present my mom with a petition signed by hundreds of people that agree that changing a person’s qualification 42 years after it was conferred is bullshit.

I’m gonna try save my mammy’s job, and those of her 392 colleagues, Please sign or share if you haven’t already. G’wan.”

Petition here

Previously: Meanwhile, At A Chemist Near You

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This afternoon.

Fresh Garda graduates ‘passing out’ in Templemore.

Any excuse

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Fight!

The Irish Wolfhound writes:

The hit TV show ‘Vikings’, shot down in Ashford Studios, Co. Wicklow, has featured some hard hitting, high octane action over it’s four seasons.

In this clip from the new series, Irish Actor Moe Dunford (in black) and Irish Stunt Professional Keith Ward engage in a gritty no holds barred fight for a key that unlocks the tower in which the Queen is being held captive.

It’s worth noting that no stunt double was required for the Herculean effort that Moe brings to this fight.

The episode ‘Kill the Queen’ Season 4 Episode 2 ‘Vikings’, is directed by another Irish professional – award winning director Ciaran Donnelly.

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What you may need to know:

1. It’s the first proper look at Paul Feig’s ill-advised reboot. And it hasn’t gone down well.

2. “I’m not a misogynist, but I play one on TV”. The decision to go with an all-female cast has been heavily criticised since the project was first announced.

3. Now Leslie Jones is getting heat over the fact that her character is the only one of the principal cast that’s not a scientist.

4. Calm down. No one’s childhood is getting raped.

5. Yes, this looks terrible. No, it’s not funny. But it’s probably no worse than the Ghostbusters 3 project that Dan Aykroyd was developing for over a decade. And it won’t change how good the original Ghostbusters is.

6. Broadsheet prognosis: Stinky McStinkeroo. In 3D.

Release Date: July 15.

(Mark writes about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

The Shaker Hymn

The Shaker Hymn – launching new album Do You Think You’re Clever? on April 1st and gigging around the country throughout April and May.

Here’s what you may need to know…

01. Friends since childhood, and based in the real capital, The Shaker Hymn are a four-piece with indie, pop and psych-rock sensibilities. Formed in 2012, the band came together after a two-month American excursion.

02. Streaming above is the video for Trophy Child, the first single from second album Do You Think You’re Clever?. Follow-up single Sucking It Out features a GoPro-driven video filmed at Cork’s Mother Jones’ Flea Market, which can be seen here.

03. Do You Think You’re Clever? launches on April 1. The whole LP was recorded in nine days, and will be the band’s second album just inside of 24 months, following 2014’s Rascal’s Antique.

04. The accompanying tour kicks off the same night, with a date at the newly-reopened Connolly’s of Leap, before the band spends April and May playing out, heading to Galway, Lahinch, Cork city, Westport, Cavan, Clonakilty, Myrtleville and Ballydehob, winding up at the Bernard Shaw in Dublin. Full date and venue details available here.

Verdict: Plenty here for fans of Britpop’s reverbier excesses, psych’s more accessible corners or those just in search of some good, honest rock ‘n’ roll. Approved.

The Shaker Hymn.