Yearly Archives: 2017

Clockwise from top left: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden

Seattle down!

Every week we give away a voucher worth TWENTY FIVE EUROS to spend at any of the 14 Golden Discs stores nationwide.

This week’s theme: Grunge

To mark the passing of Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave), what song from the Grunge canon ripples your flannel shirt?

To enter, please complete this sentence:

‘The most outstanding song of the Grunge genre is undoubtedly___________________because___________________’

Lines MUST close at 5.45pm.

Golden Discs

Taoiseach Enda Kenny

Enda Kenny will receive a lump sum payment of €378,000 and an annual pension of €126,000 The figures would bring the outgoing Taoiseach’s pension pot to over €2m.

Meanwhile…

On the issue of pensions, we must acknowledge that the average level of public pension in this State is €23,000. By January 1, 2018, anybody earning a pension below €32,400 will see the public service pension reduction eliminated. There are no princes or princesses in our party. We are a party that represents all levels of society, those with and those without.

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe in the Dáil last night

Good times.

Outgoing Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s €2m pension pot ‘cannot be justified at this time’ (Irish Independent)

Sweden Drops Investigation of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks Founder (The New York Times)

Update:

Oh.

Ross O’Mullane writes:

Now that the evenings are longer and the rain has warmed up a bit, we’re back with the map of cheap and free things.

But can you fill in the gaps?

What free or cheap event do you know of that we missed on the map this week? Best suggestion wins a €50 me to you voucher.

Lines close at 5.25pm

Cheap and free stuff to do this weekend 20th-21st May (Energia)