Bodypainter and makeup artist Georgina Ryland paints a scene from Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone onto her own décolletage. As you do.
Spellbinding, in fairness.
Yearly Archives: 2017
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MORE to folly.
Above from left Vicky Nami, Priya Young, and Alexa Brooke, of the Babestation interviewed by Colm Flynn, of the Today Show on RTÉ
This afternoon.
Westport, County Mayo
Models from the UK-based Babestation TV station apologise for “any misunderstandings” concerning their phone sex line number, which – if callers didn’t enter the +44 suffix – dialled straight through to a Westport number.
And the calls, while much cheaper, proved an unsatisfactory substitute. Apparently.
This morning.
Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
The launch by the Justice Committee of Reports on Traveller Ethnicity. To wit:
Traveller representatives have expressed confidence of a “historic” announcement in the coming weeks….Committee Chairperson Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has recommended that the Government should then conduct a review, in consultation with Traveller representative groups, of any legislative or policy changes required on foot of the recognition of Traveller ethnicity.
Pic 2 from left: Independent TDs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace with Singer and Senator Frances Black and Sinn Fein’s Justice Committee Chairman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláinin the AV room at Leinster house.
Oireachtas committee calls for recognition of Traveller ethnicity (RTÉ)
Sam Boal/RollingNews
Louis is back.
Dam.
Louis le Fronde writes:
I refer you to this very interesting article in The Guardian about Amsterdam benefitng from Brexit…and it begs the question, why would any firm move to Dublin when there is Amsterdam?
Anyone?
Devastating
at.@RBoydBarrett ‘ 91 % increase in homelessness in 2 years while #Nama land being sold to vulture funds’ #not1home #dail #HomeSweetHome pic.twitter.com/x0TJ8H0t9v
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) January 26, 2017
People Before Profit/Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Richard Boyd Barrett picks apart the government’s vulture fund housing policy to the visible chagrin of Housing Minister Simon Coveney during today’s leaders’ questions.
Free in Cork tonight?
Darragh writes:
After the misery of Christmas which saw overcrowding in Irish hospitals on a ridiculous scale, an event will be taking place in UCC [College Road, Cork] this evening [details at link below] looking at what can be done to avoid such situations in the future.
Roisin Shortall TD from the Social Democrats, will be joined by Tom O’Connor, lecturer in economics, public policy and health/social care, and Patricia O’Dwyer, public health nursing consultant, to not only identify problems, but also propose solutions, to the current nightmare of healthcare in Ireland