Behold the first recorded steps of South Korean firm Hankook Mirae Technology’s apparently real and fully functioning, 4m tall, 1.5 tonne, onboard-human-operated, bipedal, like-something-out-of-Avatar-looking mecha, METHOD-2.
South Korea robot: Designer insists massive Method-2 is real (CNN)
Tomorrow night.
At The Sound House at 28, Eden Quay, Dublin 1, at 7.30pm.
As part of the First Fortnight festival, Culture Vultures – a pop culture, salon event co-curated by Andrea Keogh and its presenter Tony Clayton-Lea – will host I Have A Tribe, actor Liam Cunningham, Calvin James (Syrias Vibes) and Kerrie O’ Brien.
Sez they:
Patrick O’Laoghaire, aka I Have A Tribe, spent most of last year travelling Europe performing songs from his debut album, Beneath A Yellow Moon.
Last year, Kerrie O’Brien she was shortlisted for the Penny Dreadful Novella Prize, and is currently working on her debut novel. In October of last year, her debut collection of poetry, Illuminate, was published by Salmon Poetry. Kerrie is also the editor of Looking At The Stars, a limited edition anthology of Irish writing that aims to raise €15,000 for the Dublin Simon Community.
The current conflict in Syria is recognised globally as a human rights issue, and in an exclusive Culture Vultures event for First Fortnight, we bring together two Irish people who have first-hand experience of a country in chaos and people in turmoil: DJ Calvin James, of Scoop Foundation and actor Liam Cunningham – in conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea.
Culture Vultures (First Fortnight)
Previously: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Property prices have climbed to dangerous levels in several advanced economies, raising the risk of massive price falls if markets overheat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Catherine Mann, the OECD’s chief economist, said the think-tank was monitoring “vulnerabilities in asset markets” closely amid predictions of higher inflation and the prospect of diverging monetary policies next year.
Meanwhile..
Good times.
Irish property prices to increase by at least 8% in 2017 (Fiona Reddin, Irish Times)
Thanks Louis Le Fronde
‘sup?
Janet Ate My Avatar writes:
Kitcha (left) and Leo…last of the season’s mutts…
Patrick Gaines writes:
Post festivities snooze for Sadie.
My pet at Xmas to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘My Pet At Xmas’.
How long ago?
Gar Dunleavy, at Hanley menswear in Galway, writes:
It may be the oldest Gift voucher we’ve ever received. check out the date of issue!!
In case you missed it.
Posted on December 30 on their Facebook page and other social media, this PR video from Fine Gael seems to have struck a chord.
Deep breath.
And so on in that fashion.
FIGHT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIIoMaidXq0
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1997 Special Edition*) in its entirety, except that it speeds up a little every time someone shoots a laser.
This won’t take long.
(*H/T youkilledmyfatherpreparetodie)
‘What do we want, homes for the homeless’ #ApolloHouse #HomeSweetHome pic.twitter.com/3L38w6mUPX
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) January 3, 2017
Now.
Outside Apollo House on Poolbeg Street, off Tara Street, Dublin 2.
Supporters of the Home Sweet Home occupation of the building – including Transition Year students Emma and Aisling, from Tipperary, top – gather before marching to the Department of Finance offices.
There, a letter and petition will be given to the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, calling on him to direct NAMA to use its property assets to address the homelessness and housing crisis in Ireland.
More as we get it.
Earlier: Apollo, Nama And You
Pics: Home Sweet Home
UPDATE:
The latest from #apollohouse @rtenews @HSHIreland pic.twitter.com/tYOvrGO0gd
— Conor Hunt (@conorfhunt) January 3, 2017
UPDATE:
On foot for receiving the aforementioned letter and petition…
The Department of Finance has released the following statement:
The Department of Finance today received a letter from the Home Sweet Home group, which is ten pages long and covers details relevant to the actions taken by that group. The Department of Finance will consider the content and a response will issue in due course.
The Government are aware of the powers of NAMA under the NAMA Act 2009.
NAMA has already been active in this space and have offered almost 7,000 units to local authorities for use as social housing. NAMA advise that of these local authorities have taken up c. 2,400 units for social housing use.
NAMA also has plans to facilitate the delivery of 20,000 private residential units on sites securing its loans in Dublin and its surrounds in the period to 2020.
NAMA is well on its way to deliver on that target and from Q1 2014 to December 2016 have facilitated the delivery of 4,500. The associated 10% social housing delivered on such sites should not be forgotten and is a further meaningful contribution to addressing shortages. This initiative highlights how NAMA can advance its commercial mandate whilst also being mindful of ancillary social objectives.
The availability of housing is the key priority for Government and has been the focus of a number of measures introduced under the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland Plan. The Department of Finance, the Minister for Finance, and NAMA continue to support that work.
