I’m fairly sure the papers aren’t helping. But we keep posting them… and reading them… and assigning importance to them.
It’s weird.
Headlines aren’t helping.
Man On Fire
All bought and paid for by lobby groups.
Treasa
+1 The Mail yesterday being a prime example.
GiggidyGoo
When is Joe Duffy’s next Funny Friday?
B9Com From No
Today
GiggidyGoo
Aye, it’s a place you’d hear such gems like the fellow who took a viagra one night and it got stuck in his throat. He woke up with a stiff neck.
Or the fellow who went to court after taking a few, and ended up with a stiff sentence.
eoin
“Judge Michael Walsh refused to grant an application for reporting restrictions on the case”
The govt is considering a ban on naming suspects in sexual assault cases (there is already a ban on naming suspects in cases involving the more serious crime of rape).
I hope there is no such ban. Naming suspects creates publicity, which, in general and not specific to this case, may prompt other alleged victims to come forward to bolster a case in an area of law which is notoriously difficult to prosecute. In fact, I think the ban on naming rape suspects should be lifted in the Republic for the same reason.
dav
yes, because prejudice is very helpful in our trial by jury system
eoin
I suppose our justice system tries to balance the rights of all parties.
Funny to see this morning that a man extradited from Spain 2.5 years ago on alleged sex abuse grounds and who was on bail, presumably after being charged, has disappeared and, when you’d think there would be strong public interest grounds for naming the suspect, who is now a fugitive and needs to be apprehended, the media are all silent on naming him, though they do give out the extremely prejudicial, and arguably irrelevant, info that the suspect is the former leader of the IRA in the Republic of Ireland. The law really is an ass.
eoin
Interesting article from Australian media on conditions in the detention camp which holds Lisa Smyth.
“”Yesterday one of the guards told me, ‘wait till the Americans leave [Syria], then we’ll do to you what ISIS did to the Yazidi women’.””
topsy
Now, I wonder how she ended up in that camp?
eoin
The Love In “media” group [the plugs-for-free-dinners group according to some], is reportedly being put up for sale with an incredible price tag of €10m. These days, Love In is owned by Denis O’Brien’s nephew Emmet O’Neill. As well as being probably still a member of Ireland’s Top 200 richest people, Denis is of course a Maltese resident. It’s no surprise therefore to see there’s a LoveInMalta operation, what is surprising is, it has published material which might be considered unhelpful to Denis’s Maltese hosts.
Prisons are supposed to keep drugs out of prisons.
They have a group of staff who are supposed to keep drugs out of prisons.
As part of that work, they keep tabs on suspicious visitors and prison officers.
That’s straightforward.
“She [Patricia Gilheany, the Inspector of prisons] said some of this “may evidence illegal conduct. She said certain evidence, which was uncovered by the IPS and brought to her attention, “may have been obtained unlawfully and/or involve the unauthorised collection of personal data”. says the Examiner (Cormac O’Keeffe).
However, Mick Clifford goes far, far further and writes ““The inspector reported that the governor of the OSG [prison group responsible for detecting drugs] has claimed he knew nothing of the illegal activity”
Was the surveillance of staff and visitors by the prison service which is supposed to investigate drugs activity, “illegal”? If it is, then the whole private investigations business in this country is on shaky legal ground.
some old quare
Brexit: Pelosi warns UK not to jeopardise Belfast Agreement
Now this raises a very interesting scenario- No Deal Brexit effectively tears up the GFA which in turn means the US will not do a trade deal with Britain?
I think it is time the GFA had it’s own twitter account btw.
The Irish government is putting up €50m for the Ryder Cup in 2026.
The Irish Times reports “Pressed by reporters in Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, during a break in a Cabinet meeting being held there on Thursday, Mr Ross said preparation of the resort and the course itself was a matter for the owner, billionaire JP McManus, but the total cost to the State was likely to be around €50 million.”
“The Government’s expenditure comes in three parts: a licensing fee (to the European Tour), investments in those various European Tour events (2020 through to 2026) and also a marketing fee. ”
So, this is like Qatar and FIFA and the World Cup.
How much is the “licensing” fee? What “investments” in European Tour events? What’s a “marketing fee”?
€50m is a lot of money. Add Shane Ross to the mix. And there should be thorough scrutiny of the financial arrangements around this “deal”.
ReproBertie
How much money will that €50m bring to Ireland?
B9Com From No
Who knows ? Anyone who questions this is negative
eoin
How much money will billionaire JP McManus get from the event being held on his property?
ReproBertie
That’s hardly the point eoin. I’m asking because I want to get an idea of the return the exchequer will get on the €50m outlay. I like to try and get all the information before deciding my position on something.
GiggidyGoo
More of ‘how.much profit will it generate?’. Or return on investment so to say. Or how.much of the €50m is already allocated to the Foynes (including Adare bypass) plan. Is Ross announcing €50m that already is budgeted for the Adare bypass, and passing it off as ‘new’ http://www.foyneslimerick.ie
eoin
Good luck to you getting any info about how much the government has spent of our money. Shane Ross had to be “pressed” to give the most outline of figures. Does the govt think we’re going to be so distracted by Shane Lowry’s victory and the love of golf that we’re not going to ask these questions. Haven’t the Ryder Cup people done this deal without any bidding? Given the murky history of event venue selections [world cup, Olympics], we should be asking questions. Given Shane Ross’s involvement, there should be teams of journos scrutinising the payments.
GiggidyGoo
Tickets available from Ticketmaster, or Hickey (whatever happened after?) no doubt. And the begging hands of the TDs will be stretched out, same as they were for world cup tickets.
B9Com From No
There was a car crash interview with Brendan Griffin (who? Yeah I’ve never heard of him before either ) on Dinnytalk with Ivan yesterday. Dinny, I mean Ivan, just asked him how much taxpayers money was going into the project. Griffin totally refused to answer, just prevarication. Yates got really quite aggressive with him and Griffin responded in kind. These types eat their own.
Brexit: Pelosi warns UK not to jeopardise Belfast Agreement
Now this raises a very interesting scenario- No Deal Brexit effectively tears up the GFA which in turn means the US will not do a trade deal with Britain?
the disturbing fact is brexiters will sacrifice the trade they have now with the EU over some imaginary “beneficial” trade deal with the US. Their need for chlorinated chicken is insatiable
Charger Salmons
Would this be the same chlorine-washed chicken of which the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said there is no scientific evidence of any safety problems ?
You’re not the sharpest clucking tool are you ?
dav
So it’s on sale across the EU then? There’s non so blind as those who won’t see.. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47440562
“Washing chicken in chlorine and other disinfectants to remove harmful bacteria was a practice banned by the European Union (EU) in 1997 over food safety concerns. The ban has stopped virtually all imports of US chicken meat which is generally treated by this process.
It’s not consuming chlorine itself that the EU is worried about – in fact in 2005 the European Food Safety Authority said that “exposure to chlorite residues arising from treated poultry carcasses would be of no safety concern”. Chlorine-rinsed bagged salads are common in the UK and other countries in the EU.
But the EU believes that relying on a chlorine rinse at the end of the meat production process could be a way of compensating for poor hygiene standards – such as dirty or crowded abattoirs. “
Charger Salmons
Thanks for confirming what I wrote.
I presume you have cleaned your teeth this morning.
In chlorinated water.
With chlorine added to the supply by Irish Water.
Taxi for dav !
dav
Soo blind..
“..But the EU believes that relying on a chlorine rinse at the end of the meat production process could be a way of compensating for poor hygiene standards – such as dirty or crowded abattoirs. “
Charger Salmons
You will have eaten beef from many countries in the EU and elsewhere, among them places such as Namibia.
Do you think hygiene standards in Namibia are any better or worse than in the USA ?
What you have also swallowed is the Irish media-perpetuated EU con about chlorine-washed chicken.
I’d be a bit more choosy about your diet in the future.
You deserve a treat after those feet flops threads.
Bertie Theodore Alphege Blenkinsop
To add insult to injury I saw a fella cycling in flip flops yesterday… I’m still hunched over at the thought.
Brother Barnabas
barefoot cycling – and flip-flop cycling is more or less barefoot – is hazardous
(i know that’s not the aspect of it that’s upsetting you, though)
Bertie Theodore Alphege Blenkinsop
I keep thinking of him banging his toe off the footpath….
eoin
As Digicel bonds crashed to new record lows yesterday, ratings agency Fitch has some insights. For the first time, we hear what Digicel’s “estimated debt maturities”, are: $6.97bn. But, that being the case, and with Digicel’s EBITDA in 2018/9 of $951m, (Q1 -249, Q2 – 251, Q3 – 241, Q4 – 210), debt:EBITDA would be 7.3+,presumably.
Digicel is claiming its debt:EBITDA is currently 6.7 and “may reach 7.0” in 2020. As has been remarked on these comment pages previously, 7.0 looks like a distant speck in Digicel’s rear view mirror. No wonder those bonds are crashing.
Brexiteers seem to think “Leave” is something they must do… https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/james-dyson-reported-to-have-bought-second-ultra-luxury-singapore-home
“Weeks after it was revealed that he had snapped up the city-state’s priciest penthouse, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Friday that the British billionaire had been given approval to buy another hugely expensive home… When contacted about the previous penthouse purchase, a spokesman said: “Given the decision to locate the headquarters in Singapore and the growing focus of the company’s business in the region, of course James Dyson has bought a property there.”
In the Irish Times the ” Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said new British prime minister Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit was “very unhelpful” ”
What planet has this jackass been living on for the last three years.
It’s not Boris’s job to be helpful to Ireland.
It’s his job to do what Coveney has been doing and that’s look after the interests of his own voters.
What’s good to see if the UK at last taking a combative approach to the EYU.It should have been done from the start but we got that human punchbag Theresa May instead.
Bring it on Boris !
Charger Salmons
Also in The Irish Times this letter.
Sir, – Despite the best efforts of RTÉ News and The Irish Times, Boris Johnson is now prime minister of Great Britain. You are gutted, it’s being said. – Yours, etc,
ROBERT SULLIVAN,
Bantry,
Co Cork.
Good man Robert – there is at least one Irish person who can see through the Irish media guff.
Bodger
+ 1
Charger Salmons
Okay, two…
B9Com From No
I agree
Should be great to get to decide whether Brexit actually happens quicker after a resounding Tory defeat in GE
Charger Salmons
Apropos of nothing in particular.
But imagine there was one official driver who has driven home every Taoiseach most nights for the last 42 years.
And tonight was his last night before he retired.
So the Taoiseach drove him home instead.
As I say,apropros of nothing in particular but it happened today in Gibraltar.
Zaaaaaaytoooooon
they still doing the kebabs on a plate?
It’s a good advice
That you just didn’t take
Are we not better registering the dolls and letting those men self pleasure into the plastic/silicone..?
jaysus “Broadsheet After Dark”
I’m fairly sure the papers aren’t helping. But we keep posting them… and reading them… and assigning importance to them.
It’s weird.
Headlines aren’t helping.
All bought and paid for by lobby groups.
+1 The Mail yesterday being a prime example.
When is Joe Duffy’s next Funny Friday?
Today
Aye, it’s a place you’d hear such gems like the fellow who took a viagra one night and it got stuck in his throat. He woke up with a stiff neck.
Or the fellow who went to court after taking a few, and ended up with a stiff sentence.
“Judge Michael Walsh refused to grant an application for reporting restrictions on the case”
The govt is considering a ban on naming suspects in sexual assault cases (there is already a ban on naming suspects in cases involving the more serious crime of rape).
I hope there is no such ban. Naming suspects creates publicity, which, in general and not specific to this case, may prompt other alleged victims to come forward to bolster a case in an area of law which is notoriously difficult to prosecute. In fact, I think the ban on naming rape suspects should be lifted in the Republic for the same reason.
yes, because prejudice is very helpful in our trial by jury system
I suppose our justice system tries to balance the rights of all parties.
Funny to see this morning that a man extradited from Spain 2.5 years ago on alleged sex abuse grounds and who was on bail, presumably after being charged, has disappeared and, when you’d think there would be strong public interest grounds for naming the suspect, who is now a fugitive and needs to be apprehended, the media are all silent on naming him, though they do give out the extremely prejudicial, and arguably irrelevant, info that the suspect is the former leader of the IRA in the Republic of Ireland. The law really is an ass.
Interesting article from Australian media on conditions in the detention camp which holds Lisa Smyth.
https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-15/syria-al-hawl-refugee-camp-hell-for-former-islamic-state-members/10992286
“”Yesterday one of the guards told me, ‘wait till the Americans leave [Syria], then we’ll do to you what ISIS did to the Yazidi women’.””
Now, I wonder how she ended up in that camp?
The Love In “media” group [the plugs-for-free-dinners group according to some], is reportedly being put up for sale with an incredible price tag of €10m. These days, Love In is owned by Denis O’Brien’s nephew Emmet O’Neill. As well as being probably still a member of Ireland’s Top 200 richest people, Denis is of course a Maltese resident. It’s no surprise therefore to see there’s a LoveInMalta operation, what is surprising is, it has published material which might be considered unhelpful to Denis’s Maltese hosts.
https://lovinmalta.com/opinion/analysis/as-it-happened-the-last-journalist-to-interview-joseph-muscat-derides-prime-minister-and-warns-of-kremlin-tactics/
The prison surveillance story is rum.
Prisons are supposed to keep drugs out of prisons.
They have a group of staff who are supposed to keep drugs out of prisons.
As part of that work, they keep tabs on suspicious visitors and prison officers.
That’s straightforward.
“She [Patricia Gilheany, the Inspector of prisons] said some of this “may evidence illegal conduct. She said certain evidence, which was uncovered by the IPS and brought to her attention, “may have been obtained unlawfully and/or involve the unauthorised collection of personal data”. says the Examiner (Cormac O’Keeffe).
However, Mick Clifford goes far, far further and writes ““The inspector reported that the governor of the OSG [prison group responsible for detecting drugs] has claimed he knew nothing of the illegal activity”
Was the surveillance of staff and visitors by the prison service which is supposed to investigate drugs activity, “illegal”? If it is, then the whole private investigations business in this country is on shaky legal ground.
Brexit: Pelosi warns UK not to jeopardise Belfast Agreement
Now this raises a very interesting scenario- No Deal Brexit effectively tears up the GFA which in turn means the US will not do a trade deal with Britain?
I think it is time the GFA had it’s own twitter account btw.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/brexit-pelosi-warns-uk-not-to-jeopardise-belfast-agreement-1.3967768
The Irish government is putting up €50m for the Ryder Cup in 2026.
The Irish Times reports “Pressed by reporters in Glencolmcille, Co Donegal, during a break in a Cabinet meeting being held there on Thursday, Mr Ross said preparation of the resort and the course itself was a matter for the owner, billionaire JP McManus, but the total cost to the State was likely to be around €50 million.”
“The Government’s expenditure comes in three parts: a licensing fee (to the European Tour), investments in those various European Tour events (2020 through to 2026) and also a marketing fee. ”
So, this is like Qatar and FIFA and the World Cup.
How much is the “licensing” fee? What “investments” in European Tour events? What’s a “marketing fee”?
€50m is a lot of money. Add Shane Ross to the mix. And there should be thorough scrutiny of the financial arrangements around this “deal”.
How much money will that €50m bring to Ireland?
Who knows ? Anyone who questions this is negative
How much money will billionaire JP McManus get from the event being held on his property?
That’s hardly the point eoin. I’m asking because I want to get an idea of the return the exchequer will get on the €50m outlay. I like to try and get all the information before deciding my position on something.
More of ‘how.much profit will it generate?’. Or return on investment so to say. Or how.much of the €50m is already allocated to the Foynes (including Adare bypass) plan. Is Ross announcing €50m that already is budgeted for the Adare bypass, and passing it off as ‘new’
http://www.foyneslimerick.ie
Good luck to you getting any info about how much the government has spent of our money. Shane Ross had to be “pressed” to give the most outline of figures. Does the govt think we’re going to be so distracted by Shane Lowry’s victory and the love of golf that we’re not going to ask these questions. Haven’t the Ryder Cup people done this deal without any bidding? Given the murky history of event venue selections [world cup, Olympics], we should be asking questions. Given Shane Ross’s involvement, there should be teams of journos scrutinising the payments.
Tickets available from Ticketmaster, or Hickey (whatever happened after?) no doubt. And the begging hands of the TDs will be stretched out, same as they were for world cup tickets.
There was a car crash interview with Brendan Griffin (who? Yeah I’ve never heard of him before either ) on Dinnytalk with Ivan yesterday. Dinny, I mean Ivan, just asked him how much taxpayers money was going into the project. Griffin totally refused to answer, just prevarication. Yates got really quite aggressive with him and Griffin responded in kind. These types eat their own.
Had to Google him myself. Minister for Sport no less. Tweeted a picture of Adare yesterday ‘looking good’ (looked a bit wet to me)
Why was he there I wonder? Afternoon Tea?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://twitter.com/bgriffintd%3Flang%3Den&ved=2ahUKEwjrwcKMoNLjAhXnRBUIHcO6BDcQFjATegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3GqLufLudHOOK2wj7rO6QU&cshid=1564132693623
Brexit: Pelosi warns UK not to jeopardise Belfast Agreement
Now this raises a very interesting scenario- No Deal Brexit effectively tears up the GFA which in turn means the US will not do a trade deal with Britain?
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/brexit-pelosi-warns-uk-not-to-jeopardise-belfast-agreement-1.3967768
the disturbing fact is brexiters will sacrifice the trade they have now with the EU over some imaginary “beneficial” trade deal with the US. Their need for chlorinated chicken is insatiable
Would this be the same chlorine-washed chicken of which the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said there is no scientific evidence of any safety problems ?
You’re not the sharpest clucking tool are you ?
So it’s on sale across the EU then? There’s non so blind as those who won’t see..
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47440562
“Washing chicken in chlorine and other disinfectants to remove harmful bacteria was a practice banned by the European Union (EU) in 1997 over food safety concerns. The ban has stopped virtually all imports of US chicken meat which is generally treated by this process.
It’s not consuming chlorine itself that the EU is worried about – in fact in 2005 the European Food Safety Authority said that “exposure to chlorite residues arising from treated poultry carcasses would be of no safety concern”. Chlorine-rinsed bagged salads are common in the UK and other countries in the EU.
But the EU believes that relying on a chlorine rinse at the end of the meat production process could be a way of compensating for poor hygiene standards – such as dirty or crowded abattoirs. “
Thanks for confirming what I wrote.
I presume you have cleaned your teeth this morning.
In chlorinated water.
With chlorine added to the supply by Irish Water.
Taxi for dav !
Soo blind..
“..But the EU believes that relying on a chlorine rinse at the end of the meat production process could be a way of compensating for poor hygiene standards – such as dirty or crowded abattoirs. “
You will have eaten beef from many countries in the EU and elsewhere, among them places such as Namibia.
Do you think hygiene standards in Namibia are any better or worse than in the USA ?
What you have also swallowed is the Irish media-perpetuated EU con about chlorine-washed chicken.
I’d be a bit more choosy about your diet in the future.
“Irish media-perpetuated EU con..” it appears blindness leads to delusions..
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/11/13/what-is-the-flap-about-chlorinated-chicken
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/is-chlorinated-chicken-bad-for-our-health-and-the-environment-a7860866.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/03/the-truth-about-chlorinated-chicken-review-an-instant-appetite-ruiner
I wonder if you have ever been to the USA ?
If so did you studiously avoid eating chicken because you feared for your health ?
Or do you do that in Ireland too … ?
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/public-unaware-chicken-biggest-poisoning-risk-457251.html
Heh,heh,heh.
Aislingmaher.com
There’s my morning gone….
You deserve a treat after those feet flops threads.
To add insult to injury I saw a fella cycling in flip flops yesterday… I’m still hunched over at the thought.
barefoot cycling – and flip-flop cycling is more or less barefoot – is hazardous
(i know that’s not the aspect of it that’s upsetting you, though)
I keep thinking of him banging his toe off the footpath….
As Digicel bonds crashed to new record lows yesterday, ratings agency Fitch has some insights. For the first time, we hear what Digicel’s “estimated debt maturities”, are: $6.97bn. But, that being the case, and with Digicel’s EBITDA in 2018/9 of $951m, (Q1 -249, Q2 – 251, Q3 – 241, Q4 – 210), debt:EBITDA would be 7.3+,presumably.
Digicel is claiming its debt:EBITDA is currently 6.7 and “may reach 7.0” in 2020. As has been remarked on these comment pages previously, 7.0 looks like a distant speck in Digicel’s rear view mirror. No wonder those bonds are crashing.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20190726/digicel-advised-sell-assets-or-add-fresh-capital
Brexiteers seem to think “Leave” is something they must do…
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/james-dyson-reported-to-have-bought-second-ultra-luxury-singapore-home
“Weeks after it was revealed that he had snapped up the city-state’s priciest penthouse, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Friday that the British billionaire had been given approval to buy another hugely expensive home… When contacted about the previous penthouse purchase, a spokesman said: “Given the decision to locate the headquarters in Singapore and the growing focus of the company’s business in the region, of course James Dyson has bought a property there.”
Best Instagram for an NGO goes to.
Best Instagram for a brand goes to.
http://sockies.ie/2019-winners/
#sickies19
In the Irish Times the ” Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said new British prime minister Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit was “very unhelpful” ”
What planet has this jackass been living on for the last three years.
It’s not Boris’s job to be helpful to Ireland.
It’s his job to do what Coveney has been doing and that’s look after the interests of his own voters.
What’s good to see if the UK at last taking a combative approach to the EYU.It should have been done from the start but we got that human punchbag Theresa May instead.
Bring it on Boris !
Also in The Irish Times this letter.
Sir, – Despite the best efforts of RTÉ News and The Irish Times, Boris Johnson is now prime minister of Great Britain. You are gutted, it’s being said. – Yours, etc,
ROBERT SULLIVAN,
Bantry,
Co Cork.
Good man Robert – there is at least one Irish person who can see through the Irish media guff.
+ 1
Okay, two…
I agree
Should be great to get to decide whether Brexit actually happens quicker after a resounding Tory defeat in GE
Apropos of nothing in particular.
But imagine there was one official driver who has driven home every Taoiseach most nights for the last 42 years.
And tonight was his last night before he retired.
So the Taoiseach drove him home instead.
As I say,apropros of nothing in particular but it happened today in Gibraltar.
https://twitter.com/FabianPicardo/status/1154752316853108737
Not a real country