Yearly Archives: 2019

 NI Water said the flags were “erected without permission”  at the tower in Rathfriland, County Down following a “break-in” and the issue was reported to police

THE DUP’s Jim Wells has defended flags being placed on a water tower, saying it was “very tastefully done” and those involved have been admired for their “tenacity“.

He said the Union and Northern Ireland flags were erected atop the 110ft structure in Rathfriland to mark the Co Down town hosting a Twelfth parade.

Red, white and blue paint on top of the tower was also “refreshed” for the occasion, the MLA said.

DUP’s Jim Wells says Rathfriland water tower flags ‘very tastefully done (Irish News)

Thanks Colm Dore

David Crosby

‘The big one is streaming. That just killed us. The streaming companies are making billions of dollars. The numbers are right out there, in the public.

The three main record companies are making, I was told, $19 million a day, off of streaming, and the artists are getting shafted.

It’s as if you did your gig for month, and they paid you a nickel. They’re paying you, but not enough to live. It isn’t right.

And it’s very, very, very, very tough on young people who are trying to get in.

They snuck it past us.

What happened is that the streaming companies, when they developed their technology, went to the big record companies, they said, ]

“Hey, we need a different rate.What we’ll give you is no physical object. You don’t have to produce a physical object, so there’s less cost. You’re gonna like that. What we need is a better rate. We need a way where we can make the billions of dollars, instead of the artists making the billions of dollars. Okay?”

And the record companies said, “Sure, no problem. All you have to do is give us a piece of your company.”

And they did that. That’s how it went right around us. When we thought the music up.’

David Crosby.

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on his first day at Number 10 Downing Street

Splutter!

Dave writes:

Are those bottles of Ballygowan I see on BJ’s desk?

What will tariffs be on Irish bottled water after a no deal Brexit?

Candid behind-the-scenes pictures reveal Boris Johnson’s pulsating first day as Prime Minister (The Sun)

Pic: Andrew Parsons

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (left) and Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney

Oh.

Pound falls lower on no-deal Brexit prospect (BBC)

Rollingnews

Meanwhile…




Above from left: Chanel, Pixie Woo, Anziety and Regina George,

This afternoon.

The launch of Love Sensation, a music festival for the LGBT+ community and their allies at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham on August 17  and 18.

From Mother – the team behind the sold-out Block Party as part of Pride – the festival sees performances from Lily Allen, Clean Bandit, Gossip and Kelis with Panti Bliss as MC.

Tickets here

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

This afternoon.

The Boiler House, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9.

Dublin Lord Mayor Paul McAuliffe and his granny Patricia McAuliffe at the official opening of Rediscovery Centre at the Boiler House Café.

The event celebrated the opening of Ballymun’s newest social space which has a focus on “great coffee, tasty food and environmental sustainability”. Proper order.

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