Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

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Paddy Kennedy, CEO of Paddy Power

The information includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and even the maiden names of mothers, which are often used to verify account details. The stolen data does not include any personal financial information. The 649,055 customers affected represented 29% of Paddy Power’s total online customer base in 2010….No customers who signed up after 2010 are impacted by the breach.

Huge data breach at Paddy Power bookmakers – details of over 649,000 customers stolen (Belfast Telegraph)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Fight!

*spills tay*

White Hag Brewery

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Apartments for ants?

A council spokesman said: “In the heart of Dublin’s north inner city, in an area extending from the North Circular Road to the River Liffey and from Amiens Street to Dorset Street, over 46pc of all homes have just one bedroom or less. Half of these homes were built over the past 20 years.”

But..

….Fintan McNamara, a spokesman for the Residential Landlords Association of Ireland, disagrees about over supply of accommodation for single people households. He is convinced that micro flats are needed to address the shortage of affordable rental accommodation because so many bedsits have been taken out of the market since the authorities banned the division of old houses into flats which shared bathrooms and other facilities…

Independent.ie Is Micro Really Dublin’s Next Big Thing? (Independent.ie)

Previously: Self Contained Studio

Pic: Smartspace

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‘sup?

Phoenix Park, Dublin this morning.

Sam writes:

“Fallow deer graze as the long grass which has been cut and bailed near the Papal Cross. Since the 1970s with the removal of hay these grasslands has been improving. Extensive open areas of grassland such as the ‘Fifteen Acres ‘ provide nesting sites for skylark. Grasslands which are remote from the main thoroughfares, are not cut and thus provide food and shelter for invertebrates and cover for small animals….”

Mmf.

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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Bray-born wrestler Fergal Devitt.

The fresh new prince of WWE

Prior to signing with WWE, Devitt was widely considered one of the most highly touted free agents in sports-entertainment. Hailing from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, his path to NXT and WWE has been circuitous: Initially trained in England, Devitt honed his craft in the U.K. and U.S. independent scenes before entering the notoriously disciplined dojos of New Japan Pro Wrestling. He also competed in Mexico, though it was in New Japan that he rose to greatest prominence, under the name Prince Devitt

About blummin time, in fairness.

WWE signs Fergal Devitt to NXT (WWE)

Previously: Bray Royalty

Thanks Rovert

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Controversial ‘Alternative Weatherman’ Ken Ring

 

The MuckSavage writes:

“Sitting in the office and decided to check what this ‘nutter’ predicted in January.
‘Temperatures are fairly constantly in the 20s after the 19th July, with the final three or four days in July possibly among the hottest for the season’.
Give this man a medal!”

NZ Weather Guru Predicts A Warm Summer (Lynne Kelleher, irish Examiner, January 2, 2014)