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Saturday.

Firhouse, Dublin 24

Scientology leader David Miscavige (above) attends the opening of the religion’s Dublin ‘Ideal Org’.

Mr Miscavige said:

“Today we make good on a pledge to honour a land our Founder, L. Ron Hubbard, so loved, and a people he described as wonderfully warm, even if the weather is occasionally not.

And if that doesn’t say it, then allow me to quote from your own Mr. Yeats: ‘Many times Man lives and dies between his two eternities… And ancient Ireland knew it all’.

So to Ireland eternal, Ireland transcendent: You kept literature alive for 500 years. You built America, and possibly even discovered it.

You taught Mankind equality and how to live with dignity in the absence thereof. And, you taught us there is no commodity so precious as beauty, for which you stand.

All of which is why we’re proud to stand by you, as we open this new Church of Scientology and Community Centre of Dublin.”

FIGHT!

Grand Dublin Opening (Scientology Centre)

Previously: Going Clear In Firhouse

Thanks Jack Jones

Meanwhile…

Also Saturday.

A protest against the opening by members of Ex Scientologists Ireland outside the Ideal Org HQ

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How was it for you?

Victor Karu writes:

I spent 12 hours on Monday chasing it with my camera so here (above) it is…

In fairness.

Victor Karui

Meanwhile…


Ted writes:

Great video that captures all the Ophelia excitement in Galway on Monday. Our swans are more extreme than I originally thought.

Hugh Sweeney

Meanwhile…

 

Keith writes:

What a difference a day makes” tweets from Ireland the day after #Ophelia. The best ones here…

If pre-millenium sitcom Friends was set in Dublin.

No wait, come back.

Via WaterfordWhispersNews:

Phoebe’s career as a masseuse would see her working in ‘massage parlor’ run by the Kinahans. She would emigrate to Australia at some point.

After returning from Canada Monica’s career as a chef would suffer greatly after a petty review from Lovin’ Waterford accused her restaurant of killing 400 children with an undercooked omelette. It later emerges that the reviewer was just bitter after failing to get Monica’s number despite persistent nagging, however the damage was done and Monica’s restaurant closed down.

Joey would be living on the streets after years of being asked to work for free on low budget acting projects in order to get his name out there.

Chandler would work for a ‘letterbox company’ based at an address in Grand Canal after a few miserable years in London doing cocaine. Since the letterbox company is just a front for a multinational company to pay fuck all tax Chandler would do no actual work and have to spend his days lying to the gang about what he’s been up to all day. Hilarious japes would ensue.

Ross would have been forced to change careers and retrain as an accountant after failing to find a job in academia.

Rachel, having never fully recovered from working under the stress of a zero hours contract in her local cafe and several years of unemployment, would actually get a pretty class job in Penneys as a buyer. The gang never talk about that one trip to Britain, she took on the ferry.

In fairness.

More at link below.

If ‘Friends’ Was Set In Dublin! (EWaterford Whispers News)

Thanks Jack Jones

This afternoon.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar dismisses criticism of  his spin unit (costing five million plus) during leader’s questions in the Dáil.

Previously: The Good News Unit

Meanwhile…

Hmm.

The number of mortgage accounts impacted by the tracker scandal has risen by 3,100 to 13,000 since March, according to the Central Bank.

In an update on its examination of the issue, the regulator said 23 mortgage holders have so far been identified who lost their homes as a result of being improperly moved from their low-rate tracker product to a higher rate loan.

A further 79 buy-to-let customers affected have also had properties repossessed.

The Central Bank said it expects both of these figures to rise.

By the end of September, banks had rectified the interest rates applied to around 7,700 (98%) impacted mortgage accounts that have so far been identified – a rise of about 1,400 since March.

13,000 mortgage accounts affected by tracker scandal so far – Central Bank (RTÉ)

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