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This morning.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Former Anglo Irish Bank Chairman Sean Fitzpatrick with daughter Sarah (top left) leaves court after being formally acquitted of furnishing false information to Anglo’s auditors.

Mr Fitzpatrick was cleared yesterday on all charges after a ruling on day 126 of the trial concerning shredder-based “shortcomings in the prosecution’s evidence”.

Good times.

Sean Fitzpatrick formally acquitted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court (Breakingnews)

Yesterday: Acquitted

Rollingnews

 

A festival for the emigrated?

Sure why not.

Ronan McGuire writes:

A friend and I started a little festival on an Island last year because of a very Irish problem – we wanted to get our friends who have emigrated back in one place for a weekend!

We’re running it again this year. It’s on Inis Oirr, Aran Islands, County Galway this September 1st-3rd.

It’s a hell of a party with great people in really remote place. Last year artists such as CLU, Gemma Dunleavy and Frank Sweeney joined us (video above). Details on this year’s event at links below….

Hot Sauce Festival (Facebook)

Hot Sauce Festival

In the first part of an investigation into people “selling unlicensed substances that they claim will treat or cure serious conditions”…

William Campbell (above), of the Here’s How current affairs podcast, writes:

This edition of the Here’s How podcast is the first in a series investigating quack cures, and profiteering from sick people. In this edition I expose a Dublin Shop falsely claiming that their €5,500 per litre oil can successfully treat autism…

Listen here

Here’s How

Stay in your duvet ALL day!

This afternoon.

National College of Arts and Design student winners of the Brown Thomas bursary award show off their wares.

Laoise Carey (top second left ) won for her yellow ‘Eidolon’ gown worn by model Anastasia and Colin Burke (top right ) took runner-up position for his collection ‘Born in 32’ worn by model Sophie Murphy.

Both students will have their designs  in CREATE a pop-up installation featuring emerging Irish designers at Brown Thomas in July 2017.

Leon Farrell/Rollingnews

Wallis Bird plays the Riverside Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, County Kildare on June 3.

Like to go?

Eric, at the Riverbank, writes:

To celebrate the anniversary of the passing of the Marriage Equality Referendum and to celebrate our support of June Fest 2017 ( we’d like to offer your readers a chance to win tickets to Wallis Bird on Saturday,  June 3.

Wallis describes her latest album Home as a record celebrating a “blueprint to this great life and musical plan I was hatching – girl meets girl, girl falls in love and happy ending ensues. ‘Home’ is the happy ending.”

To enter, please complete this sentence

‘I am genuine fan of Wallis Bird and would love to see her because of her__________________’

Lines Must close at 6.45pm MIDNIGHT

Wallis Bird at the Riverbank Arts Centre