Alan O’Regan writes:
If you’re going to paint the name of your business on the roof of your building at least don’t do it freehand. The locals in Fairview [Dublin 3] must love this.
Category Archives: Misc
You may recall a previous post in which Dublin-based filmmakers Conor Maguire and Paul Webster appealed for support as they prepared to travel to Greece and create a documentary.
Further to this…
Conor writes:
Last month Paul Webster and I spent two weeks speaking with residents, volunteers and refugees on the island of Lesvos, Greece. We wanted to understand what was happening on the island and any preconceived notions we had of the crisis were quickly challenged by what we saw and heard. In this trailer you will hear local resident Eric Kempson quantify the death toll in the Aegean Sea and describe the international response as we travel along the road leading to the ‘life-jacket mountain’ near the northern town of Molyvos.
Borderland: A Short Documentary (Facebook)
Previously: Documenting Lesbos
Handy Enough
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Tiger, Bray, yesterday.
Not to be confused with ‘Bath Glove 4 Face’.
Thanks Noy
Shawna Scott (above) owner of online sex toy emporium, Sex Siopa
She won, again!
Shawna Scott writes:
Sex Siopa won an SME award at the weekend and I’m really excited about it! It’s the 2nd year in a row that I won this award, so in true Shawna Scott fashion, I celebrated by getting dizzy on sweets and beer and then fell asleep by midnight. (I’m really living the dream!)
I just want to thank everybody that has used Sex Siopa and all that have supported me over the past few years, ‘sheet included.
Mmf!
What you may need to know:
1. A young woman’s (Elle Fanning) youth and vitality is devoured by the modelling industry in Los Angeles.
2. Hipster Dalai LamaNicolas Winding Refn returns from the critical drubbing of Only God Forgives (2013)
3. The Neon Demon will premiere at Cannes in May. It’s Refn’s third consecutive movie screened in competition.
4. This looks like another exercise in style over substance.
5. Broadsheet prognosis: Blacker Swan.
Release Date: July 8.
Plaza Plans
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The pedestrian-only plaza planned for College Green which will prevent traffic from crossing between College Green and Dame Street
As a citizen of Dublin, I thank you for highlighting on several occasions the daft idea of banning buses from College Green.
Essential bus routes providing cross-city services linking northeast to southwest, and northwest to southeast Dublin, carry thousands of commuters every day. Approximately 23 routes travel along Dame Street, and a further 20 go around Trinity to Nassau Street.
In addition, there are large numbers of coaches bringing tourists and shoppers from the country into an area full of cultural attractions, businesses, shops, theatres, etc. The “hop-on, hop-off” sightseeing buses use these routes also.
The complete closure of College Green to buses would bring the city to a standstill, with increased levels of pollution along the quays and other streets, longer travel times for already hard-pressed commuters, and a further limit to access for people with mobility issues.
The current ban on private cars in this area has worked well for public transport, but the recent Luas works have shown how quickly the area becomes massively congested when access to College Green is restricted.
Between Macken Street bridge and Fr Matthew bridge there are six other bridges, only four of which carry traffic, and only one of which (O’Connell Bridge) is large enough to manage significant traffic flow.
Dublin Castle/Temple Bar/Trinity combine to form a significant barrier through which College Green, D’Olier, and Westmoreland streets provide the only “pass” for effective traffic movement.
It seems that Dublin City Council is reacting to the previous underprovision of cycle paths by overcompensating and bringing all motorised traffic in our already congested city centre to a complete stop!Far more people travel by bus than by Luas or bicycle, yet it seems these are the only two forms of transport favoured by the council.
These changes are unnecessary and will have a detrimental effect on what is currently a well-functioning bus service. It is becoming almost impossible to travel across the city as it is. City-centre businesses are suffering.
Síle Uí Laighin,
Cluain Tarbh,
Baile Átha Cliath 3.
The plans for College Green will be available for public consultation until May 24.
Are plans for College Green daft? (Irish Times letters page)
Pics: Dublin City Council
*swerve*
Yesterday.
Strawberry beds, Chapelizod, Dublin 20.
Finally.
The cost of Brexit.
Norman Smith [News assistant political editor at the BBC] tweetz:
That Treasury equation “proving” Brexit wd cost £4300 per household
Anyone?
Artist Ashley Illma Gore with her portrait of Donald Trump
An artist named Gore may be sued,
If she flogs off a tatty old nude,
It’s not bad, as it stands,
But she drew tiny hands,
And the whole thing looks crazy and rude.
John Moynes
Pic: Ilma Gore
Old School
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Mark Fearon tweetz:
Just came across some Old School Dublin nightclub flyers from the 90s! Great nights at them all!!