Republican US Presidential candidate hopeful Ted Cruz (right) and family last night
The people in Wisconsin choose,
To give their support to Ted Cruz,
He may be a freak,
With a far right wing streak,
But it’s worth it to see Donald lose.
John Moynes
PA
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This evening.
On Upper Clanbrassil Street, Dublin 8.
Lois McGrath writes:
“Anyone fancy a kebab?”
Saturday April 9: Rusangano Family, Feather, Ben Bix @ The Sugar Club, Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2 (€10)
Nialler9 writes:
The best live rap band in the country, Limerick’s Rusanagano Family head this bill which doubles as the album party for their second album Let The Dead Bury The Dead, which is out on Friday. MuRli and God Knows and mynameisjOhn know how to spin a party.
The final leaders debate on RTÉ’s Prime Time
During the final leaders’ debate, broadcast live on RTÉ television on 23 February, presenter Miriam O’Callaghan wanted to know if Gerry Adams in government would appoint “cronies” to state boards.
She made reference to a number of individuals, including Danny Morrison. When Adams pointed that Danny Morrison is now a “private citizen” she responded that he had been “convicted for kidnapping”.
O’Callaghan – whose brother Jim was elected as a TD for Fianna Fáil just days later – was apparently unaware that the kidnapping for which Morrison was convicted in 1990 (and for which he spent over five years in prison) was overturned in 2008 and he was paid substantial compensation from the British state…
…The second law-suit is in relation to an interview given by the Labour Party’s then TD Joe Costello to Saturday with Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio in which he named Sinn Féin’s Nicky Kehoe in relation to unfounded media accusations which claimed ‘sinister and subversive elements’ are controlling the party.
RTÉ faces defamation cases over general election coverage (Mark Moloney, An Phoblacht)
Previously: ‘RTÉ Obscured The Reality Of The Election – And Did So Deliberately’
This afternoon.
Michael O R writes:
Was just caught by the byplay outside my window. A pair of magpies started building a nest when a larger grey crow flew in to try to occupy the spot.
There have been a few minutes of manoeuvring and attempts on each side to get the other to leave, with one using size, the others numbers. A quiet confrontation. I figured that birds getting frisky is a sure sign of Spring :)
The cosmic ballet continues.
‘sup?
Aisling writes:
At around 11.30am this morning, in the Citywest Business Campus in Dublin 24, we found this beautiful husky dog who was doing his best to injure himself with cars, lawnmowers and climbing on buildings.
We managed to catch him and bring him to the Animal Hospital in Tallaght but unfortunately he has no ID on his collar and isn’t microchipped.
If his owner doesn’t get in contact I believe he will be sent to Ashtown dog pound, which would be heartbreaking for such a loving and friendly guy.
Anyone?
A manifesto posted on Twitter and Facebook allegedly from the owners of a new bar which is supposed to open in Dublin 2 on December 30, 2016.
Hmmm.
Anyone?
Thanks Miq
Comedian David McSavage
The Irish Sun reports:
The Savage Eye star [David McSavage] is due to appear in court later this month over an unpaid TV licence.
But he is refusing to pay the €160 bill in protest at what he views as the national broadcaster’s laughable taste in humour.
Yesterday Dave told the Irish Sun he was left gobsmacked at how his Savage Eye 1916 Special was turned down after watching rival sketch shows by the Irish Pictorial Weekly team and The Rubberbandits.
And he reserved special scorn for the take-off skits wheeled out in The Mario Rosenstock Show.
Dave said: “RTE didn’t commission my Savage Eye special because they were too scared and we might have done something funny.
“Instead they hired Irish Pictorial Weekly to do a 1916 which ended up being derivative of the Savage Eye, it was awful.”
The 49-year-old, whose Savage Eye follow-up series Poor Me And The Bastards has also been rejected by Montrose bosses, was no less scathing about another irreverent retelling of the Rising from Limerick’s favourite hip-hop jokers.
He said: “The Rubberbandits are now as mainstream as Ryan Tubridy. They used to be quirky and bent, but I thought that their 1916 special was awful. And as for the last series by Mario Rosenstock? I’m willing to go to prison for that.
Jaykers.
UPDATE:
On Broadsheet’s Facebook page…
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Last night.
On RTÉ One’s Big Week on the Farm, which continues every night this week at 7pm.
Eight-time All-Ireland Sheep Shearing Champion Ivan Scott, from Kilmacrennan near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, sheared a sheep in 37.9 seconds – a new world record.
Fair play, in fairness.
Previously: Staying In Tonight?
Thanks Gareth
