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Willie Frazer visited the Dublin offices of Facebook yesterday to complain about the web page for a party he founded being removed. He said Facebook staff refused to take any documentation from him regarding the removal of the page for The Protestant Coalition.
Facebook explained to the News Letter that the page was taken down in error but had been reinstated since Sunday night.

Willie Frazer travels to Dublin to make Facebook complaint (Belfast Newsletter)

Protestant Coalition (Facebook)

Previously: Who Put The Horse In The Horse Burger?

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“The Mater can’t carry out abortions because it goes against its ethos. I would be very concerned that the Minister [for Health, James Reilly] sees fit to make it impossible for hospitals to have their own ethos.”

Father Kevin Doran, a member of the board of governors at the Mater Hospital quoted  in today’s Irish Times.

Ethos, you say?

The three members of the board of Dublin’s Mater Hospital were key to the decision to stop trials of the drug for lung cancer patients.
They objected because female patients who get could get pregnant would have to take contraceptives under the treatment.
The subcommittee of the board – including  Fr Kevin Doran – were delegated the task of examining the conditions attached to testing the drug.

Ah, that kind of ethos.

Three who stopped the cancer tests (Eilish O’Regan and David Quinn/Irish Independent, October 2005)

Priest on Mater board says hospital cannot carry out abortions (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)

Related: Free contraceptive pill halves Norway’s abortion rate (The Local.no)

Via Prof John Crown

05/08/2013 Second day of Dublin Bus strike. Dublin

Crisis?

What crisis?

Meanwhile…

 

 

Dublin Bus strike: Varadkar warns there is no more money (Fiach Kelly, Alison Bray and Jane Last / Irish Independent)

(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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Naw.

Minibus with corpse inside issued with parking ticket on Belfast street (Claire McNeilly, Belfast Telegraph)

Pic: Google Street View

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Rovers chairman John Ryan is believed to favour the Sequentia Capital deal, having approached its representative Kevin Phelan – previously involved with Isle of Man registered company and one-time Rovers owners Westferry, who sold the club to Ryan in 1998 – in early June, with the Irish consortium subsequently agreeing to invest in the club and expressing a firm desire to take over.

“There is definite interest (from Sequentia Capital) and apparently there is another party that Terry is dealing with.

“In all fairness, Terry is the prime mover in the second deal. The Sequentia one (deal) has been led by myself.

“Kevin Phelan was someone I bought Doncaster Rovers from 15 years ago and he is strongly associated with Denis O’Brien, a billionaire Irish businessman. The situation is I am always looking for investment in Doncaster Rovers.”

 

Preposterous.

Rival bid emerges for Doncaster (Leon Wobschall, Yorkshire Post)

Via Elaine Byrne

Previously: Meanwhile, In Doncaster

The Thicks Plotten

Pic: Wikipedia

 

You stay classy, land largely inhabited by descendants of transported convicts.

Via Brian Whelan

Earlier: Monsters vs Aliens