Heather writes:
Has anyone else noticed the heavy-handed makeup job done for Cllr Dermot Lacey’s campaign photos? So rosy that I had to look up first that it’s not something he normally wears before posting here…his makeup artist is some amateur!
Anyone?
One of two Union flags put up outside Antrim Police station last night. I wonder why? pic.twitter.com/buZU5jLRGc
— Tony Rice (@newsmantone) May 1, 2014
Earlier: Gerry Remandering
[Top (L-R) Arlene Foster, Stephen Nolan, Caitríona Ruane]
On last night’s The Nolan Show, Stephen Nolan was joined by Arlene Foster (DUP) and Caitríona Ruane (Sinn Féin) on the issue of marriage equality.
This was a day after the NI Assembly defeated a bill to enable marriage equality which already exists in England and Scotland. A marriage equality advocate Dean McKenzie joined the live discussion.
Spotted in Ashtown train station in Dublin 15 yesterday evening.
Thanks Sorcha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaD_U-WtpYg&feature=youtu.be
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been arrested by the PSNI in relation to the abduction and murder of widowed mother of ten Jean McConville in 1972.
He has released the following statement:
An interview by Darragh McIntyre (above) was shown last November in the RTE/BBC documentary ‘The Disappeared’.
[Sinead Ryan – Irish Independent and Sinead O’Carroll of thejournal.ie]
Minister of State Séan Sherlock in a late night tweet to journalist Sinead Ryan.
As seen on last night’s ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’, Irish Independent journalist Sinead Ryan quoted from the Irish Examiner.
Seán Sherlock’s quotes came from his appearance on yesterday’s Six One News.
Anyone?
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
A letter to leftie rag Financial Times today dispelling the myth of executive pay in banks.
Department of Finance, etc., etc. take note.
FIGHT!
Death spiral is a myth to perpetuate high pay (Letters, FT)
Via Lionel Barber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vdAlzh-jo
In a speech at an NRA (National Rifle Association) event yesterday, one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (not Tina Fey) said with regard to America’s enemies:
“If I were in charge, they would know that waterboarding is how we baptise terrorists.”
Why Sarah Palin’s Sacrilegious Torture Nostalgia Matters (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic)
Dr Paddy Smyth standing in the Rathgar-Rathmines constituency for Dublin City Council.
Wacky and conservative.
Meanwhile…
DowntownTrain writes:
No self awareness or cheerful self deprecation? Cathal Moran FF upon a house where nobody lives.
