Google offices on Barrow Street, Dublin 4

Ronald Quinlan, in The Irish Times, reports:

Google has entered into talks in relation to the rental of all 202,000sq ft (18,766sq m ) of space at the Sorting Office, the seven-storey office block being developed in the Dublin docklands by Pat Crean’s Marlet Property Group.

Should a deal be agreed, the accommodation at the Sorting Office would provide Google with enough room to grow its existing 8,000-strong Dublin-based workforce by up to 2,000 employees. A spokesperson for Google declined to comment.

The news of Google’s negotiations with the Sorting Office’s Singapore-headquartered owner, Mapletree Investments, comes just three weeks on from The Irish Times reporting of the US tech giant’s agreement to lease more than 75,000sq ft (7,000sq m) of office space in Block I at Green Reit’s Central Park scheme in Sandyford, Dublin 18.

Google in talks for new Dublin docklands offices (Ronald Quinlan, The Irish Times)

 

Behold: the Donkervoort D8 GTO-JD70 – the culmination of 40 years of Lotus Seven emulating design by the Dutch sports car designer, released in honour of founder Joop Donkervoort’s 70th birthday,

Powered by a 415bhp turbocharged Audi inline-five and weighing less than 680kg, the JD70 will do 100km/h in less than 3 seconds which – along with advanced braking and handling – puts it in the top rank of supercars.

Only seventy will be made (naturally) and yours will cost €162,000.

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

This lunchtime.

RTÉ reports:

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out holding a general election before Christmas.

It is understood that at a meeting with Fine Gael ministers this morning, Mr Varadkar told colleagues that this would not be in the best interest of the country given that Brexit remains unresolved.

The issue was raised by the Taoiseach himself following speculation in recent days about the timing of an election.

Taoiseach rules out pre-Christmas general election (RTÉ)

Earlier: “This Is About A Very Small Number Of Fine Gael Ministers Wanting To Get Out Of Their Current Job”

Rollingnews

This afternoon.

The Dublin Commuter Coalition has rejected “any suggestion that bus lanes be opened to electric vehicles”.

Ther  Coalition said it would l is a slap in the face to bus users who travel “in a sustainable way to no thanks or, as is evident from this proposal, even a modicum of respect”.

Coalition Chairperson Kevin Carter said

“It is bizarre, it is astonishing and it is stunningly arrogant that this government would even suggest implementing a scheme that so specifically and brazenly harms bus users. Bus users are never rewarded for choosing to travel in a sustainable way, they are only ever subject to overcrowding, constant fare increases and poor enforcement of existing traffic laws.

Flagrant abuse of bus lanes is a constant issue for bus users and now this government is proposing further degrading the attractiveness of this mode by making bus users sit in even more traffic that they had no hand in causing.“

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Dublin Commuter Coalition

Rollingnews

This morning.;

The UK’s main parties are gearing up for a general election on December 12.

BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Emma Barnett asked three guests on her show this morning  to sum up the general election pitch of their respective parties when it comes to Brexit.

Conservative MP Paul Scully said:

“We’ve got to have a Parliament that better represents the people, we need to get Brexit done, and Boris Johnson and the Conservatives are the only ones offering a solution to get a deal, which we already have on the table, and getting it passed through Parliament.”

Labour MP Barry Gardiner said:

“We’re the only party that is being democratic and giving you the final decision [via a confirmatory referendum]. The Tories are all for a deregulatory, no-deal Leave, and the Liberal Democrats have said that even if we had a second referendum and it voted to leave, they would ignore it and revoke Article 50.”

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran said:

“If you are sick of Brexit, there is only one way to actually make it stop – and that is to vote Liberal Democrat to stop Brexit, revoke Article 50. That would then give us a boom in our economy that we could use to spend on the public services we all love – the NHS, on schools.”

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UK general election: A really simple guide (BBC)

General election: Amber Rudd joins exodus of MPs quitting parliament ahead of December poll – live news (The Guardian)

Rollingnews

The Here’s How Podcast.

Host William Campbell (right) meets John McGuirk (left), formerly of the Save the 8th campaign, about his new venture, the conservative news and opinion website Gript.

William writes:

Can we trust his opinions? Can we believe his news?

Listen here

Here;s How

Gript

Anonymous Berlin based photographer Cpt.Olf documents the Grim-Reaper taunting antics of equally secretive German pichação writer and ‘urban climber’ Paradox.

The video is a promo for this art book.

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This Friday and Saturday.

At Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1.

Mandate and the Irish Trade Union movement will mark the 35th anniversary of the Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Strike.

Buy tickets here

The Most Dangerous Shop Workers in The World (Facebook)

Top photo: Derek Speirs

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