I’m on the train to Cork. The ticket cost €62 return, purchased two weeks in advance. It would be cheaper for me to drive down in my little car. This is what is wrong with public transport in this country. It should always be cheaper to take public transport.
— Suzanne (@Dublin_Suzy) June 21, 2019
In fairness.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the 2004 Mercedes Benz Unimog U500 – one of the best and toughest trucks on the planet.
Built by Daimler-Benz (and subsequently Mercedes-Benz) since 1948, the Unimog has performed heavy duty work in various guises from military to farm service and this late model has been extensively modified.
To wit: a crew cab in place of the normal two seater cab, the 3-way tilting bed from a short wheelbase Unimog, a custom rollbar, LED lighting rig and a huge 6.4-litre diesel inline six with eight-speed manual transmission driving all four wheels via portal axles to maximize ground clearance.
In short, a landscape gardener’s Rolls Royce.
Sold for €181,000.
An excerpt from the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ speech given by the late American cosmologist and astrophysicist Carl Sagan, animated as a tribute by Vishal Varghese. To wit:
Carl Sagan, the astronomer of the people strived to untangle the subtle complexities of modern physics and present them to the everyday audience. He believed that in a world where knowledge was available freely to every person seeking it.
Peadar Carroll writes:
Funny fake advertisement myself and some friends made.
Capt Evan Cullen, president of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association
Yesterday.
Capt Evan Cullen, president of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association, appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection to discuss bogus self employment.
Further to this…
Tim O’Brien, in The Irish Times, reports:
Some women pilots [working as self-employed contractors] in Irish-registered airlines are being told they have a choice: terminate their pregnancy or terminate their employment, the president of the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) has claimed.
…Capt Cullen told the Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection that many pilots were afraid to speak up.
He said women pilots were being told not to get pregnant, and that women pilots who present as pregnant were told: “you have a choice, you terminate your employment or you terminate your pregnancy”.
Women pilots told ‘terminate your pregnancy or employment’ (Tim O’Brien, The Irish Times)
Watch back the Oireachtas committee meeting here
Couriers Part 2 (Martin McMahon, Broadsheet, February 26, 2018)
Launching tonight.
The 2019 Stoneybatter Festival.
At 6.30pm in the Stoneybatter Community Centre by Lord Mayor of Dublin, Paul McAuliffe.
Catherine Quinn writes:
Residents of Dublin’s most vibrant urban village get the party started this evening as the Stoneybatter Festival returns for its third year.
The festival runs from today until Sunday and features culture, food, music, sport and history with a strong emphasis on celebrating the community in Dublin 7.
Stoneybatter Pride Of Place expects over 120 events to take place in 57 locations…
He’s Three
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Mick Caul tweetz:
Ireland 2019.
He lives with his mam and two sisters, in one room in a B&B with no cooking facilities.
He goes to the soup kitchen to get a stew, he loves spuds. Then a cup of tea and a doughnut.
He is three years old.
Previously: For Your Consideration
I have just discovered @RadioMariaIRE
It’s a Catholic radio station, available on Saorview, which is owned by RTE, the “national” broadcaster and partner of Pride. No problem with Catholicism or Islam or any other religion having a radio station, but funded by the licence fee?— David J McDonagh (@McDonaghDJ) June 19, 2019
Anyone?
Update:
Daily Schedule – Friday 21st June pic.twitter.com/gRVTX2Eoir
— Radio Maria Ireland – Saorview 210 (@RadioMariaIRE) June 21, 2019
Beats 2FM, in fairness.
Last night.
New Street, Longford town, Co Longford.
Eamonn Farrell writes:
Armed Garda Units back up uniformed gardai assigned to try and deal with increased levels of criminal violence which is making life difficult and dangerous for local residents.
The problem is compounded by the fact that the violence is believed to be between a number of families engaged in criminal activities and settling their scores on the streets of Longford town.
Members of the local business community and politicians have called for more sustained Garda action with the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) being introduced into the fray.
The recent violence has involved guns, knives and arson.
Longford is a clean, tidy town, acting as a gateway to the North West, but the sight of armed gardai on its streets draws parallels with the worst of gangland crime in Dublin city’s black spots.
Name that weapon, anyone?