MORE to folly
MORE to folly
Tonight.
City Assembly House, Dublin.
Actor Stephen Rea launches Journalist Frank Connolly‘s novel A Conspiracy Of Lies, a thriller set amid The Troubles and the cultural and political landscape of Dublin in the 1970s.
A Conspiracy Of Lies (Mercier Press)
Sam Boal/RollingNews
Oooh! Fancy
at
The Butlers Chocolates Afternoon Tea at the Morrison Hotel
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Sinead writes:
This Easter, The Morrison on Dublin’s Ormond Quay has teamed up with Butlers Chocolates to create a special, limited edition Butlers Chocolates Afternoon Tea, the perfect Easter treat to be enjoyed in the chic surroundings of The Morrison!
Packed with mini chocolate treats, the top tier includes a selection of bespoke Butlers Chocolates’ creations…The middle tier is filled with finger sandwiches…The lower tier carries mini fruit scones accompanied by pots of thick clotted cream and raspberry jam.
DELICIOUS!
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Stop That
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Messers.
This afternoon.
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
The launch Carlow Arts Festival, the “first big cultural event of the Irish Summer”, are acrobats Ronan Brady and Aisling Ní Cheallaig (centre pic) and, above from left: Jo Mangan, Director of Carlow Arts Festival; Bryan Quinn from the Horsebox Theatre; and Irish National Opera soprano Amy Ní Feharraigh.
The festival celebrates its 40th anniversary this year on June 4-9 with over 80% of the events ‘free to attend’ alongside a ‘Pick Your Price’ scheme for some select events.
In fairness
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
This afternoon.
Nick’s Coffee Shop, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave talking to RTÉ’s Philip Boucher Hayes and addressing media about his role in a campaign that anonymously targeted European Facebook users in 10 countries with advertisements about Ireland’s corporate tax system saying it was his ‘patriotic duty’.
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave has spent what he described “a very small amount” of about €20,000 on Facebook ads highlighting Ireland’s corporation tax regime.
He said he would not be taking any more measures to highlight the country’s tax regime, adding that he thinks “the game is up” and that Ireland should “start to close down all of these things.”
…In respect of his own company Amaranthine, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund, which is incorporated in Delaware, Mr Cosgrave said
“it is more tax efficient to incorporate out of Ireland, but that fund is operated out of the United States…it is the standard procedure for venture capital funds [to set up there].”
20k.
What we wouldn’t do.
Cosgrave spent €20,000 on ads highlighting corporation tax regime (Independent.ie)
Meanwhile…
Paddy and me, Act II
The bit from @drivetimerte where @paddycosgrave admits to Tax Avoidance himself.
Podcast: 👉https://t.co/d129lRYhUP pic.twitter.com/z1GIEiA2AP
— Philip Boucher-Hayes (@boucherhayes) April 17, 2019
Meanwhile..
So Paddy Cosgrave attempted to hand Philip Boucher Hayes an envelope with €500 quid, as a prize for apparently avoiding the elephant in the room on tax avoidance. @boucherhayes refuses to accept pic.twitter.com/Nx1bjd5HTX
— Jack Power (@jackpowerIT) April 17, 2019
The extraordinary coin craftsmanship of Russian artist Roman Butin.
Bespoke carvings and unique mechanisations made to order. Just so you know, the snapping teeth coin sold for $10,000 back in 2017.
Gavin James plays the first of three sold-out shows tonight in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.
To mark the inexorable rise of the kid from Tuam, County Galway, a repost (above) of what is surely one of the best videos ever made by an Irish artist.
The promo for ‘Glow’ (from the album ‘Only Ticket Home’) originally ‘dropped’ last Autumn but it already feels like a timeless classic up there in the hallowed company of Phil Lynott’s ‘Old Town’, Sinead’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, U2’s ‘Sweetest Thing’ and The Pogues’s ‘Fairytale Of New York’.
It opens with Gavin strumming his acoustic guitar in The Old Storehouse pub before he leads a motley crew of mime artists, jugglers, construction workers, hen parties, flower sellers, drag queens and dancing guys ’n’gals through the sun-kissed streets of Temple Bar. Until they disappear like a fevered dream…
It’s full of colour and joy, and for four minutes makes the heart of Dublin look like the centre of the universe.
FIGHT!
Prints of unseen Liberties by Maxi
Ruth Keating writes
Tonight Jam Art Factory are hosting an exhibition in Lucky’s bar on Meath Street, Dublin 8. We will be presenting a new series of work by the super talented illustrator Maxi.
The pieces are all limited edition, giclée prints and are based on the loved and unseen buildings of the Liberties area.
Kicking off from 6.30/7pm with a limited amount of free drinks provided by the good folks at Teelings Whiskey.
Hic.
This afternoon
In the Dáil.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is addressing both houses of the Oireachtas and Bono.
Said Ms Pelosi:
“This month we mark the anniversary of one of the greatest achievements of that spirit of hope and a faith that a better future is possible.
The signing of the Good Friday accords in 1998, ending centuries of conflict. On that holy day, the world saw the dawn of peace in Northern Ireland, which few had ever dared to dream.
With the diplomatic leadership of President Bill Clinton who sends you his regards, when he found we were coming….”
FIGHT!
Pics: Maxwell
UPDATE:
From left: Ali Hewson, Bono, Nancy Pelosi and Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl in Leinster House.
Ms Pelosi said of Bono:
“In modern times, another purveyor of the word from Ireland, Bono and U2 – one of Ireland’s most beloved exports, whose music and mission [applause] – [looks up at Bono in the gallery] oh, there you are, I’m not finished – whose music and mission of advocacy stirs the spirit of the world, while embracing the pride of the Irish…
“We’ve learned so much at U2 concerts about what’s going on in Ireland. And we were delighted to see Bono in the gallows of the GPO last night – a picture of David Trimble and John Hume at a U2 concert in Belfast in 1998.
“Bono is here with his wife Ali Hewson, who is there. Thank you both for being here [applause].
“I take pride in saying that I’m one of the members of Congress who’s been to more of Bono’s, U2’s concerts than anyone.
“Now, he’s in the audience. Thank you Ali, and thank you Bono, for being here, and give my regards to the rest of U2, The Edge and others.
“Something I learned from my children, from Michael Keneally and then my grandchildren, we all know, I usually do not intrude on music of my children. That does not apply to U2.”
Watch live here.
UPDATE:
I’ve just seen Nancy Pelosi warmly caressing Gerry Adams’s beard
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) April 17, 2019
Meanwhile, TDs and senators literally queuing to shake hands with Bono
— Hugh O’Connell (@oconnellhugh) April 17, 2019
Meanwhile…
Ms Pelosi exits from Cats hair salon, Dublin.