Too early for an Xmas cocktail?
Dave Quinn (not him, another one), of The People of Croke Park fame, writes:
For my day job I work in advertising with the creative agency Bloom. This year to celebrate the festive season we decided to commission our own cocktail.
We call it Yule Bloom (Geddit). Anyway we would like to share it with the readers of Broadsheet. In case they were looking for a break from all that Prosecco and sherry.
And wanted something different.
Hic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjDclfAFRB4
Footage of Paris recorded between 1896 and 1900 by pioneering fraternal filmmakers, Auguste and Luis Lumière, stabilised, foley sound added and slowed to natural rate by videographer Guy Jones.
0:08 – Notre-Dame Cathedral (1896)
0:58 – Alma Bridge (1900)
1:37 – Avenue des Champs-Élysées (1899)
2:33 – Place de la Concorde (1897)
3:24 – Passing of a fire brigade (1897)
3:58 – Tuileries Garden (1896)
4:48 – Moving walkway at the Paris Exposition (1900)
5:24 – The Eiffel Tower from the Rives de la Seine à Paris (1897)
Previously: New York City In 1911
Minister for Health Simon Harris
When questioned by your paper about the massive cost increase for the new children’s hospital, Minister for Health Simon Harris wasted no time in taking the high moral ground and stating that he “will make no apology for extending our children’s care”.
With the decision today of 95 per cent of the members of the INMO to strike for a pay increase, is he therefore qualifying that statement by adding, “so long as I don’t have to pay staff”?
Regrettably, the Minister is all too quick to avoid any effort to provide justification to the taxpayers of this country for the out-of-control situation with the new hospital project.
Why does he provide a blank cheque to the hospital project while at the same time telling us that he cannot afford to pay the very people needed to operate such hospitals? He’ll stand over any cost – except nursing cost – really?
T Gerard Bennett,
Bunbrosna,
Co Westmeath.
Paying nurses and the INMO strike (The Irish Times letters page)
Vehicles on fire at the home of the McGann family in Falsk, Strokestown, Co Roscommon
Shannonside reports:
Local reports in the north Roscommon area this morning suggest that a man has been arrested as part of a Garda investigation into alleged incidents at Falsk in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Gardai in Roscommon are continuing investigations into alleged incidents in Strokestown in recent days.
The Garda Press Office has confirmed to Shannonside FM that an operation is currently ongoing in the county and they will be issuing an update on events later today.
REPORT: Garda operation underway following alleged incidents in Strokestown (Shannonside)
Two men arrested in connection with Roscommon incident (RTÉ)
Update:
Two men have been arrested in connection with an attack at a farmhouse in Falsk, Co Roscommon, at the weekend.
The men, aged in their 50s and 60s, were arrested this morning after a number of planned searches were carried out by gardaí across Co Roscommon.
It is understood the men were detained in the north of the county before 11am.
Earlier: ‘The Violent, Forced Eviction From Our Home Has Left Our Family Shocked’
Dublin Rental Investigator tweetz:
Female vacancy for €390pm in a bunkbed room share with 3 in the Steelworks D1. There is 8+ people sharing this apartment with one bathroom.
Meanwhile…
Dublin Rental Investigator tweetz:
Suzanne Costello is advertising ‘shared foreign student accommodation’! 55 North Strand is registered with the RTB as having 6 bedrooms but Suzanne has 4 beds in the two rooms pictured.
Suzanne states there’s 9 current tenants. Who is investigating how many tenants Suzanne has or if there even is 6 bedrooms?
Previously: Dublin Rental Investigator on Broadsheet
This morning.
Ringsend College Dublin 4.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, and students during the launch of the Global Schools Programme .
The programme will run throughout 2019 and will see “Irish diplomats who have served abroad, accompanied by Irish United Nations peacekeepers, visiting secondary schools to talk to students about their work overseas and present each school with a United Nations Flag and a copy of the United Nations Charter“.
Money well spent.
Go globalism.
From top: Baggott Street Bridge, Dublin 2 on Monday evening; Odessa Club and restaurant on Exchequer Street Dublin yesterday morning.
Meanwhile…
At least two children have become homeless everyday since @campaignforleo took over from @EndaKennyTD.
Despite all the promises from @simoncoveney – Ireland’s rate of child homelessness is the worst in Europe.
#MyNameis campaign outside the #Dáil today #TwitterTree #todaysor pic.twitter.com/NvRvs99m8I
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) December 19, 2018
Yesterday; ‘It Doesn’t Seem Like Christmas This Year’
A very pleasing Pachinko-style marble cascade designed by Denha to produce a variety of soothing noises as it does its thing.
