A short by Elli Vuorinen in which an optician grows tired of seeing the world too clearly as she comes to understand her inevitable involvement in its faults.
By Con Kennedy.
Ollie’s Xmas sorted.
Any excuse.
Meanwhile…
Jon Henley, in The Guardian, reports:
The European commission has confirmed that British citizens will have to pay to visit mainland Europe as soon as the EU’s free movement laws no longer apply.
A spokeswoman for Jean-Claude Juncker, the commission’s president, said visitors from post-Brexit Britain would have to fill out an online form and pay €7 (£6) for a visa waiver, which would be valid for three years.
Britons must pay €7 to visit mainland Europe after Brexit (The Guardian)
Meanwhile…
Renegotiating the backstop with the EU 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/iHxKwG6QqH
— Jolyon Rubinstein (@JolyonRubs) December 13, 2018
In fairness.
How Much?
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Most recent mortgage analysed is showing over €123,000.00 of an overcharge.#TrackerScandal #Banking #Ireland
— @IRCIreland (@ircireland) December 14, 2018
Anyone?
Oireachtas News tweetz:
Since 1918, over 200 women have been elected, with 53 women currently Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. To commemorate this, the Houses of the Oireachtas has released a photo montage of 105 former and current female Members of the Oireachtas.
Perch
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The Valpelline Bivouac – an alpine shelter on a rocky peak in Italy’s Morion ridge – prefabricated offsite and dropped into place by helicopter.
Made from composite wooden panels and steel, anchored to the rock by cables, it offers a base for climbers trekking over the ridge, with cooking facilities, storage and stunning views of Becca di Luseney, Monte Rosa, and the Matterhorn.
Growing Up
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Charlie Taylor, in The Irish Times, reports:
A Nasdaq-listed cannabis grower plans to establish an Irish subsidiary early next year as it looks to gain a foothold in the European medical marijuana market.
Las Vegas-headquartered has said it will locate its European headquarters in Dublin ahead of its launch in mainland Europe.
The company initially intends to cultivate 10 acres of medical marijuana for export to a number of European countries, but does not state where it will grow the product.
US cannabis grower aims for high growth from Dublin HQ (The Irish Times)
This morning.
Leinster House, Dublin 2
Thomas Clarke (right) with Ronnie O’Brien in a replica carriage and horse to commemorate the centenary of the Sinn Féin landslide election of December 14, 1918, and recreate an iconic image of that day (above).
Update:
The new breed of Sinn Féin TDs and senators join the commemoration.
Where’s Jarvey Adams?
Jarvey.
I’ll get my cloth cap.
INM CEO Michael Doorly told staff this week that he was ‘deeply concerned’ at ‘just unbelievable’ allegations that editors & other senior staff had their hard drives and emails searched in 2015 without their permission – Indo report by @shanephelanindo: https://t.co/ozSvv13PXf
— Simon Carswell (@SiCarswell) December 13, 2018
From top: CEO of INM Michael Doorly and former chairman of INM Leslie Buckley; emails between Mr Doorly and Mr Buckley in 2014
At a meeting on Wednesday, following further revelations about data breaches at Independent News and Media (INM), the group’s CEO Michael Doorly told staff he was “deeply concerned” by the developments.
In mid-2015, hard drives of up to six editors in INM were allegedly taken in the middle of the night and copied before being returned to the journalists’ desks before they got into work – on the alleged orders of then CEO Robert Pitt.
Of Mr Pitt’s alleged actions, Mr Doorly reportedly told staff:
“It is an allegation at the moment. I hate to think that a CEO would have done this.”
This alleged breach is in addition to searches made, a year earlier, at the behest of former Chairman Leslie Buckley ostensibly to evaluate the cost benefit of of retaining Simon McAleese Solicitors.
The Sunday Business Post reported last April that Mr Doorly, then Company Secretary, was involved in helping source correspondence pertaining to Mr McAleese.
Emails (above) tweeted by Irish Times journalist Simon Carswell yesterday, show Mr Doorly’s contacting Leslie Buckley in August, 2014.
In one, Mr Doorly tells Mr Buckley that his trawl has included a screengrab taken ‘around the time of the investigation’ of “all of Gavin O’Reilly emails that were in Joe Webb’s mailbox”
This is a reference to former INM CEO Gavin O’Reilly and Joe Webb, former head of Independent News & Media’s Irish operations.
Mr O’ Reilly had left the company in 2012. Mr Webb in 2013.
At the staff meeting on Wednesday, Mr Doorly assured staff:
“Anything that hurts the reputation of this organisation is not acceptable. I will do everything I can to restore confidence and resolve this issue and protect the good names of all who work here. This is a core personal priority of mine.”
Previously:We Shall Fight Them On The Breaches
Pics: Rollingnews and Simon Carswell
A one-sixth scale Fallout 4 X-01 Power Armour action figure from Threexzero, standing 36.8cm tall and complete with light-up helmet, swappable head, detachable armour plates, Assaultron blade and 40 points of articulation.
Yours for about €335 (+P&P).
Previously: Your R2-D2 Action Figure Has Arrived