Free tomorrow night?
The London Irish Centre writes:
Three brilliant Irish acts – Thumper, Bicurious and Just Mustard, are playing The Shacklewell Arms [71 Shacklewell Ln, London E8 2EB] tomorrow night at 7.30pm.
Every few months, The London iIish Centre work with Music from Ireland and Culture Ireland on showcasing new Irish acts to London music industry.
Tomorrow night, is one of the best line-ups of the year, and you’re invited to join us.
This Christmas.
Introduce some drama to your lobes
Fyona, of Hoops and Fears, writes:
I’m the designer and maker behind Hoops & Fears, based in Berlin but 100% Irish made by my fair hands.
Etsy have kindly given me 30 x €20 vouchers for customers to spend in my store which I’d love to pass on Broadsheet readers! You just need to email hey@hoopsandfears.com to claim.
And for anyone who misses out – they will get 10% off everything in store with Free Shipping worldwide. They can use this link and the discount will be placed automatically or use the code BROADSHEET at checkout to apply the discount….
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.
Behold: the 1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’ – one of the most successful race cars of its era, combing a Jaguar straight-six engine and drivetrain with a lightweight tube-framed chassis designed by Lister, Jaguar’s motorsports partner.
This particular car – whose documents list 53 podium finishes, including 29 firsts, 15 seconds and 9 thirds – has been meticulously maintained and remains (vintage) race ready.
Yours for a mere €2,500,000 – €3,100,000.
Máiría Cahill and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald
This afternoon.
At 4pm.
Former Labour Senator Máiría Cahill is scheduled to meet Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.
Ms Cahill is the granddaughter of Frank Cahill, brother of leading Sinn Fein member and subsequent IRA Chief of Staff Joe Cahill.
In 2010, Ms Cahill alleged that she was repeatedly raped by prominent IRA member Martin Morris when she was 16 and that her allegations were dismissed by a Sinn Fein ‘kangaroo’ court while the alleged abuser was subsequently moved to Donegal.
Ms Cahill also alleged former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was aware of the allegations and failed to take action.
In 2014, Mr Morris, who denied the allegation, was acquitted after his trial collapsed.
The trial collapsed after Ms Cahill, and two other women who alleged Mr Morris abused them, withdrew their evidence citing a loss of confidence in how the case was being handled.
Ahead of her meeting with Ms McDonald, Ms Cahill spoke to Áine Lawlor on RTÉ’s News At One.
During the interview, they had the following exchange:
Aine Lawlor: “It’s been four years, as you say, since you first went public on [BBC] Spotlight. What personal price have you paid?”
Máiría Cahill: “Horrendous. My health has suffered, Áine, on a number of fronts. Mentally, I’m kind of, quite OK, I suppose I’m a but stubborn. But I have, at the minute, no feeling in the left-hand side of my face, for example. Or in my mouth, because I woke up, in the aftermath of the Ombudsman report, unable to feel that.
“We’re still trying to find the root cause of that. I’ve had to take a lot of time off work. My family relationships, the wider family relationships have suffered because some of those people still claim allegiance to the Republican movement for example.
“I think I was treated despicably by Sinn Féin and their members, graffiti went up on the walls of West Belfast, in the area which I was raped for example. You know, quite a public shaming of someone who came forward essentially looking for an admission and that was all I wanted, for people to admit that it was wrong. And it shouldn’t have happened.
“To date, that hasn’t happened. And I’d like to think that someone from Sinn Féin would have a modicum of decency around them to finally admit that.”
Previously: Falls Memory Syndrome
Former Minister for Communications Denis Naughten
Following the resignation of the former Minister for Communications Denis Naughten in October…
And the announcement of a review by Peter Smyth of interactions between Mr Naughten and businessman David McCourt, founder and chairman of Granahan McCourt – which is leading the last remaining consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan…
To see if these interactions undermined the integrity of the procurement process…
Last night it was reported that Mr Smyth’s review has been given to the Government.
Further to this…
Will Goodbody, of RTE, reports:
The Attorney General has advised that the review of the National Broadband Plan procurement process by its Independent Auditor should be sent to the individuals named in the document before being published.
A spokesperson for the Department of Communications said it would be published shortly, but could not say specifically when.
The spokesperson also could not say whether those individuals named would be given an opportunity to respond to the report’s findings before it is published.
The report, which was received by Minister for Communications Richard Bruton yesterday, was not discussed at this morning’s Cabinet meeting.
It is expected to be presented at Cabinet next week.
Broadband review may be sent to individuals before publication (RTE)
Previously: National Broadband Plan on Broadsheet
Rollingnews
Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville, Co Donegal
This Sunday.
At the Methodist Hall on the Main Street of Moville, Co Donegal.
At 3pm.
Fáilte Inishowen will be hosting a public information meeting about the arrival of asylum seekers to Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville.
Tracey Cullen Sheehan, of Fáilte Inishowen, writes:
“Fáilte Inishowen is pleased to announce the first event in its campaign to ensure that all of the asylum seekers arriving in the coming weeks are warmly welcomed and strongly supported in settling in to this vibrant community by the sea.
“All are welcome to attend, and representatives from health, education and social agencies in the area will be in attendance to offer their perspectives and to take questions from the floor.
“Invited speakers who have come through the discredited system of Direct Provision will focus on how best local people might show solidarity and friendship to those who are arriving.
“Vukasin Nedeljkovic is an artist and researcher from Serbia whose excellent multidisciplinary project, Asylum Archive, documents his own experience of Direct Provision.
“Having sought asylum in Ireland in 2007, Vukasin was put into the Direct Provision system and, faced with the stress of life waiting to for his asylum application to be processed, began his excellent project ‘as a coping mechanism’.
“Vukasin’s recently-published Asylum Archive book tells a story of weight and importance that too few people have heard about — we will be petitioning Donegal County Library to include a copy in every branch.
“South African activist Lucky Khambule [him off the telly!] has called Ireland home for the last five years.
“He lived in Direct Provision for three years and this experience drove him to co-found MASI, the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland — in pursuit of justice, dignity, social equality and the right to work for people seeking asylum as they had been banned from doing so since Direct Provision was enacted.
“Caroline Radcliffe from Moville is experienced in the field of human rights and will speak of her time working with asylum seekers in the hostel that existed in the early 2000s in Moville.”
https://vimeo.com/300421677
Russian motion designer Vladimir Tomin takes his cursor and editing tools to streets, buildings and construction sites.
Anne Marie McNally tweetz:
Baggot Street just now. ‘In a Bowl’…as opposed to what exactly? €2 quid cheaper if you lick it off the counter?!
Meanwhile…
In Tesco…
In fairness.
