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Mark at the Jam Art Factory, writes:
Just thought you’d like this new limited edition giclée print by Donegal’s finest, Jacob Stack. A load of foxes running through Trinity’s Long Room in print form.. What more could you need.
Irish-Made Stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.
This afternoon.
Pearse House (top), Pearse Street, Dublin 2 and Markievicz House, Townsend Street, Dublin 2.
Two listed Dublin apartment blocks by architect Herbert Simms face demolition…
The council’s housing committee has voted to start the process of “delisting” Pearse House and Markievicz House so that the dilapidated flats can be demolished and replaced with “decent modern accommodation”.
Residents of the two complexes on Townsend Street in the south-east inner-city have long campaigned for the redevelopment of their blocks and recently protested outside the council’s officers over a rat infestation.
Attempts to refurbish flat blocks of a similar age had proved more costly than building anew, Chris Andrews [Sinn Féin Councillor] said.
Meanwhile…
Edward writes:
These are beautiful buildlngs …by a genuine hero of Dublin housing …they are some of the finest in the city…. I would like to see evidence that refurbishment is not cost effective…
Anyone?
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris (left)and former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan
Further to yesterday’s Sunday Times report which outlined how the state plans to cover former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan’s legal costs in an action taken by Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe..
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says the representation being offered to the former Commissioner is standard practice.
“As a former State employee who is being sued in the course of his work it is the norm for the State to offer representation for him,” said Mr Varadkar.
“That is not to say that he is being given an indemnity or anything like that, it is representation as regards the case.”
Normal practice for State to provide lawyers for Martin Callinan, says Varadkar (Irish Examiner)
Earlier…
According to senior sources, Mr Harris is seeking his own legal advice on the matter of Mr Callinan’s legal costs in light of the tribunal’s damning findings against the former commissioner.
Mr Harris is seeking advice on whether to he is bound by the decision of Mr Ó Cualáin to recommend that the State fund Mr Callinan’s defence. Depending on the advice, it may be open to him to ask the Minister to reverse his decision.
Garda Commissioner seeks to reverse Callinan’s legal funding (irish Times)
Last week, with a twenty five euro voucher to spend at any of the many Golden Discs branches nationwide, we asked you to name the finest moment by bombastic prog popsters Queen.
You answered in your dozens.
But there could be only one winner.
In reverse order then…
Queen – Bicycle Race
Seamus keane writes:
“Bicycle Race because: ‘You say coke, I say Caine/ you say John, I say Wayne”’ and it manages to mention Fat Bottomed Girls, which is my second favourite Queen song.”
Queen – Flash
Jibjob writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was Flash owing to its even-more-wildly-over-the-top-than-usual performance for the soundtrack of the kid’s film Flash, together with bizarre lines from the film such as “Despatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!”.
Queen – Who Wants To Live Forever
Termagent writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was when I was at a house party in somewhere around 2007 and my mate Gary leapt from a stairs onto a table during the crescendo of Who Wants To Live Forever off Live At Wembley ’86 (possibly the greatest live album of all time), whereupon the table broke throwing Gary forward right into a wall knocking him out owing to its unparalleled comic perfection
Queen – Love Of My Life (Live)
Scottser writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was ‘Love Of My Life’ from the Live Killers album. a song Freddie wrote for Mary Austin. imagine you and your engaged are in the process of splitting up and a stadium full of people are singing a song you wrote for her back to you? what a gut-wrencher…
Queen – The March of The Black Queen
Nicorigo writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was The March of the Black Queen owing to its lyrics, guitar, choir and awesomeness. This is Bohemian Raphsody’s big sister, possibly the best song by Queen…
Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktYlzVYQbwY
Queen – Live Aid full concert
Steve writes:
While not a massive Queen fan, I believe their greatest moment was Live Aid owing to its being the best live performance of any band in the history of rock music, except for possibly Queen’s stand alone gig in the same arena the following year. Even today its still an incredible performance to watch; energy, charisma, crowd engagement. Freddie at his finest.
Thanks all.
Previously: Some Old Queen
Next year.
From May 22 to May 29.
A group from Spinal Injuries Ireland will travel from Cork to Southhampton in England for its inaugural Tall Ships Challenge as part of a fundraising initiative for the charity.
They are currently looking for a crew of all abilities to take part in the crossing which will be led by paralympian John Twomey.
Each crew member will be required to fundraise €3,000 and participants will be supported with advice and tips on how to fundraise.
The closing date for applications is April 1, 2019.
More here
Noel Hanlon (right) canvassing in Longford with Albert Reynolds in the 1980s
Noel Hanlon.
Stogie-chewing Longford ledge.
What was he really like?
Via The Sunday Independent:
But what he lacked in finesse made him something of a legend in more polished business and political circles, where even opponents grew to respect his adversarial style and stubborn determination.
…Success enabled him to drive a flash car, live in a new Georgian-style house with a swimming pool and invest in property. But he always remained a blunt if at times generous, hard-edged self-made man.
When a majority of his workers went to his father’s funeral in St Mel’s Cathedral, they found themselves docked a half-day’s pay for their trouble.
Hanlon, who had two-way glass in his office so that he could see out but nobody could see in, was ready when a group of irate shop stewards knocked on his door. “I didn’t ask you to go – so you went on your own time and I don’t pay you to do things on your own time,” he told them.
…Hanlon was soon appointed to the board of the state business rescue agency Foir Teoranta, (although he owed it money at the time) and a director of Aer Lingus in 1980. In 1992, he was appointed chairman of the VHI,
Before the fall of the Albert Reynolds’ government, Hanlon was appointed chairman of Aer Rianta, the national airport authority. In 2002, there were claims that the state company had sent €5,000 in “brandy and cigars” as a gift to the minister’s office some years before.
“A lot of people will be delighted to see me go,” he said in an interview with David Murphy in May, 2004. “I have been 23 years a state chairman. I have always stood for good corporate governance.”
Others didn’t think so and when he presented four departing directors of Aer Rianta with £9,000 watches as gifts in October 2004, the Labour Party was outraged. Hanlon then paid for the watches himself….
Good times.
Noel Hanlon, Obituary (Sunday Independent)
Pic via The Longford leader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l48xmDA1EnY
Archie the border collie invents a new sport at a wet car park in Bloxwich.
‘Two Hundred and Seventy’ (2018) – an installation by Nils Völker at Museum für agewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna,
A concave array of 270 plastic bags suspended from the ceiling inflate and deflate rhythmically – their movement controlled and synchronised by 1000 precisely aligned fans and 45 circuit boards.
A constant crinkling sound fills the museum’s vast hall. Like the rustle of tissue paper. Or the rush of the tide.
Or that locust-person in Screen 12, two seats away with the big bag of M&Ms.
Now you have it.
Meet the Dublin woman who is preparing for another term of tea cosy orders. pic.twitter.com/uza6Mo9TnF
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 10, 2018
Reg writes:
Good luck to this woman (above) but thanks should go to knitter Virginia Costello, who was responsible for the first Michael Tea Cosy, as featured in Broadsheet back in 2012 (top). Virginia did it for fun, the love of knitting and saw no reason to copyright it. Credit where it’s due.
In fairness.
Pot Look: Orders for Michael Tea Higgins cosies pour in (RTÉ)
Previously: Win Your Own Michael Tea Cosy (February 2012
