Don Reilly writes:
Election poster still up yesterday evening on Swords Rd.Is this a record?
Ringsend, Dublin 4 last night.
3stella adds:
Grand stretch in fairness. Chris must be hedging for another election….
First two in a series.
John Bruton (top) and Gerry Adams (above)
By Mick Flavin
The boss of the auld RSA,
Has several harsh words to say,
That the cops in this town,
Just aren’t clamping down,
On drinkers who still drive away.
John Moynes
Rollingnews
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John McMorrow writes:
I know you don’t normally do this… but I am the Chairperson of the Irish Chess Union and we will soon be running the Espion Irish Junior Chess Championships. It will be held from the 1-3 April and as an added bonus we will be offering any student who is entering their first ICU event a free chess set and board to give to their school. The event will be held in the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney, Co. Dublin.
Further details of our offer can be found here.
We would highlight the three 1-day competitions on Sunday 3rd, the Irish U-8 championships and the u10 and u12 challengers “rapid” events. These three events are for those less used to longer games with games lasting 30 minutes. Players will receive the same amount of games as they are never knocked out of an event. There are also other attractions on Sunday such as talks, coaching and even a competition for parents and teachers.
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Reppy writes:
Van broken in to on Haddington Road [Dublin 4] yesterday. Looks like a small hacksaw blade severed the central locking wire loom through the gap in the drivers door and front wing, which then let them in to unlock the rear doors and cleaned out the contents of the van. Never even realised until the electric windows wouldn’t work as from the outside there was no evidence of a break in. Clever b*****ds
Denis O’Brien and acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny at a Broadband Commission Meeting in Dublin on March 23, 2014
You may recall how the Moriarty Tribunal was published five years ago, on March 22, 2011.
During the delivery of a statement on the tribunal to the Dáil on March 29, 2011, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said:
I welcome equally the tribunal’s recommendations. In many ways, the recommendations reflect the vital reform plans of this Government. This is a serious report that merits a serious response. Previous tribunals elicited thousands of words, but pitiful inaction on the part of those who then sat on this side of the House. The new Government breaks from that precedent and will act definitively and decisively.
“…To recreate political virtue, rebuild public trust and restore our reputation, it is no longer sufficient to do what is correct. To achieve even a fraction of that, we must do what is right.
“While what is correct starts in legal opinions and rules and legislation, what is right starts here in the human heart, in our conscience, in respect for our neighbour, and in the values that define who we are and what we want to be. If this is how we try to live our lives, this is how we should practise our politics. I speak for the entire Government when I say this is what will inspire and drive our tenure in office.
“In the programme for Government, which was published by the new Government and endorsed by this House prior to the publication of the Moriarty tribunal’s report, we set out proposals for the most comprehensive programme of political reform since the 1930s.
“We believe politics must be about service to the public, and not to provide financial gain for politicians or anyone else. We have already kept our promise to reduce the salaries of members of the Government and to reform the arrangements in regard to ministerial transport.”
Further to this, tonight Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy says:
“During that speech given by Enda Kenny he declared that Fine Gael’s response would be ‘swift and appropriate.’ and he went on to say that it was ‘a serious report which merits a serious response.’ Yet, here we are, five years later and we are yet to see any meaningful action on the findings of the Tribunal.”
“Ironically, in that speech in March 2011 the Taoiseach criticised other parties because in his words ‘other tribunals had elicited thousands of words but pitiful inaction.’ I would question what is different in how Fine Gael have handled the findings of Moriarty?”
“The Social Democrats are urging all parties to acknowledge the need for urgent and serious action if we are to have any hope of restoring public confidence to Irish politics. Five years ago Enda Kenny declared this as a stated aim yet we have yet to see it materialise.”
Enda Kenny’s statement (Oireachtas.ie)
Pic: ITU
Thanks Ann Marie
Tonight.
On RTE One at 7pm.
Gareth Naughton writes:
Regina Philip, originally from Tanzania, was granted asylum in Ireland but her daughter only made it as far as Paris. She is now 14-years-old and has been living in a hostel in the care of the French authorities for the last eight years.
When viewers meet Regina, she is sending a parcel of clothing to her daughter. She tells them: “I miss her a lot. I wish we can be together always. Circumstance doesn’t allow”.
Regina came to Ireland by way of Kenya and South Africa. She was lucky enough to find asylum but her daughter, who was just six-years-old when she arrived in Paris, is unable to join her here.
“She came to France when she was young, now she is 14. She has been there eight years with no family, with nobody. It is hard and it is sad. I am working out if I can go there or she can come here,” Regina tells viewers.
Inside the GPO goes behind the scenes at one of the country’s most iconic buildings. Best known as the headquarters of the 1916 Rising, the GPO has been at the heart of Irish life for 200 years. This series goes behind the scenes at Ireland’s busiest post office; home to 950 staff, a microcosm of Irish society, and caretaker of letters, parcels, hopes and stories
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The Scooter Chair from Spanish furniture manufacturer Bel & Bel – handbuilt swivel chairs enhanced with the inimitable curves (original panels and functioning lights) of vintage Vespa scooters. So far 200 have been made to order for clients around the world, no two the same.
Here’s how they do it.