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The controversial pre-Xmas Garda weed haul (top) and bare faced cheek (above)

Richard Creedon writes:

Just before Christmas day, An Garda Siochana put up this picture (above) of a small bag of cannabis and a cannabis grinder on their official page. This is to do with Operation Thor [anti-burglary crackdown] as far as I can tell.

Currently, the picture has been liked thousands of times with numerous comments [ridiculing the haul] having 1000+ likes and some comments have 4000+ likes. It has also been shared by The LadBible which has a reach of 11 million and has currently been shared over 4000 times by them. Even the Rubber Bandits have gotten involved in the comment section.

It looks like a major backlash against the guards by the youth of Ireland for arresting users of small amounts of cannabis…

Fight!

Cannabis find, Operation Thor (Facebook)

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Ah here.

By Mick Flavin

Labour plots ‘gay’ attack ad on Martin and Adams (Sunday Independent)

Meanwhile…

The Labour Party is promising tax cuts for individuals with incomes of up to €120,000, while those above that figure can look forward to an effective tax freeze.
Tánaiste Joan Burton will seek to entice the middle-class and high earners to her candidates with a series of tax reforms that she says will raise the standard of living.
The latest move to revive Labour’s flagging fortunes in the polls comes in the wake of Fine Gael targeting Labour’s traditional working-class voters with wage subsidies for those on low incomes.

Labour plans to cut taxes for people earning up to €120k (Kevin Doyle, Irish Independent)

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Ahead of this week’s visit of snake oil salesman motivational guru Tony Robbins’ to Dublin, artist David Tully (he of the inspired Bray Head Cross Hoop) writes:

This is about Tony the fictional character from The Shining (1980) resurrected as Tony Robbins. Parodying the rise of new age (psuedo-science empowerment psychologies) religions.

Make of it what you will.

David’s Blogspot

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Your Brass Angel – Trick Mist

Manchester based electonica/tradster Gav of Triick Mist writes:

This is video No.3 from the ‘Gaps Series’. These are videos made for my EP ‘Jars in Rows’ but without my involvement in the process. Multiple artists were invited to respond to a song from the EP and in turn create a reactionary piece of video work based solely on their perception. This video created by video artist, director, editor Graham Patterson features loads of mouths floating around the place. I reckon Samuel Beckett would have definitely buzzed off it! ‘Jars in Rows’ EP is out now.

Previously: Jars In Rows

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