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My goodness.

Dublin filmmaker Trev Whelan writes:

Here is a piece I had the pleasure of making with a great crew in Berlin. It was inspiring to discover and work with an artist like [Portugal-born] Bordalo Segundo [known as Bordalo II] creating this stunning installation “Froelicher Tucan” as part of the ‘Trash Animal’ series.

Many of Bordalo II’s materials are scavenged from scrap yards, abandoned factories and other urban wastelands. and puts a literal face on our growing mountains of waste, As he says himself: “The idea is to depict nature itself — in this case, animals — out of materials that are responsible for its destruction.” Check out his work here

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Your local representative.

On the take.

Laura Fitzgerald writes:

The programme will reveal the extent and nature of breaches [of ethics legislation] across the political system. As a result of RTÉ’s investigation, a number of politicians at both council and Oireachtas level have already corrected the record. The programme also focuses on particular cases where evidence of direct conflicts of interest has been found.

Given the scale and, in some in some cases, the severity of non-declarations, the investigation narrowed to concentrate on a select number of councillors. An RTÉ undercover investigative reporter contacted these people. The programme will broadcast footage from these meetings and will reveal requests for personal rewards to carry out work as a public representative….

RTÉ Investigates – Standards in Public Office, Monday December 7 at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.

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Now Den.

Tara O’Brien writes:

Following a two-year hiatus RTÉ One’s hugely successful Dragons’ Den will return to Irish TV screens for series seven with some brand new Dragons! …Ireland is finally turning a corner and getting back on its feet…If you are one of these new start ups, or indeed already operating successfully and looking to expand or you feel you have a lucrative business idea and could use financial backing then it’s time to enter the Den. You can apply online here until December 22…..

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By Debbie Jenkinson, a comic creator and illustrator from Dublin.

Debbie sez:

I draw, ink and then scan and colour digitally mostly. I enjoy that variety, and there’s nothing like real ink to work with. The cover sequence (above) is for our returning emigrants. I lived away from home for years, in Italy and New Jersey, so this homecoming-for-Christmas experience is something I remember well; the country laid out below us as we came in to land, coming into Dublin airport, the Christmas lights welcoming us. Being at home at last.

Part 2 next week.

This week’s Le Cool Dublin issue here

A chat with Debbie here

Save Poolbeg.

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Unleash your inner Proudfoot with a soil-covered prefabricated laminate structure by Florida-based Green Magic Homes.

The company claims these homes (fully ducted for utilities and structurally reinforced by the surrounding soil) can be fully assembled in three days by three people with minimal construction skills and no heavy equipment.

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Staying in tonight.

[Local paper doc] The Local Eye at 7pm on RTÉ One.

Mayo News contributor Willie McHugh meets ‘Cowboy’ Jack Holian on his Daffodil Ranch near Cong.

Gareth Naughton writes:

Jack has led a long and interesting life, earning his nickname as an MC at a club in London before returning home to live in Ireland and, over the course of six years, build a road between two villages that he was told was an impossibility. Stonemason Jack also tells Willie about a round tower monument he built for his late father on the ranch….

Previously: How To Spot Bull

Writing At The Crossroads

‘Who Won The Whist In Mulranney?”

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Choc’s away!

BAE Systems jumped four points at start of trading, just hours after its Tornado jets left UK bases in Cyprus to bomb Omar oilfields.

Arms manufacturers stocks soar after UK decision to join Syria bombing (CommonSpace)

Avon Barksdale writes:

I wonder how many British MPs had investments….

 

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At around 5am this morning two female occupants were taken from their home at Gracefield Road [Artane, Dublin 5] in a white/Silver VW Caddy van partial registration number 09D which was driven around for a number of hours and found by Gardai.

Both females were tied and bound in the back of this van in the vincinity of Chestnut Grove estate, Dunboyne, Co. Meath

At the same time the male occupant of the house was forced to attend work at his place of employment with a cash in transit company and forced to hand over a substantial sum of money in the vicinity of Corballis Road Business Park, Dublin Airport. The incident is not terrorist related.

Stuart Carolan   Garda statement this afternoon

Armed gardai attend ‘serious’ incident at Dublin Airport following tiger-kidnapping (Independent.ie)

Earlier…

Surrounding a plane?

Anyone?

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