This evening.
Serv writes:
Eir, what the hell is eircom and why have they left a book outside my house?
Anyone?
600 new Gardaí next year – maybe we could make better use of the ones we already have too… #budget16pic.twitter.com/LFoHHdCNMD
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) October 13, 2015
What do we want?
More barriers supplied by Siteserv.
When do we want them?
Etc.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny launching the 1916 commemoration programme last month
Further to Budget 2016.
FluffyBiscuits writes:
€17m on emergency accommodation and €50m on the commemoration of 1916, anyone see anything wrong with this picture? What are our priorities in this country? Remembering a failed uprising or help the most vulnerable in society?
Anyone?
Earlier: On His Feet
Meanwhile…
Absolutley astounding to see only €18m new expenditure measures allocated for health in #budget16 pic.twitter.com/9lyzIWX7da
— Social Democrats (@SocDems) October 13, 2015
Even more astonishing is ZERO provision for Mental Health Services despite a youth suicide rate that's 2.5 times the EU average #budget16
— Social Democrats (@SocDems) October 13, 2015
‘sup?
Buster, Bus Eireann’s new seat belt mascot (a controversially cuddlier version of the leaping hound used on the sides of coaches).
Gavin Geraghty writes:
I’m from Strategem, an independent Irish advertising agency who work with Bus Éireann. We’ve just launched a very worthy yet engaging campaign promoting seat-belt usage among primary schoolchildren.
We’ve developed a series of quirky characters ‘Buster and the Beltups who help educate kids on the importance of wearing a seatbelt on the school bus. We all have a role to play and so we’ve been actively communicating with parents, school staff, the general public and of course the schoolchildren themselves.
Is Buster the new Judge?
YOU be the judge decider person.
Hummingbird
at
Colibri – an elegant kinetic sculpture by Derek Hugger that mimics the flight of the hummingbird. Sez he:
Every element of motion has been completely mechanized, from the beating wings to the flaring tail. Intricate systems of linkages and cams bring the sculpture to life with a continuous flow of meticulously timed articulations. As each mechanism has been linked to the next, Colibri cycles through its complete range of motions by the simple turn of a crank. This project took me roughly 700 hours and contains about 400 parts.
More at his website. And detailed maker instructions at his shop.
Thursday October 15: Ain’t No Border High Enough @ The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin (€10/€15)
Nialler9 writes:
A stellar lineup of musicians playing in support of the Calais Refugee Solidarity Campaign including alt-folk duo Twin Headed Wolf, cosmic electronic musician LaserTom, DJ and broadcasting legend Donal Dineen, acoustic folk from Owensie, new trad from The Spook Of The Thirteenth Lock, a capellla trad from Landless and Cormac Dermody and Radie Peat (whose Dublin folk band Lynched are on [Later With] Jools Holland tonight on BBC2 at 10pm)
On His Feet
at
53,000 new jobs will be created by year’s end says Michael Noonan. The JobBridge will need to be strengthened! #Budget2016
— Irish Sun (@IrishSunOnline) October 13, 2015
Noonan says state will recoup bailout money in AIB & PTSB. (He be waiting a while.) #Budget2016 — David Murphy (@davidmurphyRTE) October 13, 2015
Noonan just slapped another 50c on my smokes. Cross the border once a week so #budget16
— Toddimus Maximus (@UbuntuLad) October 13, 2015
Noonan claims there will be “no more boom and bust.” Factually incorrect, systemic nonsense and political bullshit #budget16 #Budget2016
— Mark Malone (@soundmigration) October 13, 2015
Noonan: I will increase the entry threshold from €12,012 to €13,000 – removing 42,500 workers from the USC net #budget16
— Sunday Business Post (@sundaybusiness) October 13, 2015
Noonan: Home carers tax credit to be increased #budget16
— Small Business Show (@focuSMEireland) October 13, 2015
Watch live here
Earlier:
Brendan Howlin, Minister for Public Expenditure and Michael Noonan (left) at government buildings this afternoon.
(Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie)
Academics for Palestine [Irish-based scholars supporting Palestinian academics and students] will host a discussion on the state of higher education in Gaza.
The evening will include contributions from Dr Ayman Shaheen, a professor of political science at Al Azhar University, Gaza; Suha Shaheen, an IT lecturer at Al Quds Open University in Gaza; Dr Yaser Al Ashqar, from Gaza and now lecturing at the Irish School of Ecumenics, TCD; and Malaka Mohammed, a writer and activist from Gaza who now studies and teaches at the University of Exeter.