They’re actually three times this size.
(By Jimmy Kavanagh)
Ah here.
The crying stairs.
Alex Lomax tweetz:
“I have literally just been shown a bed under the stairs for £500 a month. F you London! #nothanks #privetdrive!?”
Thanks Stephen Hennelly
‘SeedS’ designed by Karl Lenton of Burr Lenton Architecture are ‘mobile therapy spaces’ for prison inmates. The egg-like pods (featuring sound dampening, smooth surfaces, no potential ‘ligature points’ and an escape hatch opposite the main door) are modular and can be assembled in 30 minutes.
The Seeds are already being used to provide inmate healthcare at Leeds Prison.
PAC It In
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PAC in Dublin say: Daithi McKay will give a statement to the Ctte. Jamie Bryson will not be giving evidence or appearing before the Ctte
— JPCampbellBiz (@JP_Biz) September 30, 2015
I believe that the PAC committee have rowed back from the initial invite that had been extended by the Chairperson. — Jamie Bryson (@JamieBrysonCPNI) September 30, 2015
Given how much Jamie knows about the #NAMA pre-sale machinations, this is a lost opportunity. https://t.co/fqoxCw1wYX — NAMAwinelake (@namawinelake) September 30, 2015
Political blogger Jamie Bryson, above, won’t be attending the Public Accounts Committee tomorrow, as originally planned.
Nama will be appearing before the committee tomorrow at 10am.
Mr Bryson told the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Finance Committee on September 23 that Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson [and four businessmen] were set to receive a ‘success’ fee following the sale of Nama’s NI portfolio.
Meanwhile, Mr Bryson’s written submission to the Northern Ireland committee can be read here
Previously: Nothing To See Here
‘Cerberus Told Me I Was Going To Get Sorted’
UPDATE:
Correspondence from PAC Chair has confirmed they will discuss at tomorrow’s meeting whether to take evidence from me.
— Jamie Bryson (@JamieBrysonCPNI) September 30, 2015
13th November election. You heard it here first. (If it happens. If not, forget we had this conversation.)
— Sarah McInerney (@SarahAMcInerney) September 30, 2015
Hmmmm.
Anyone?
Previously: Ivan Got News For You
Longboat Quay complex at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin and developer Bernard McNamara
You may recall how Michael Clifford, in the Irish Examiner, reported in February how fire marshals had been on constant patrol in the Longboat Quay apartment development in Dublin since June 2014, following the discovery of major construction flaws that rendered the buildings firetraps.
This morning, Mr Clifford reported that the owners of apartments at Longboat Quay have been told that they must come up with €4million in less than a week – between €9,300 and €18,000 each depending on the size of their apartment – or Dublin Fire Brigade will have the building evacuated.
Mr Clifford reported that while a tender has been accepted for remedial works at the development on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, no funding has been acquired to carry out the work.
Longboat Quay was built by Bernard McNamara’s development firm, Gendsong, which is in receivership. Mr McNamara is currently redeveloping the former Canada House site on St Stephen’s Green for Denis O’Brien.
Richard Eardley, resident and director of Longboat Quay management company, spoke to Áine Lawlor on RTÉ’s News At One about the situation facing the residents of Longboat Quay.
Áine Lawlor: “Do you think it’s realistic that Bernard McNamara who has discharged, having built this, has discharged his debt and is now back in business, do you think it’s realistic that, out of concern for the plight of residents, he will re-engage, do you think the receiver will come up with more? Do you think the Docklands Authority will come up with more?”
Richard Eardley: “Well the receiver has been very engaged throughout and they have said they’ve made a significant contribution so far, as have the DDDA [Dublin Docklands Development Authority]. It would be wonderful to think that Bernard McNamara might out of his munificence, come back and contribute towards a problem that he was part of creating in the first place.”
Lawlor: “Are you holding your breath on that one?”
Eardley: “No. It would be wonderful to see. Do I think it’s going to happen? I’m not sure. It would be wonderful if some pressure could be put on, because that is where the original fault lies. The problem is his development vehicle Gendsong went into liquidation so there is no legal recourse there. We’re dependent upon the other parties, the receiver who’s looking after the assets of Gendsong in the development and the DDDA who is still the owners of the common areas of the development to make their significant and very best proposals to sort the problem out.”
Listen back in full here
Dublin apartment residents face €4m bill over fire concerns (RTE)
Previously: So Longboat
Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie
Yesterday.
The Intreo Jobs Fair, Dublin Castle, Dublin.
JimmyTheHead writes:
Got a semi-threatening letter telling me to attend an Intreo [formerly Fás] jobs fair in Dublin castle. Above is a pic of the “Jobs Wall”. Probably would have been a great idea, if there wasn’t over a thousand people arriving every hour. Also nice to see Dublin Bus have joined the Job Bridge band wagon, having by far the biggest stall in the fair. Tenner says they’re next to be privatised. #TalkToJoan #AskMeBolix
FIGHT
Staying in tonight?
Garda Down Under RTÉ One at 8.30pm.
Gareth Naughton writes:
Ex-Garda Joe Connolly (top) makes a surprise visit home from Western Australia where he now works as a police officer. His mum Jackie McDermott is delighted to see him but his dog Riggs is ecstatic. Joe has made the surprise visit home to bring Riggs back to Australia, at an eye-watering cost of €6,000…
Mmf.
Jet Capsule
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Behold the adorable, aquatic-bumper-car-looking Jet Capsule waterboat, assembled at the renowned Fiart Mare shipyard in Naples.
Taxi, limousine, private runabout, corporate transport, supervillain island shuttle: the boat is available in multiple configurations with rear doors, photochromic windows, a rooftop that transforms into a sundeck, ‘toilette’ room, rear/sub-cameras, private jet layout, air conditioning, heating and whatever you’re having yourself.