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Ah here.

This afternoon.

Tánaiste and Leader of the Labour, Joan Burton arrives at the Glenview Hotel in County Wicklow, for the first day of the party’s Autumn Think-in greeted by local Labour TD Ann Ferris, crawling lickspittle chivalrous press officer Dermot O’Gara and unnamed photographer.

Nice Audi, in fairness.

(Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie)

Meanwhile…

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This afternoon.

The Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin

Fianna Fail leader Michaél Martin, Willie O’ Dea and Barry Cowan at the traditional ‘toupee check’ during the party’s Autumn think in.

(Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews)

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Rachel Donnelly from soon-to-be-launched magazine DRAFF (‘the only print publication dedicated to stage performance in Ireland’ if you don’t mind) writes:

DRAFF magazine is the first of its kind in that all the content comes directly from artists themselves and is a mixture of text, images, sketches and notes. Among reports from the theatre and dance worlds, our first issue also includes a contribution from WBO world middleweight boxing champion Andy Lee.

We’re launching the magazine (which will be free to pick up around Dublin city centre) on September 17th by buying 100 coffees for our first 100 readers.

We’ve put 50 coffees behind the bar at two quality Dublin cafés – Love Supreme in Stoneybatter and Roasted Brown (currently at Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar).

Readers can claim their coffee on DRAFF by following @draffmag on Twitter, retweeting one of our ‘offer’ tweets (mentioning the relevant café) and showing their free copy of DRAFF and their phone to the barista….

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As the Pregnant stand-up she warned if the audience didn’t laugh she would go into labour.

And having just had her third baby in February Emma Doran is taking her kids her own one mother show to the Mill Theatre in Dundrum on September 18.

Emma has three children 12, 2 and 7 months and her show covers everything from family, dead grannies, children, teen pregnancy and sex, or lack thereof.

We have Two pairs of tickets (yes just two PAIRS) to give away to to two ‘sheet reading tippling matriachs. To enter, just complete this sentence:

I am a real mother and I need a goddamn_________________[name of alcoholic beverage]

Lines MUST close at MIDNIGHT

[Winners will receive a free shot of their chosen hooch on the night].

Emma Doran’s Mammy needs A Drink (Mill Theatre)

Poster by Sara Sheridan

This afternoon.

‘Oval-Shaped Head’ writes:

Defiant Rugby World Cup attire on display this afternoon in St. Stephen’s Green shopping centre, [Dublin]….

Mmf.

Meanwhile…

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David Kennedy writes:

What’s gummy bear in Irish?

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By Conor Ryan

Corbyn finishes shadow cabinet reshuffle, saying it combines ‘change and continuity’ – live blog (Guardian)

Corbyn Has Just Appointed A Nut Job As Shadow Chancellor (Telegraph)

Previously from Conor: An Unwelcome Change In The Climate

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From top: Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland; A Lexus IS300h

Ken Foxe, a freelance journalist and assistant lecturer at Dublin Institute of Technology, has obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act, which show the CEO of Enterprise Ireland Julie Sinnamon was wrongly given a company car.

The car was a Lexus IS300h – a model which has a starting price of €37,950.

Government policy, since the end of 2011, states that cars should not be provided to CEOs of non-commercial State agencies.

The documents obtained by Mr Foxe also show the Department of Enterprise and Innovation defended the decision to include the provision of the car in Ms Sinnamon’s contract – while admitting it should have sought sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform – and even asked that Ms Sinnamon be allowed to continue using the car.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform refused to sanction the provision of the car and requested that  Ms Sinnamon’s contract be amended to remove the reference to the provision of a car.

In a letter, dated March 4, 2015, Philip Kelly, assistant secretary of EU Affairs, Trade Policy & Corporate Services at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, wrote to  Oonagh Buckley, assistant secretary at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to explain that the situation arose following a ‘breakdown in communication’.

In her reply refusing to sanction the car, Ms Buckley explained that if she was to do so, others would make similar requests.

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Meanwhile, Mr Foxe has also obtained a PowerPoint presentation which was created by Oireachtas staff for the Oireachtas Commission.

It concerned Ireland’s Freedom of Information legislation and how, since amendments were made to the FOI Act last year, there has been a five-fold increase in requests.

The slides show that, following this increase, the Government wants to start publishing details of politicians’ salaries, pensions and expenses, etc., in a manner of its choosing, as opposed to leaving it up to the media.

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As part of the presentation, The Communications Clinic – run by Terry Prone and Anton Savage – was flagged as an example of previous FOI requests received:

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There you go now.

Thanks Ken Foxe

Pic: Business and Leadership and Lexus.ie

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