Mark Gonyea’s minimalist posters (currently funding on Kickstarter) for each episode of the three seasons of the original Star Trek TV series.
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Anthony Finucane writes:
“I know you don’t normally do this, but I was thinking you may like this. Every now and then I make podcasts/mixes and I’ve just released my latest one. It’s called Glitch and can be downloaded for free here. It’s just over two hours of some of the latest tracks and a couple of oldies. People tell me they’re great for running, doing your gym thing, doing your tax return or running a government. Who am I to argue?”
The Glitch playlist:
Younger (Maps Remix) – Seinabo Sey
This Feeling (Purple Disco Machine Remix) – L’Tric
Paradigm (Amtracs Temptation Mix) – CamelPhat (ft. A*M*E)
I Can’t Lose (Duke Dumont Remix) – Mark Ronson (ft. Keyone Starr)
Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) – Gregory Porter
Stronger (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Club Mix) – Clean Bandit
True Love Survivor (2015 Future Classic Club Mix) – Freemasons (ft. SOLAH)
On My Way (Extended Mix) – Axwell /\ Ingrosso
Deja Vu (Benny Benassi Club Remix) – Giorgio Moroder (ft. Sia)
You Are Unstoppable (Rich B & Phil Marriott Club Mix) – Conchita Wurst
Generate (Original Mix) – Eric Prydz
Shine (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Club Mix) – Years & Years
Evil Eyes (Claptone Remix) – Róisín Murphy
Sun Is Shining (Extended Mix) – Axwell /\ Ingrosso
Fire Under My Feet (Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Remix) – Leona Lewis
Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself (Dj S.K.T Vocal Mix) – Jess Glynne
I Had This Thing (Am2pm Remix) – Röyksopp
White Light (Blonde’s ’96 Extended Mix) – Shura
With U (Dave Aude Club Mix) – Shelter (ft. Frankmusik)
Easy Love (Extended Mix) – Sigala
Some Kind of Heaven (Thin White Duke Remix) – Hurts
Cool for the Summer (Cahill Club Mix) – Demi Lovato
How Deep Is Your Love (Disciples And Unorthodox Remix) – Calvin Harris & Disciples
If (Freemasons 2009 Re-Dub) – Freemasons (ft. Hazel Fernandes)
Sign Your Name (Across My Heart) (Feenixpawl Remix) – Terence Trent D’Arby
Can’t Feel My Face (Rumor Has It Club Edit) – The Weeknd
Rolling with Me (I Got Love) (Club Mix) – SoulCircuit (ft. Maverick Sabre)
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Sandymount, Dublin 4.
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Joe Brennan, of Bloomberg, reports:
“A Goldman Sachs Inc and CarVal Investors LLC joint approach made the shortlist of bidders for the largest loan portfolio ever put up for sale by Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.”
“Cerberus Capital Management LP also made a shortlist of three for the 7.6 billion-euro ($8.8 billion) of par value loans, known as Project Arrow, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the process is ongoing. The portfolio of mainly non-performing loans is being sold at a fraction of its original value by the agency, known as NAMA, said another person.”
“…Cerberus won out in NAMA’s previous largest asset sale, acquiring the agency’s 4.5 billion pounds Northern Irish loan book last year. Police in Northern Ireland opened a criminal probe in July into claims surrounding the transaction, including that some legal fees tied to the deal ended up in the private bank account of a Belfast-based lawyer. Cerberus has said it acted completely “professionally and properly at all times” on the transaction.”
Goldman, Cerberus Said to Bid in Irish Bad Bank’s Biggest Sale (Bloomberg)
Previously: What Did They Get The €5million For?
Former Junior Minister for Science Technology, Innovation and Natural Resources Conor Lenihan
Further to reports that former Fianna Fáil junior minister Conor Lenihan is considering running in the next general election, following approaches from senior party figures in Roscommon, Mr Lenihan spoke to Keelin Shanley on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
Mr Lenihan lost his seat in the 2011 general election and has spent the last number of years working in Russia.
Keelin Shanley: “The issue for people like yourself, you served as junior minister in government, in various departments for about seven years, between 2004 and 2011. You’ve very much associated with the Fianna Fáil government that would have been seen as having brought the country into a very bad state of affairs economically. Have you been detoxified do you think at this point, or is that still an aura that would surround you if you were to run for the party again?”
Conor Lenihan: “Well I don’t think it’s an issue in regards anybody who’s served in that particular government. I think…”
Shanley: “Really?”
Lenihan: “… we live in a democracy. Well I think, we live in a democracy and people are entitled to put their names forward and I say that in particular in relation to Mary Hanafin, for example, who was elected to the county council in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. So look clearly, the public are entitled to take a view on that and of course…”
Shanley: “And they certainly did at the last election.”
Talk over each other
Lenihan: “I’m not suggesting for a minute that they overlook our previous record in government nor indeed my own. But I think people are free to seek election if they so wish to. And I don’t believe there should be some order out there that people who served in the last government would not or are not entitled to seek election to the next Dáil.”
Shanley: “I suppose, Conor, I mean looking at the fate of the Fianna Fáil party in the last election, you would certainly say the electorate at that point did hold Fianna Fáil TDs responsible for what had gone on. You clearly believe that that has changed over the last four to five years.”
Lenihan: “Sorry?”
Shanley: “You believe that’s changed. This rehabilitation has taken place.”
Lenihan: “People were rightly angry at the previous Fianna Fáil government but it’s very clear from the local election results which Mícheál Martin can take a great deal of credit for, is that in fact the party emerged as the biggest party in the country in those local elections. So I think it’s fair to say that the only empirical evidence we have of what the public think of Fianna Fáil is that local election results where the party not just bounced back but they became the biggest party in the country in the local elections and I believe that result alone means it will be a very big party in the next Dáil. And I think that’s something people should take note of.”
Listen back in full here
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Labour TD Joanna Tuffy
The Labour recovery.
We’re getting our ‘stuff’ back.
Take that, misery junkies.
Labour TD Joanna Tuffy writes:
The feeble attempt by Aengus O Snodaigh yesterday to deny the very existence of the economic recovery is laughable, although when you consider the paucity of his party’s economic ‘expertise’, it i
Sinn Fein are misery junkies and as far as they are concerned, the more people who are out of work, the more people who are in mortgage arrears, and the less money families have to spend, the better.
Aengus O Snodaigh and his party feed off the uncertainty and anxiety that people experience at times of economic difficulty and there is no party better at exploiting ordinary people’s fears than Sinn Fein. But now that the recovery is under way Sinn Fein are petrified, and that’s why they have tried to dismiss the recovery as ‘false’.
Is it false, that in July, sales of new cars increased by 48% year on year? Is it false that car sales are set to exceed 100,000 for first time since 2008?
Is it false that so far this year, the number of foreign trips taken by Irish people has increased by 14.1% to 1.3 million?
Is it false that spending on home improvements by families has increased by 32% this year, and that over 33,000 works have been registered for the Home Renovation Scheme at average value of €15,457 per job?
Nobody is saying that everything is rosy in the garden, or that all our problems have been solved, but it is clear that things are getting a bit better for a lot of people.
Try as they might, not even Sinn Fein can wish away this recovery.”
Recovery is under way, and the Shinners are petrified (Joanna Tuffy, Labour)
Previously: “It’s Great To be Able To Finally Do The Kitchen”
Previously: Homeless Charities ‘Need To Step Up To The Plate’
This is very different view of Spire in Dublin! Stunning! #LoveDublin http://t.co/pbutHl3ONT pic.twitter.com/RCbCP9Bkfi
— The Westin Dublin (@TheWestinDublin) August 25, 2015
The Spire, O’Connell Street in Dublin.
The Government’s concern is with how any further rise in property repossessions may add to the problem of homelessness. In this regard, tenants in the buy-to-let sector, who are less well protected, are likely to be worst affected. The Department of the Environment and the Department of Finance are considering “duty of care” legislation, which would prohibit banks and lenders evicting a tenant who had no alternative accommodation.
Quite whether this can be achieved remains to be seen, given the potential difficulties such legislation presents – not least on constitutional grounds. At present sitting tenants in buy-to-let properties may well be the last to hear about legal moves taken by banks and lenders to secure repossession orders, as the issue is contested between lenders and landlords, and sitting tenants are mere bystanders.
A welcome first step to protect tenants in buy-to-let housing (Irish Times editorial)
Constitutional grounds?
Potential difficulties with such legislation?
We asked Legal Coffee Drinker what’s it all about.
Broadsheet: “Legal Coffee Drinker, what’s it all about?
Legal Coffee Drinker: “Sitting tenants in buy to let properties secured by a mortgage are at risk of eviction if the lender has not consented to their tenancy. Most mortgages contain a clause prohibiting the borrower from entering into leases or tenancies without the consent of the lender. Leases and tenancies so entered into are valid against the borrower landlord but void against the lender. This usually only presents a problem if the borrower gets into arrears and the lender applies to the court for a possession order, to get rid of the tenant. Such order will generally be granted, unless it can be shown that the lender has consented to the tenancy.”
Broadsheet: “And what if the lender has consented to the tenancy?”
LCD [unwraps Nespresso ‘Arpegio’ capsule]: “If the lender has consented to the tenancy, or if the mortgage permits letting without the consent of the lender, then the lender is bound by the tenancy and cannot be granted possession of the property until the tenancy ends.”
Broadsheet: “So any prospective tenant of buy to let property should ask if there is a mortgage on the property and if so whether the lender is consenting to the letting?”
LCD: “They can ask, but in a high rental market the landlord may not want to rent to tenants who are asking difficult questions.”
Broadsheet: “If a tenant is dispossessed in this way, can they even get back their deposit?”
LCD: [pause] “The tenant has a right to get back their deposit from the landlord, but not from the landlord’s lender. If the landlord does not have funds, then the tenant will not recover their deposit.”
Broadsheet: “So basically a huge category of tenants is in a very insecure position.”
LCD: “Absolutely. There is a stark division between tenants whose landlords have a mortgage, and those who have not.”
Broadsheet: “Can this be changed by legislation, to give the tenant more protection?”
LCD: “Easily. One very simple step would be to legally require landlords, when offering a tenancy for letting, to provide evidence of lender consent to lettings of the type offered. Alternatively, the law could be changed to make all lenders of buy to let property bound by lettings granted by the borrowers whether they had consented to them or not.”
Broadsheet: “Would this be a breach of the property rights of the lender?”
LCD [Drains coffee]: “Not if the lender was granted the rights of a landlord under the Residential Tenancies Act. Such rights, which include not only the right to have the rent increased to market rent in the case of below-market rent lettings (Part II of the Residential Tenancies Act) but also the right to determine the tenancy on notice in the event that the property is being advertised for sale (Section 34 of the Act), provide perfectly adequate protection for buy to let lenders while at the same time ensuring that the tenants retain the same level of protection as they would have if the property was not buy-to-let.”
Broadsheet: “So there’s no constitutional property rights bar to a change in the law in this area as the Irish Times suggests?”
LCD: “No. In fact, far it could be argued that there’s a constitutional requirement to implement such change to protect the property rights of tenants.”
Chess piece-sized crooner Chris De Burgh
This morning’s news may just appall,
If you know a man who is small,
He’s bound to delight,
In starting a fight,
So stick with a chap who is tall.
John Moynes
Pic: Independent.co.uk