Russell Brand, the world’s first progressive, bed-based news anchor, signs off from his YouTube channel with a few home trews.
Horribly accurate, in fairness.
FIGHT!
Thanks Atticus
Dismaland – Banksy’s new theme park project – live events, gallery space and morosely uplifting amusement for all the family – open for the next five weeks at the Tropicana – a former leisure centre (closed since 2000) on the Weston-super-Mare seafront.
Banksy’s Dismaland show revealed at Weston’s Tropicana (BBC News)
Lyons Made
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The late 98FM Sports Editor Johnny Lyons
One last memory. Back in the early 1990s, Johnny did a Saturday night shift in the Tribune, collecting basketball results…
— Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) August 19, 2015
It meant phoning around the club PROs between 9pm and 10pm, collecting the results. Johnny’s personality turned it into a performance. — Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) August 19, 2015
One day, Elaine Geraghty of 98fm was in the building and she said, “Who’s that on the radio?” She was told, “That’s not the radio.”
— Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) August 19, 2015
Elaine said, “He needs to be on the radio.” Anyway, the following week, he was on 98fm. — Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) August 19, 2015
Last night: Kind Champ
H/T: Balls.ie
Salad Insane
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Worst type of allergy labelling ruining what’s probably a great product. Don’t cop out, inform! @CentraIRL pic.twitter.com/5zYKsXDtvV
— Lynne (@Lynne_coeliac) August 20, 2015
Yikes.
Anyone?
Emydex Technology to create 20 software jobs in Dublin (Irish Times, May 28, 2014)
Emydex IT position (JobBridge) this morning
Oh.
ML writes:
I rang Emydex in the last hour and asked how many people are employed there. the contact person, said there were about thirty.
Given that at the time of the Times article/Job Creation announcement (top), there were 22 employees, and just eight employees later they seek a JobBridge Intern, means the announced job-creation may not be the joy it was made out to be. As to whether the internship might lead to full-time employment, I was told yes, ‘all’ the JobBridge internships they take on are with a view to a full-time position in the company. JobBridge positions? They’ve obviously indulged in the past. More than once. Is THAT what Richard Bruton was excited about?
Traffic on the M20 in Kent, south-east of England this month
Operation Stack is a traffic control measure used in Kent, south-east England that sees trucks parked on the M20 during cross-Channel disruption.
It was recently enforced because of industrial action by ferry company MyFerryLink and because of migrants trying to access Britain via the Channel Tunnel.
This morning, the Freight Transport Association of Ireland writes:
Ireland must seek compensation for Irish hauliers affected by the Calais disruption, the Freight Transport Association of Ireland says today. FTA Ireland has previously written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charles Flanagan, about the disruption caused by Operation Stack in Kent, and by the serious situation drivers face when entering the Port of Calais.
According to FTA Ireland, the cost to those hauliers stuck on the M20 in Kent was millions of euro during the 28 days that Operation Stack was implemented between 23 June and 2 August 2015. Many of these hauliers were Irish operators, transiting the UK to access Northern Europe.
The estimated cost does not include loss of business, spoilt cargoes, missed export deadlines or the added costs of diverted journeys during Operation Stack. FTAI members have estimated the additional cost of a diversion via Rosslare-Cherbourg to be a minimum of €300 per trip.
Neil McDonnell, General Manager – FTA Ireland, said: “We are calling on the French Government to compensate operators. The MyFerryLink industrial dispute has not been resolved and further industrial action is likely before the summer is out. Much of what we have seen around the Port of Calais goes far beyond what anyone could call lawful industrial action.”
Pic: Kent Online
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Free this weekend?
Ireland Women’s Rugby 7s squad host a World Rugby event [August 22 and 23] at the UCD Bowl, Belfield, Dublin 4, involving teams from Brazil, South Africa, Samoa, Hong Kong, Mexico, Wales, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands and China.
With an Olympic repechage spot already secured by Ireland, the top two teams this weekend qualify for the full World Rugby 7s Series.
Ruck!
Full list of fixtures here.
Tickets €5 (chizzlers free).
Dear Sir
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This morning.
Anon writes:
Across the road from the Irish Times newsroom [Tara Street, Dublin 1]…
Bit harsh/Anyone?
Psy Ops
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A JobBridge advert for a clinical psychologist in Waterford
Further to yesterday’s post about the HSE advertising for a Waterford-based clinical psychologist on JobBridge…
Sorcha Pollak, in the Irish Times, reports:
The HSE has defended its decision to post a job opening for a clinical psychologist in Waterford on the JobBridge website, saying the position would ‘provide a stepping stone’ for jobseekers…
‘The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after education or training or as unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills,’ said the statement from the HSE.
There you go now.
HSE defends JobBridge post seeking psychologist (Irish Times)
Previously: Inhuman Development