Windsor Terrace, Portobello, Dublin 8
Shudder.
Windsor Terrace, Portobello, Dublin 8 (Daft)
Thanks Niall M
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Classically trained guitarist Eamon Sweeney playing a baroque guitar (top) and the pinched lute (above), among the instruments stolen from his home.
The axeman came.
And took all he/she could find.
Eamon Sweeney writes:
Could you keep an eye out from me – my home in Wicklow was burgled in the last few days and seven instruments stolen. Some are unusual, historical guitars and very rare in Ireland. The instruments are:
1. Baroque Guitar – by Ivo Magherini: a high quality copy of a 17th century instrument, (above). Strung with 5 sets of double strings, except the 1st string left as a single-string. Very beautiful ‘pagoda’ rose decoration in the soundhole.
2. Baroque Guitar – by Los Utreras ‘Wendy y Tacho’: similar to the above but looking a bit more like a natural wood regular guitar. Strung with 5 sets of double string, except the 1st string left as a single-string. No soundhole decoration
3. Classical Guitar – by Joaquin Garcia: high quality, hand-made, spruce top concert guitar. Unusually it has an end-pin ‘strap button’ recently fitted.
4. Classical Guitar – by Alvaro: Standard electro-acoustic nylon-string guitar.
5. 7-course Renaissance Lute – by Harry McCormack: a copy of a ‘Robin Hood’ type of 16th century instrument. Strung with 7 sets of double strings, except the 1st string left as a single-string. Similar instrument picture below.
6. Electric Guitar: Aria Pro II natural wood finish: double cutaway – 2 humbuckers.
7. Electric Guitar: Black Stratocaster copy with white pickguard & humbucker in bridge position….
Anyone?
Thanks Derrynairn
Oh.
Bob Coggins writes:
Already in its 4th year, and having received feedback from over 1,200 third level students nationwide in this year’s survey, our results continue to be the most comprehensive and accurate survey of third level students….
Above is a preview of this year’s results showing that 49.96% (50%) of students have considered dropping out of third level college or have actually dropped out.
41.7% considered dropping out, 8.24% dropped out The top three reasons for their consideration include mental health (24%), the course wasn’t what they were expecting (23.3%) and financial reasons (18.5%)….
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Attractive to the eye.
Popular among social groups.
But enough about that bloke.
What’s all this Jibbr jabber?
Stephen Malone (above) writes:
Jibbr is a new irish-made app to help friends organise activities and request favours from each other. I thought broadsheet readers might be interested.
Basically Jibbr was designed to help people get together and waste time with their friends in the real world and not on social media…
I left university and founded Jibbr in early 2014, The problem (pre-Jibbr) came from the fact that it’s a pain in the bottom organising stuff with friends.
Think about the back and forth calls and texts, last minute changes, key information getting lost in chat strings and timelines…..it’s social media not being so social and that’s why we created Jibbr. The app makes it easy to request favours from friends and to organise Activities.
We’re funded privately to date and launched our beta in December 2014. We quickly realised we needed some tweaks, the reliance on Facebook registration was removed because no one has 700 actual friends! Phone contacts are the personal network that we go for a pint with, call upon when we need help and they’re the ones that we ultimately trust, Jibbr makes it easier for people to leverage and organise their most important network.
The app is in the stores for iOS and Android. Just visit here from your phone to download.
We’re also using an ambassador program to help spread the Jibbr message and we’re actively REcruiting ambassadors who can register their interest through link below. Thank you.
Fair play in fairness.
FIGHT!
Or words to that effect.
A leisurely afternoon at the Banking Inquiry.
From top Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tanaiste Joan Burton and Pat Rabbitte.
Gut times.
Joan Burton: Irish economy was like ‘athlete on steroids’ (irish Times)
Enda Kenny: FF-led coalitions caused most damage to economy (The Irish Times)
Last night.
Under Ben Bulben, from LIssadel House, Co Sligo
(Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie)
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Alroysh you.
Tight haircut Fergus McFadden and rugby-loving tykes celebrating the arrival of Ireland’s tightest, greenest and most ‘tech-laden’ jersey to date at the country’s only official Rugby World Cup 2015 store in The Loop at Dublin Airport.
Red-eyed rugby fans passing through The Loop on Friday morning at 4am [FOUR AM] can take advantage of a 20% discount on the new official sans sponsor logo shirt.
*sets alarm clock*
Update:
Heave!
No cash, favours, shirts, etc. given for this post
Are you on the minimum wage.?
Have you staff on the minimum wage?
Of this arithmetic (above), which factors in the government’s proposed increase in the minimum wage, small business owner and blogger Paul Treyvaud [probably not paying himself the minimum wage] writes:
This [above] is very alarming for so many reasons. If you are currently on the minimum wage, you now earn less with the Government’s wage increase. Your employer is now under serious pressure to find the money to cover this increase.
You are now at risk of losing your job in order to keep others. Inflation will rise to cover the cost of the wage increase which means everything becomes more expensive which means not only are you 2c less off per week, your cost have living has now increased and you are actually far worse off!
But the most alarming point is only just about to be made…
Employers RSI bill will increase per annum by €37,791,000 (38.36-28.67 = €9.69 * 75,000 * 52 weeks in a year = €37.8m)
Employees RSI goes from zero to €55,653,000 (14.27 * 75,000 * 52 weeks = €55.7m)
And USC goes up to 5,265,000 (8.54 – 7.19 * 75,000 * 52 weeks = €5.3m)
A total tax increase of circa €98.8million
We are being lied to, plan and simple. If a Government can tell you what a wage is being increased to, then why the hell can they not tell you what the change in the tax credits will be. This proposed increase in wages is in fact a decrease and a whopping €100m windfall for the Government coffers.
Anyone?
FIGHT!
The Increase in the Minimum Wage is in fact a bumper tax windfall for the Government (Paul Treyvaud)