A Book of Condolence in the Dublin Pro Cathedral on Saturday
Further to the return of the victims of the Berkeley tragedy.
Photo news agency editor Eamonn Farrell writes:
Subject to the request for privacy by family members of the J1 students who died in Berkeley, made through the offices of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan*, Photocall Ireland will not be covering the return of the bodies to Dublin Airport
This was not an easy decision as the story is one of huge public interest and there are timeswhen the public interest must take precedence over the personal grief of bereaved families.The Stardust disaster is a case in point.
However on the basis that there has already been massive media coverage of the Berkeley tragedy, with text and imagery readily available from American media sources, we have decided to abide by the families’ wishes.Eamonn Farrell,
Editor,
Photocall Ireland
Alternatively: Remains of Berkeley victim Olivia Burke arrive in Dublin accompanied by family and over 30 friends (Irish Mirror)
*It is essential that the families of the victims of the Berkeley tragedy be given the space they need to grieve. I appeal for their privacy to be fully respected as they make the difficult journey home tomorrow [Monday].” Charlie Flanagan
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Only Rivals – Sing
Dublin four-piece – Stephen Arkins, Sean Reid, Jason McTernan and drummer Ally Doyle (top) – with a blisteringly crunchy alt rock anthem.
David Duffy writes:
On top of all of the achievements that this band has had which include touring with the likes of All Time Low, New Found Glory and Finch (all separately) I am sure that the only fact about this band that Broadsheet would like to know, is that they once played as the backing band to Johnny Logan on [RTÉ telly show] The Hit (see below)…
Rescue Dawn
at
This morning.
Off the coast of Libya
The crew of the Irish naval vessel LÉ Eithne successfully located and rescued a total of 519 migrants off three separate vessels.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs:
“The operation commenced at 5.16am, all migrants on board by 6.31am”
LÉ Eithne rescues 519 migrants off coast of Libya (RTÉ)
(DFA/Photocall ireland)
Any stamps?
Scenes inside the GPO, O’Connell Street, Dublin during a peaceful sit-in on Saturday following an anti water charges rally in the city centre.
The sit-in was organised by supporters of a campaign for the release of water protester Steven Bennett. Mr Bennett is on remand in Clover Hill Prison awaiting trial on July 22 for taking part in what he claims was a peaceful protest in his local community.
Meanwhile , earlier…
The rally outside the GPO on Saturday.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Oh My Dog
at
Ian and Cooper
‘sup?
yesterday.
Don Buckley writes:
I know you don’t normally do this but Ian (above), from Whitechurch Co Cork is a big follower and his dog Cooper won 1st in his category at the Cork Summer Show. yesterday….
Mmf.
Name that breed anyone?
‘sup?
Helmut writes:
Can your readers help me with some research? The Ark of the Covenant is long reputed to have been buried in the Hill of Tara, Co Meath. Around 1900 a British cult claiming to be one of the lost tribes of Israel got the local landlord drunk enough to agree to let them dig into part of the hill. Following public outrage, excavations ceased till the 1940s, when a detailed ‘archaelogical survey’ of the entire hill was carried out by Ireland’s National Museum.
Now by coincidence – or perhaps not – the director of the Museum at the time was one Adolf Mahr, better known as ‘Irelands Number One Nazi’. Jeremy Addis, writing in ‘Books Ireland’ (1998) refers to a persistent rumour that Mahr was acting under German orders to find the Ark of the Covenant. Could this rumour have formed the basis for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)?
Anyone?
Meanwhile…
Adolf Mahr?
YIKES
Pics: Rasset.ie, Raiders of The Lost Ark
Fr Brendan Smyth (above) and the Irish College in Rome
At the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry
Jospeh Aiken, counsel for the inquiry said: “The Norbertine order believes that knowledge of Brendan Smyth’s activities exists prior to his ordination yet he was ordained as a priest in any event.
“A complaint had been made about Smyth when he was a student in Rome in the 1940s. He was accused of abusing a child in the vicinity of the college.”
He was told that the Abbott General – the Norbertine order’s most senior figure in Rome – had recommended Smyth not be ordained, but the advice was ignored.
…Smyth’s direct superiors felt it would be a shame if their first student in Rome failed, and they did not want the Abbott General “interfering” in the business of their particular Abbey, it emerged.
Fr Smyth would go on to abuse ‘hundreds’ of children before he was finally arrested in 1994.
Ciarán writes:
Our short film Coda is now available. The film tells the story of a lost soul stumbles drunkenly through Dublin city. In a park, death finds him and shows him many things. It’s directed by Alan Holly and won at SXSW 2014 and shortlisted for an Oscar earlier this year.
