Ursula Major

Admin at 8:42 am May 15, 2015

TV3 Political Correspondent Ursula Halligan in 2010

Homophobia was so deeply embedded in my soul, I resisted facing the truth about myself, preferring to live in the safety of my prison. In the privacy of my head, I had become a roaring, self-loathing homophobe, resigned to going to my grave with my shameful secret. And I might well have done that if the referendum hadn’t come along….

…As a person of faith and a Catholic, I believe a Yes vote is the most Christian thing to do. I believe the glory of God is the human being fully alive and that this includes people who are gay.

Ursula Halligan: Referendum pointed me towards telling the truth about myself (irish Times)

(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

Meanwhile…

#UrsulaHalligan : “I have only told my brothers and sisters in the last few days. It’s only in the last few days I have told people.”

— TheAntonSavageShow (@AntonSavageShow) May 15, 2015

#UrsulaHalligan : “I have gotten the most beautiful warm responses by my family. My mother is four square behind me” — TheAntonSavageShow (@AntonSavageShow) May 15, 2015

Sure Where Would You Get It?

Admin at 8:22 am May 15, 2015

This morning.

Dundalk Bay, Dundalk, Co Louth.

Thanks Kieran Murphy

Left Unanswered

Admin at 7:55 am May 15, 2015

Irish Times Letters, February 22, 2013.

“I for one would like to know who tried to kill me….I don’t seek an explanation to score any kind of political point or to try in some way to explain IRA atrocities. It is for me and most of the others personal.”

A letter from the late RTÉ broadcaster Derek Davis concerning the Dublin Monaghan bombing of May 1974.

Dublin Monaghan Bombing

Goodbye Derek

Thanks Mark Malone

A Limerick A Day

John Moynes at 7:29 am May 15, 2015

BB King 1925-2015

Let’s gather together and sing,
To the memory of BB King,
He was the real deal,
When he picked up Lucille,
And made each note shiver and ring.

John Moynes

An Odd Number Of Wheels

Admin at 7:00 am May 15, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlaqXqILU5k

A frequently eye-watering collection of unicycle and tricycle fails by the always maimsome Fail Army.

biotv

No To Social Engineering

Admin at 6:38 am May 15, 2015

Paul Rowley writes:

Spotted this professionally produced poster nailed to a telephone pole (another one on the other side) on my way home this evening in Wexford. Haven’t heard of this organisation before. The small print bottom right says balancingforce.com. Check out the website, hilarious.

Happy Cat

Niall Murphy at 6:37 am May 15, 2015

übertool

De Friday Papers

Admin at 11:11 pm May 14, 2015

MORE to folly

Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

Thanks Nick Sutton (UK Covers); Tony McCullagh (Dublin People papers); Kevin Cramer (Irish Examiner); Colm Heaney (Irish Mirror) and Enda Cunningham (Galway City Tribune); Meliosa Fitzgibbon (The Irish Daily Mail)

There May Be Green Tay

Admin at 5:59 pm May 14, 2015

This afternoon.

90 George’s Street, Dublin (next to The George).

Smell the Birkenstock.

Mark writes:

Sandra Dunne and her son Hal in the new Green Party pop up shop. The shop opened Monday and will remain open for 7 weeks, providing a space for the promotion for the Green Party, promoting environmental innovation and to raise funds for the party. ‘Pre-loved’ clothes, books*, DVDs, vinyl and CDs** will be on sale and various workshops and events are on the schedule….

Green Party Ireland (Facebook)

* Jonathan Livingston Seagull

** Gipsy Kings, Gregorian Chant, early Enya