From left: Dozy Dave ,’No Micks’, Beaky, and Titch
David Higgins tweetz:
Does anyone know if there are meet-ups happening [in Dublin] to watch the UK election results on Thursday night?
Anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXL-KM2UqU
Five year old Ryu performs a gurn-perfect synchronous rendition of Bruce Lee’s nunchuck scene from Game of Death (1972)
It Wasn’t Me
at
Richie Boucher, Bank of Ireland CEO at Leinster House this morning.
This morning/afternoon
At the banking inquiry:
Mr [Richie] Boucher told the banking inquiry he knew on September 29th a “systemic guarantee” would be put in place.
He confirmed the position of his predecessor [as Bank of Ireland CEO] Brian Goggin that all banks would be covered by the Government decision.
This is in direct contrast to the evidence of Allied Irish Bank [CEO Dermot Gleeson] before the committee.
The chief executive also defended his salary of €843,000….
…Mr Boucher was asked about a letter he had written to Dublin City Council as Head of Retail about a property deal in 2007.He said that was a “mistake” and one of the “many stupid things he had done”.
It was a letter of support for a development by Sean Dunne in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Good times.
Banking inquiry: B of I knew it ‘may need’ government help (Irish Times)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Further to yesterday’s query concerning An Post employees not handling Referendum Commission Marruage Referendum leaflets.
Lusepher writes:
Yes it’s true. The union [Communication Workers’ Union] are currently in a dispute over payments. The referendum leaflet is classed as publicity post, with a particular set payment per item. But, unlike normal publicity post, the postal operative is to ignore any “No Junk Mail” signs on doorways. From when, or even if, this gets resolved the booklets will be delivered over a 5 day period….
Yesterday: Ask A Broadsheet Reader
A mere glimpse of the lurid fare on show at Pulp Covers – a collection of titillating, frequently misogynistic, occasionally hilarious, invariably lesbian-fixated book covers of the ‘adult read’ genre.
Go for the covers, stay for the taglines:
‘A Story That Cannot Be Discussed In Mixed Company’
‘Her pagan desires violated even the loose moral code of the marshlands!’
‘Love That Made a Panty-Waist Into a Man’
And many more.
A TCD Science Gallery exhibit on consumption
A boffin has said he thinks that,
The Irish are getting too fat,
So don’t be unwise,
Just put down those pies,
At least till your belly is flat.
John Moynes
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Lock Hard
at
The smaller of the big ones.
This morning.
Aleesha writes:
We’re always impressed by how these ships can turn 360! Welcome Princess Cruises to Dublin Port.
Turned on a sixpence in fairness.
Training Day
at
Fetch!
Stay!
Sit!
And we’re done here.
Last week at the DSPCA [Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] dog daycare [7am-7pm] and dog training with King of Paws [dog trainers] in Rathfarnham, Co Dublin.
King of Paws writes:
Our facility has an indoor and two outdoor areas where every dog can go between the three no matter what the weather is like outside. (We all know nearly every dog loves a good roll around in the wet)…
Fight!