Ad in this week’s The Catholic Voice.
Alan Daly writes:
My favourite part is where she asks people to donate €5…or €10….or €50 or even €100 or €500 or €1000 or why not €5000!
Meanwhile….
Ringos Dave writes:
An ad on page 6 of this week’s Drogheda Leader from “Drogheda Christians”. I’m guessing that maybe I should hold back on submitting my idea for edible chocolate replicas of Oliver Plunkett’s head from the church gift shop….
This is what the new national children’s hospital at St James’s is going to look like – a second Aviva stadium? pic.twitter.com/kGZ5oFfGXu
— Paul Cullen (@paulcullenit) April 30, 2015
Really?
Anyone?
That hapless chap Ed Milliband,
Has reached out to young voters and,
Appeared on the net,
To show that he met,
The curly haired idiot Brand.
John Moynes
(Trews)
What you may need to know.
1. Okay, so a new Woody Allen movie is a hit and miss proposition these days; we’d make a case for recent works like Vicky Christina Barcelona (2008), Midnight In Paris (2011) and Blue Jasmine (2013)
2. This one stars Joaquin Phoenix, on a roll since he returned in The Master (2012). The most interesting actor in American cinema right now? We think so.
3. That said, we wish somebody would finally release The Immigrant (2013) round these parts.
4. Also: Parker Posey. Always a pleasure.
5. 50 years ago, Woody earned a crust doing this.
6. Prognosis: It’s okay, Woody movies always have terrible trailers.
Release Date: Summer
Health Minister Leo Varadkar speaking in the Dáil in February
Catherine Reilly, in the Medical Independent, writes:
“Serious breaches of patient confidentiality have emerged in the process through which terminations of pregnancy are notified to the Minister for Health under abortion legislation, the Medical Independent (MI) has learned.”
“Some notification forms were not completed in compliance with the legislation, “with missing or incorrect information being supplied, and including serious breaches of patient confidentiality,” the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan informed the HSE Director General Mr Tony O’Brien in September 2014.”
“Under the legally-required notifications process, only Parts B (Information Relating to the Medical Procedure) and C (Information Relating to the Person Keeping Record) should be sent to the Minister for Health. Part A (Patient Details), which provides for the full name of the patient, their usual place of residence and date of birth, must be retained by the hospital.
“MI asked the Department of Health and the HSE in how many instances Part A (Patient Details) was sent to the Minister and how many of these instances involved disclosure of the woman’s name. Neither would comment on these questions.”
And do you have a Krtek/rubber duck keyring?
MT writes:
“I know you don’t never hardly ever do this, but the guys in Brasserie Le Pont on Fitzwilliam Place found someone’s keys along Wilton Terrace.”
Ice-cream tycoons and general do-gooders Ben & Jerry’s wade in on the upcoming marriage referendum.
Elaine Verdon writes:
“Ahead of the vote, we’ve created a YES video in the hope of inspiring fans to use their vote. Through a series of scenarios from college to work, to the stage, to sport and more we’re literally spelled out how many times people say YES everyday and how easy it is to just say YES in the referendum on May 22nd.”
*plunges flake into 99*
A homeless person sleeping on the boardwalk in Dublin city
Kitty Holland, in the Irish Times, reports:
“The number of people sleeping rough in Dublin has fallen by almost 40 per cent since the winter. The results of the annual “spring count” of rough sleepers published by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive shows 105 adults were found sleeping on the streets on the night of April 14th. This compares to 168 in the winter count conducted on November 21st. However, the number of homeless adults in emergency accommodation increased by more than 300, up from 1,526 in November to 1,872 this month. This figure does not include the almost 1,000 children in emergency hotel-type accommodation in Dublin.”
Numbers sleeping rough in Dublin down by almost 40% (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)
Graham Hughes/Photocall Ireland
