Volvo’s Lounge Console Concept, unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show this week.
A super luxurious version of the new XC90 (which started life as a well-heeled family seven seater) with the third row of seats and the passenger seat removed to make way for a luxurious ladyconsole for the rear seat passenger.
More leg room, a 17-inch monitor, tray table, vanity mirror, lock box, shoe drawer and storage tray for ‘jewelry and makeup’.
Daisy Bentley has spent the last six years picking up and preserving random scraps of paper found on the streets of Norwich and elsewhere.
In the absence of context, you tend to imagine your own.
To date, she’s collected 1500 notes, shopping lists, personal messages, reminders and passive-aggressive scrawls, many of which are currently on display at Stour Space Gallery in London.
What you may need to know
1. Marvel have a movie out today (Age Of Ultron) that’s going to make a billion dollars. Here’s their other movie this summer.
2. You’ve probably heard about the troubled production history.
3. Joss Whedon fears Marvel may have made an error.
4. Paul Rudd tends to turn up in the strangest places.
5. Who’s the baddie? Corey Stoll, from House Of Cards, Homeland and The Strain. You may not recognise him without his terrible rug.
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Better than the first trailer, although you can’t but worry about a movie where they appear to spend the whole time apologising for how silly it is.
Release Date: July
Former chairman of AIB Dermot Gleeson, right, arriving at the Banking Inquiry this morning
Dermot Gleeson was chair of AIB from 2003 until 2009. (also a board member of Independent News and Media from 2000 until 2004).
The obvious.
He likes to states it.
From the Banking Inquiry:
Former AIB Chair Dermot Gleeson tells #bankinginquiry AIB lent too much to individual developers & put too much faith in their net worth
— Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) April 23, 2015
Ex-AIB Chair Dermot Gleeson tells #bankinginquiry that 2007 stress tests at the bank didn’t cater for the scale property crash #TV3News — Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) April 23, 2015
Ex AIB Chair Dermot Gleeson expresses “sincere regret” for events that led to it being nationalised. — Ciaran Hancock (@CiaranHancock1) April 23, 2015
Ex-AIB Chair Dermot Gleeson tells #bankinginquiry that if a referee (regulator) doesn’t blow the whistle much the more aggressive team wins — Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) April 23, 2015
Ex-AIB Chair tells #bankinginquiry that AIB didn’t ask for #guarantee & weren’t present for most of the discussions on the night #TV3News — Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) April 23, 2015
Dermot Gleeson: I was the chairman, the buck stopped with me, I did my level best but it wasn’t enough, I can never get away from that. — Brian O’Donovan (@BrianODTV3) April 23, 2015
Committee of inquiry into banking crisis
Banking inquiry: AIB ‘not aware’ of bank guarantee decision (Irish Times)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Weaves?
With hair from the secret place!?
Shane Hogan writes:
Spotted on daughter’s Instagram feed, this UK company doesn’t translate well to the Irish market…
Alan Dukes attending the Moriarty Tribunal
In his evidence to the Tribunal on Day 285 (1 April 2004), Mr Alan Dukes described how he carried out his own investigation into the second mobile phone licence process following his appointment as Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications.
He stated that he discussed the matter with Senior Departmental Officials and examined the process which had been followed by the Department for the awarding of the licence, the criteria applied, the requirements to be fulfilled by the applicants, the evaluation methodology, the milestones to be observed in the process, the involvement of the external assessors, the composition and makeup of the project subcommittee involved in the evaluation process and how the winning applicant was ultimately chosen.
He told the Tribunal that following these discussions with those Senior Departmental Officials he had no doubt as to the integrity of the process. Importantly, Mr Dukes stated that this view had not changed having regard to all of the evidence that had been given to the Tribunal.
Good times.
Earlier: “The €5million Was An Essential Component”
What Did Alan Say In Evidence (MoriartyTribunal)
Meanwhile: UK company willing to fund action over Esat Digifone case (irish Times)
Thanks Eddie
Dr William O’Connor, of UCD
A senior lecturer, Bill,
Thinks marriage equality will,
Do something uncanny,
To your luxury granny,
Which sounds rather panicked and shrill.
John Moynes
(UCD)
‘sup?
Yesterday.
Lake-fixated writer Michael Harding as gazumped land addict The Bull McCabe, in rehearsals for the 50th Anniversary of The Field by John B Keane in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
The Field previews at the Gaiety from today, opening 28 April.
(leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Crystal Claire writes:
Bitter vandalism of the ‘Vote Yes’ mural outside the Bernard Shaw. I think they were trying to cover it a bit with the bins…
Previously: Pigstylion