With your host…
Paddy Hayes writes:
Here’s some blasphemy for Easter Sunday – 8 year old Rúbaí causes unholy consternation in her communion class when she declares herself an atheist…
Rúbaí at 8:05pm on Easter Sunday on TG4
A podcast.
For Irish farming folk.
Dylan writes:
In the FIRST episode of the Irish Farmers Journal weekly podcast, news editor Pat O’Keeffe, dairy editor Jack Kennedy and agri-business editor Eoin Lowry discuss the future of the dairy industry as milk quotas become history; Thomas Hubert talks to US beef buyer Bruce Firnhaber; and Mairéad Lavery tells us why Maria Walsh is on the cover of Irish Country Living.
Listen here
From left: Jose Aldo, Dana White and Conor McGregor yesterday
The UFC boss, Dana White,
Will rent out Croke Park for a night,
And thousands will go,
To see the big show,
And hopefully, also, a fight.
John Moynes
(UFC)
Earlier: The Cupla Focail
Heather Humphreys (top) and 16, Moore Street, Dublin (above)
Arts Minister Minister Heather Humphreys yesterday announced the state’s plan to ‘acquire’ the building at 16 Moore Street (and adjacent houses), the last HQ of the leaders of the Easter Rising.
However..
An Taisce [the National Trust] write:
This is not the first time that the state has acquired this building, as an acquisition was originally announced by Dublin City Council in 2003. The City Development Plan twice incorporated the fact that the building would be saved and turned into a museum.
Then various potentially controversial agreements between senior city officials and developers were reported by a number of press outlets including Village Magazine, Phoenix Magazine, and a documentary on TG4.
This combined with the property crash has ensured that the buildings have languished since. We call for the events to be fully explained in order for public confidence to be restored and to ensure that such a mess never again occurs.
Hmm.
Environmental campaignerRuadhán MacEoin writes:
So the obvious question now is, how on earth did the state manage to ‘lose’ the house the first time around?
Anyone?
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Episode two of season four from the Second Captains airs on RTÉ 2 tonight at 10pm.
Irish soccer legend Liam ‘Very chippy’ Brady will give his tuppence worth on the current batch of Irish midfielders including James McCarthy. Also on the couch will be ex-Irish internationals Niall Quinn and Richard Sadlier as well as former Tipperary [hurling] ace, Eoin Kelly.
*removes Liam Brady from good wall and replaces with Lynne Cantwell*
“the house is in the wife’s name but I didn’t bother telling her”
Quentin the property developer apologises to the country.
He seems nice.
Performed by Liam Hourican.
‘Lurching piano’ by Peter Crann.
(Thanks David Crann)
Bary Gruff writes:
I recently marked 5 years of my music blog, BarryGruff by releasing the ‘GruffWuff’ compilation; 19 new, previously unreleased and exclusive recordings from some of my favourite acts, both Irish & international, from the past 5 years blogging.
It’s out now and available for FREE from Bandcamp
All the details are here.
No annoying pizza delivery guy?
What fresh, cheese and pepperoni covered madness is this??
Sonia writes:
Customers placing orders through the Domino’s website and mobile app will soon have the option to be delivered by the world’s first autonomous delivery vehicle, the Domi-No-Driver. The new fleet of driverless pods will be rolling out across Ireland from 1st April 2015
And we were promised hoverboards by 2015 too…
Meanwhile…
Irish craft beer by drone.
Finally.
From Little Big Fix, the Five Lamps Brewery, Sheary’s of Crumlin and Publin.ie.
Hic.
Last night, Dublin 2.
Drivers of very small cars: beware.
(Thanks Adam Sherry)