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Brian O’Donnell and Blaise O’Donnell (Top) and Mary Patricia O’Donnell at the Four Courts today

Meanwhile, at the Court of Appeal…

During proceedings today Mr [Brian] O’Donnell highlighted the media coverage of the case.
He said the eviction notice at Gorse Hill was “hammered into the front gate in front of the worlds media”.
He added that there were 64 reporters and 3 satellite trucks outside Gorse Hill when the court served the eviction notice.
Ms Justice Finlay Geoghegan earlier told the court that Mr O’Donnell’s wife Mary Patricia must come to court to express her agreement in going ahead with the appeal…

More when we get it

O’Donnell begins appeal against Gorse Hill injunction ruling (RTÉ)

(Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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For your consideration.

Tadhg O’Sullivan writes:

I have a new film – The Great Wall – premiering on Monday at 6pm as part of JDIFF. Based on a Kafka short story it was shot across eleven countries over the last year and looks at borders, exclusion and power in Europe. Using Kafka’s mysterious ‘The Building of the Great Wall of China’ as narration, the film is a timely and very cinematic look at how the continent protects its own interests….

 

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 Choc throb Bressie at Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Our bunny (below) is bigger

The Lindt Gold Bunny is back.

It can mean only one thing.

But first.

Joanne writes:

2015 marks the 8th year of the Lindt Make Easter Sweet for Temple Street fundraising campaign Over the past eight years the campaign has sold thousands of 10g Lindt Gold Bunnies and Lindt Hunt Packs, with every cent from every sale going to Temple Street Children’s Hospital {Dublin].

The €300,000 raised to date has been spent on equipment from incubators to microscopes..

This year’s campaign helped by Bressie will focus on purchasing vital Mobile Ventilators for the critical care wards within the hospital. The fundraising activity kicks off with the Gold Bunny Roadshow which will hop into three shopping centres over the next three weekends [details at links below].

And to mark the launch it we’d like to give a Broadsheet reader a 1kg Lindt chocolate bunny. To enter, just complete this sentence:

‘My most memorable Easter chocolate experience was___________________’

Lines MUST close at 5.15pm 6.45pm

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Colm writes:

Not sure if this has made it’s way over to Ireland yet but it’s one of the biggest stories of the day here in Germany. [Greek Finance Minister Yanis] Varofakis took part in a political debate Sunday last on ARD (German state broadcaster) with the German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.  During the debate a video was showing of Varofakis giving a lecture from two years back, in which he gave the middle finger to Germany.

Varofakis denied this immediately and said that the video had been doctored.  As you can imagine the German press, especially the more right leaning, had a mini field day with this, as it basically played into there ‘good fur nothin’ Greeks’ image there trying to spread at the minute.  But today a slight spanner was thrown in the works.

A video released this morning by Jan Böhmermann, the host of Neon Magazine on ZDF (basically the RTE 2 of Germany), claims that he manipulated the video and posted it on the internet himself…they go to great lengths to show them manipulating the video, they even took the shadow detail into account.  No one actually knows if Böhmermann is making this all up himself, or if he’s actually telling the truth.  But as far as satire goes, it’s none too bad now!!!

PS.  Giving the middle finger in German is called “jdm. den Stinkefinger zeigen”, which literally translates as showing someone the stinky finger…

I faked Yanis Varoufakis middle-finger video, says German TV presenter (Guardian)

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