It’s back
Irish Pictorial Weekly starring Barry Murphy, Gary Cooke, Paul Howard, John Colleary, Tara Flynn and ‘rick king John ‘Moynes’ Moynes (among others) returns this Sunday night.
In the meanwhile, a compilation (above) of some of the best bits curated by the Pictorial crew themselves to whet your funny bone.
RTÉ One at 9.30pm.
This morning.
Talbot Street, Dublin.
[Top from left] Anti Austerity Alliance TD Joe Higgins, United Left Alliance TD Joan Collins TD, People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett and Sinn Fein TD Dessie Ellis TD hold a press conference outside the Irish Water HQ to outline the details of the next National Demonstration on March 21.
Arrows denote destination.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Vinyl Love
This Sunday AFTERNOON (until late) in the Odessa Club, Dame Court, Dublin.
A celebration of love and vinyl for marriage equality..
Featuring Nialler9, among a brace of DJs.
Nialler9 writes:
All-day in the Odessa Club, we have too many DJs playing Vinyl all day in aid of Marriage Equality. Two rooms of music. On the rooftop we’ll have over 20 DJs playing 7 of their favourite 7 inches. In the other room, we’ve DJs playing 12 inch remixes, edits, B-sides and extended cuts.
Vinyl Love will feature sets from Donal Dineen, Kelly-Anne Byrne, Discotekken, Paul McLoone, Hidden Agenda, All City Records, Mother, Somewhere Club, White Collar Boy, Colm O’Riordan, Aoife NiC Canna , Sally Cinnamon Choice Cuts, Popical Island, Young Hearts Run Free, , Stevie G, Adultrock, Elastic Witch, Sweatbox, Una Mullally, Le cool Dublin, State Magazine, Ships, Aoife Barry and Claire Beck….
Free (suggested) donation of €10.
Dr Fred English protesting working hours outside St James’ Hospital, Dublin in 2013
Europe’s highest court has held that Ireland is in breach of EU law because it does not consider the training of junior doctors as part of their normal “working time.”
In an opinion, published this morning, the European Court of Justice held that the government was wrong to assume that the training of junior doctors did not fall within the remit of the EU Working Time Directive, which governs the maximum hours that EU citizens work and minimum rest periods.
The opinion noted that junior doctors are required to both provide a medical service and to carry out training to a high level, and that according to HSE rules themselves there was no “artificial barrier” between both requirements.
There you go now.
Ireland in breach of law over doctors’ hours – European Court of Justice (RTÉ)
Previously: Junior Doctors on Broadsheet
Disco Dog, a Kickstarter funding concept for the world’s first smartphone controlled dog vest.
A multitude of applications. Most involving rude words.
Sligo/North Leitrim Fine Gael TD John Perry (top) and his wife Marie (above)
Former Junior Minister John Perry.
A colourful character.
Perhaps best known for claiming €31,867 in mileage in one year.
Until today.
Via RTÉ’s Investigation Unit:
Marie Perry, or Marie Mulvey as she is listed in official documents, was hired on 2 January this year, the RTÉ Investigations Unit has learned.
Mrs Perry was given a job as a parliamentary assistant, according to records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
The appointment was made despite the fact that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said giving family members such jobs is “not good practice”.
The role is paid on a salary scale of between €38,760 and €49,035 a year, with overtime payments of a further 20% on top of that salary available.
…Mr Perry and his wife have been in financial difficulty in recent years and had been sued by Danske Bank over unpaid loans relating to their business and property dealings.
In July of last year, the bank registered a court judgment against both Mr Perry and his wife for the repayment of debts of €2.47m.
Good times.
Former minister appoints wife to €38k position (RTÉ)
Photocall Ireland/SligoToday.ie
Mileage update:
John Perry’s €95,000 in mileage claims from Dept of Jobs from Mar 2011 until he left office in July 2014 pic.twitter.com/UD7WgkdVnA
— Ken Foxe (@kenfoxe) March 19, 2015
