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DugDog writes:

I’m going to be away with work when the referendum is on. You know the one. I was wondering if I can still vote even though I’m out of the country?  I heard you can’t vote abroad unless you are a servant of the State, e.g diplomats and soldiers. Is it possible to vote by post or anything? I haven’t emigrated or anything. I still live here.

(Mark Stedman, Photocall)

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To Madam or Sir,
Please don’t close Bally-mote library, because evry one loves it. We do music there and get lovely books. Louise, Bridy and Bernedette [The librarians; she didn’t include Malachy’s name because she didn’t know how to spell it] are very nice and friendly too. If you do lots of Bally-mote’s resedents will get upset a they might cry! It is one of the lest librarys I have ever seen. The fourth class go to music too. Evry time we go there are about ten pepoel there. I am sure resedents from other towns come, and that might be the only library they know. I have read about two hundred books in that place! There are the top five books, “Otoline goes to School”, “Helen Keller Courage in the Dark”, “Mheanwhile”, “Kittens and Puppies” and “Bugs”. Please don’t close our library.
Yours sincrly Grace
age Seven.

Proud dad, Dermot McGlone writes:

A letter written by my seven-year-old daughter, Grace, on the impending possible closure of some Library services in County Sligo, and in particular her local library in Ballymote. Grace wrote this herself, with no prompting or assistance from anyone, she felt it was something important that she needed to do.

There have been previous attempts to curtail and/ or close the Ballymote library service, and these have been thwarted or reversed by people power. But this is our most serious threat yet.

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Top: Michael Donoghue (left) and Connie Kiernan with their ‘wall of death’, 1976. Above: From left, Michael Donoghue, Pat Kenny, Connie Kiernan and Stephen Skrynka at Newstalk yesterday.

 

Rebecca Fitzpatrick writes:

Last April, I sent out an appeal to Broadsheet readers re my attempts to track down the inspirations of awesome cult Irish film Eat The Peach (1986), Connie Kiernan and Michael Donoghue – two men who built a wall of death in their Longford back garden in the ’70s –

This was all part of research for an exhibition from artist Stephen Skrynka that was to happen in RUA RED Arts Centre in Tallaght, Dublin.

Thanks to all the awesome people that replied, that emailed, that phoned, and in the end, Connie himself seeing the article, we all managed to meet and the exhibition is now opening in two weeks on March 13  (including free screening of Eat The Peach).

This is followed by The Messham’s own wall of death arriving at RUA RED on April 10 and 11th featuring stunt riders and attempts from Stephen, Connie and Michael to actually ride the wall!

Anyway, we were in Newstalk yesterday  with Pat Kenny (who originally covered the story in the 70’s). and so I thought I’d send a photo of them altogether! Thanks Broadsheet!

Listen here

Previously: Find The Real Peach Eaters

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What you may need to know:

1. Ever so slightly NSFW.

2. Charlie Wolfe (Simon Pegg) is a professional assassin sent to kill Alice Taylor (Alice Braga). He soon discovers that he’s not the only one trying to kill her.

3. Pegg: “This script is awful. It’s lazy, generic, sub-Tarantino rubbish. And it’s painfully unfunny.”
Agent: “It’s three months in sunny Australia. Plus expenses.”
Pegg: “Can I grow a moustache?”

4. Kill Me Three Times is described as a black comedy. The total lack of jokes in the trailer is not a good sign.

5. Simon Pegg is growing increasingly Marmite with every role. Starting with How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008), he’s clocked up an impressive list of unlikeable characters in poorly received movies. Shaun of the Dead (2004) seems like a very long time ago.

6. As co-writer of the next Star Trek movie, Pegg now has the unenviable task of cleaning up the mess left by Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Fast and Furious helmer Justin Lin will take over directing duties from J.J. Abrams, who is otherwise engaged.

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: Go rewatch Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) instead.

Release Date: April 10.

(Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

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‘Sup?

Further to his thoughts on Bono

Melanie O’Connor writes:

On the Saturday Night Show, High Flying Birds frontman and former Oasis star Noel Gallagher will be in studio to chat to Brendan [O’Connor] and perform two songs from their new album Chasing Yesterday.
Presenter of The Voice of Ireland Kathryn Thomas will drop by to talk about the finale of Operation Transformation, her new business venture and how 2014 was her greatest but toughest year yet. Plus controversial GAA pundit Joe Brolly discusses the importance of organ donation as well as player welfare and the growing injury crisis within the GAA.

Fight!

The Saturday Night Show, RTÉ One, 9.35pm.

(Contact Music)

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