Who needs property developers?
Cathal Brennan writes:
Episode 29 of the Irish History Show on Near FM. On this episode, we look at the ‘Bridges Job’ when the Anti-Treaty IRA attempted to destroy the infrastructure around Dublin during the Civil War. We also discuss the state’s plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 2016.
Previous episodes here
(BBC)
Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Government buildings yesterday
Ger writes:
Enda Kenny goes to Brussels today to meet European leaders . He is “not expected to use the meetings to plead for Irish debt renegotiation” despite this being the perfect time and opportunity.
But he is “expected to strongly defend Ireland’s corporate tax regime at a meeting with Mr [Jean Claude] Juncker”. Good times.
Kenny not expected to follow Greece in debt relief demands (Suzanne Lynch, Irish Times)
Earlier: Making A Drachma Out Of A Crisis
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Yikes.
Defiant retooled tricolour and comment from the Facebook page ‘Defend Marriage in Ireland Husband and Wife’.
Laura writes:
I noticed this comment when I was reading through some on the page (sucker for punishment). I commented asking if the administrator on the page was okay with it. My comment was deleted and the original comment untouched. Depressing stuff.
Martco writes:
Many of your readers might have heard of, read his book or actually met and spoken with a gentleman called Tomi Richental (top) over the years, a holocaust survivor longtime settled in Ireland who gives his time to deliver lectures about his experiences at Belsen
Tomi was a contributor to a pretty decent holocaust documentary put out on RTE last year called Close to Evil [by Eoghan Harris and Gerry Gregg]……there is some interesting business going on over in Germany now thanks to the prosecutors office taking an interest in this documentary
Tomi Reichental attempted to interview a little old lady called Hilde Michnia as part of the documentary, see an Irish neighbour of Hilde’s had picked up in conversation with her years back that li’l Hilde had been working at the camps…that led to other things including Tomi having a go at interviewing her…Hilde admitted to taking part in a so-called “evacuation” work aka Death March from her camp in 1945….and now there may be consequences for li’l Hilde
in a recent interview Hilde got asked about it all…..how does she feel towards Bergen-Belsen survivor Tomi and the Irish documentary that brought her into focus? Her response – “they should be ashamed of themselves”
Close To Evil (Praxis Pictures)
Irish documentary exposes 93-year-old woman as a Holocaust suspect (Irish Central)
Last night.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan Twelcomed Ireland’s leading writers to Iveagh House to mark “21 years of partnership between the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Ireland Literature Exchange in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iveagh House, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
Nice pad, in fairness.
From top: (l-r) Sinead Mac Aodha Director of Ireland Literature Exchange, John Banville, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan Anne Enright, Inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction and poet Eilean Ni Chuilleanain; Banville, Enright and Ni Chuilleanain.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall ireland)
‘sup?
Annebexis writes:
Still frozen at Blessington St basin, Dublin this am
“I am here to tell you there are no rules “
Entrepreneur Frank McCarthy (above) writes:
I have just published It’s Never about the Money with OakTree Press. A controversial title I realise, but I do explain what it is all about in the book (spoiler: thinking and doing).
I explain what it takes to become an entrepreneur in whatever you do. How we can all live a more independent and fulfilling life.
The book was written for the student starting work, the woman going back to work or simply anyone fed up, who suspects there is more to this dance than lock step drudgery toward the grave.
It’s Never about the Money is filled with simple and accessible real life lessons to help you understand why and how.it’s interspersed with biography about growing up and working in Dublin the last fifty years (or soooo) adding a little bit of history and atmosphere to the inspiration.
Patrick Lyttle (above with friend) has been discharged from an Australian hospital, a month after he was left critically ill when allegedly punched by his brother.
The Antrim-man, 31, fell and hit his head in Sydney on 3 January.
He was on life support at St Vincent’s Hospital for almost a week before regaining consciousness.
His 33-year-old brother Barry is charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm. He has been released on bail.
First snap of Patrick Lyttle out of hospital (The irish Echo)
Thanks Mark Geary
Vic Barry of The Movie Bit writes:
Hi Broadsheet people. We’re teaming up with The Reel cinema in Blackpool, Cork to give readers an opportunity to get their very own private screening of Fifty Shades Of Grey for themselves and ten friends. Female readers are being asked to get hold of their own Mr.Grey, and record him reciting one of Christian Grey’s famous lines.
(a) Laters, Baby
(b) I don’t know whether to worship at your feet or spank the living sh*t out of you.
(c) I do believe you’re making my palm twitch
Here now. Steady on.
More details here.
