Ceann Comhairle Sean Barratt
Someone must have told the cat to chill.
The Ceann Comhairle also said he was to examine the possibility of getting greater clarity of Standing Order 57, under which he took the decision to allow the inquiry into allegations of garda malpractice in the Cavan/Monaghan division to go ahead without debate.
Speaking in the Dáil prior to Leaders Questions, Mr Barrett said that at no time did he come under pressure from anyone in the run-up to his decision….he also withdrew the comment he made during an RTE Radio interview last week that the Opposition was out to undermine him.He said it was in the heat of the moment.
Ceann Comhairle withdraws claims against parties (RTÉ)
(RTÉ)
The creative tao of the late American painter Richard Diebenkorn.
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Portobello Harbour, Dublin this afternoon.
Shiela writes:
Swans have made a channel along the edge, so are not stuck. Free rugby ball for anyone either with patience to wait or have a really long stick.
Update:
http://instagram.com/p/yoh732HZUI/
Swans making a channel through the ice…
Thanks Murph
Meanwhile…
This afternoon
Further down the Grand Canal On the Dodder at the Aviva Lansdowne Road Nua.
Thanks Darragh Noob
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Greece~ The End of Austerity?
A 15-minute documentary by Theopi Skarlatos on the background to Syrzia’s victory in Greece and how they won power.
Look at them with their heart-swelling pride returning.
Damn austerity-eschewing Marxists.
Friday February 6: Only In Dreams : The Blue Album vs Pinkerton @ The Workman’s Club. Wellington Quay, Dublin 2 (€10)
Nialler9 writes:
Only In Dreams features Irish bands windings, Dott, So Cow, Me And My Dog and Swimmers playing songs from the first two Weezer albums, which in the words of the organisers, “are so superb they totally eclipse all the shite they released after them.”
You know who you are.
Shivvy writes:
I don’t normally do this, but want more than anything for the angry cyclist who approached me last night at 8pm on the Grand Canal (near Baggot Street Bridge, Dublin 2), to know as far as I know it is not illegal to walk on the cycle path and even if it is, it was absolutely disgraceful that he felt the need to stop his bike and approach a woman out walking on her own.
He stopped his bike and came right up to me shouting “have you got a problem? This is a cyclist lane and you should not be walking here.” I’ve previously been the victim of mugging on College Green and was terrified when this angry man came up shouting in my face saying I’m not allowed to walk on the cyclist path, although I had seen him coming a few feet and had stepped out of his way and there was more than enough room for him to pass by, as there was no other cyclists around.
I am also angry at myself for trying to explain to this bully, I was walking there because i didn’t want to walk the stretch of canal behind the wall as it was pitch black out and I felt it was a bit dodgy.I can’t believe he would be bothered to stop at all and wonder if this would have happened if I were a man. Just wanted to get this out there, and I am just wondering does this guy feel like a big man now that he picked on a woman out walking on her on her evening stroll minding her own business….
Pic: Richard Bloomfield
See?
That’s why they’re like that.
playstationstartupnoise sez of it:
In my combined 17 years of formal education this is by far the best figure I’ve ever been presented with in a class
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What you may need to know:
1. The epic Royal Rumble returns for a fifth season. This season will adapt material from A Feast For Crows which is the fourth book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
2. We have already lost Robb and Joffrey and Tywin over the top rope. Cersei’s daughter Myrcella’s feet never actually touched the ground so she is making a comeback. The Sand Snakes (0.16) and the House of Martell (1.01) are also ready to storm the ring.
3. This season seems to be spending a lot of time in the Kingdom of Dorne by the looks of things. These shots were filmed in Osuna, Seville and Cordoba. The wet and cold looking shots were filmed in Belfast.
4. The next written installment of the series will not be available until at least 2016. “What the hell do you people want from me? These books are only massive. Do you know how long it takes to type these fupping things out”, is how we imagine his publishers meetings go.
5. There have been calls for the HBO series to carry on without a book after series 6. That’s gratitude.
6. “Who said anything about him?” (1.30) Wooah! Not really.
7. Broadsheet Prognosis: The potty training is over.
Release Date: April 13 2015