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Wi-fi signal this morning (top). Web Summit founder, Paddy Cosgrave (above), opening the second day of the event in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4

Maaaaaan!

Graph via feebe this morning.

Previously: Who Took The Web From The Web Summit

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Pic: Patrick Kennedy

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Yesterday’s KBC Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index

Uh oh.

Robert Shortt, of RTÉ’s Prime Time, writes:

Buried beneath the blizzard of boominess, the monthly KBC Bank Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index for October produced a peculiar result.

It found ‘a surprising and substantial decline in October’ in consumer confidence [from 92.8 in September to 85.5 in October]. In fact, so surprising and substantial, that the authors of the Index speculate that it could be down to ‘a statistical blip’.

Of course, it could be the now familiar gap in perception between what people hear about the economy and what they feel (or don’t feel) in their pockets. Or maybe it’s the onset of winter. Or maybe it’s something in the water.

Prime Time’s Robert Shortt Blogs About the Latest Economic News (RTÉ)

Water charges uncertainty plays role in fall in consumer sentiment: KBC (RTE News, November 4, 2014)

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Gregory Campbell DUP MLA and MP for East Derry and Caitríona Ruane Sinn Féin MLA for South Down appeared on yesterday evening’s UTV Live with Paul Clark to discuss Mr Campbell’s use of “Curry my yogurt, can of coca coalyer” in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday.

Tikka or what?

Previously: Not Currying Favour

Yoplaiting The Orange Card

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‘sup?

O’Connell Street, Dublin this morning.

Actual deer or donkey with stuck-on antlers?

We may never know.

Thanks Maria Shannon

Update:

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Leon writes:

It’s Scuffy the “reindeer’ with Amanda Scobie (left) and Sonia Kelly launching  the programme of events for the Christmas season from DublinatChristmas.ie.an initiative by DublinTown, Dublin City Council, the Dublin Transport Companies, The Office of Public Works and city centre businesses.

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8qpq8SmuA8

Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. writes:

“One month after knickerbombing Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. have announced that, in their quest to creatively publicise the urgent need for reproductive justice on the island of Ireland, they next plan to visit Minister Leo Varadkar, Northern Irish Minister Jim Wells, Pope Francis and Primate of Ireland Diarmuid Martin – since all of these these prominent political and religious figures hold anti-choice positions.”

“With this #knickersforchoice campaign, Speaking of I.M.E.L.D.A. continues to subversively undermine the “po-faced statemanship” of Irish and Northern Irish politicians regarding the barbaric lack of reproductive justice in Ireland. The campaign achieves this by symbolically plucking underwear – and its close associations with the individual’s genitalia – from the private into the public sphere to highlight how governments and religious groups in the north and south of Ireland are dangerously intruding upon pregnant people’s rights to bodily and personal autonomy.”

Thanks I.M.E.L.D.A.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXwichuGW28

What you may need to know:

1. A low level tech in a large company creates the first Artificial Intelligence robot with the ability to think and feel. The robot is named Chappie and he learns from his surroundings, some good, some bad.

2. It’s Neill Blomkamp’s third film after the excellent District 9 (2009) and the awful Elysium (2013).

3. Sharlto Copley is obviously included. He is the voice of Chappie.

4. Copley met Blomkamp when Blomkamp was 16 and just finished school. Copley provided Blomkamp with use of his agency to help with pitches for various projects and computers to help Blompkamp with his design and animation work.

5. Die Antwoord of Enter the Ninja fame help to up the weirdness. Coincidentally they released their latest track Ugly Boy on the same day as the trailer.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: The Zef is strong in this one.

Release Date: TBC

Delboy is watching the US mid-term election returns. Dylan is Tom Dillon, our Navan-born social media wrangler.

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