The National Gallery, Merrion Street, Dublin this afternoon.
The start of a €26 million, 280-job, two-year refurbishment project on the gallery after which it may be equipped to compete as a “world-leading gallery space”.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
We were probably considered too middle brow.
Harrumph.
The launch of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2014 today.
Sportspeople, cooks, telly folk and even some professional writers!
From top: David and Stephen Flynn of The Happy Pear Restaurant with former Kerry footballer Paul Galvin and Louise O’Neill; Rick O’Shea with nominated author Sinead Moriarty; David Stephen and Paul; Filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice and his father Damien; nominated author Sinead Crowley; (l-r) John Kelly, Michael Harding and John Boyne, all nominated
Nominees here
Pics: Patrick Bolger
Fupp.
Sue Kirk sez:
“As far as I can make out, the kitchen/living room/shower are all in the same room….”
‘sup?
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Yup.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Brendan Howlin launching new Civil Service reforms this morning at government buildings, Dublin.
Under the new proposals staff who are under performing will be retrained and moved to another department/Brussels severely dealt with.
Oh it’s on.
(probably not).
Reforms to make it easier to fire civil servants (Irish Times)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Scream out the titles of these ten cinematic slashers, creepshows and gorefests.
Answers here.
@rtenews Man on a flight back from Italy has made an Ebola threat by writing 'Be careful, Ebola" on a coffee cup. Plane on tarmac in Dublin.
— Odette (@Odie_T) October 30, 2014
Ah here.
Health Minister Leo Varadkar appeared on Tonight With Vincent Browne last night, along with Sinn Féin senator David Cullinane; Fianna Fáil TD, Sean Fleming; and People Before Profit Councillor at Dublin City Council, Brid Smith.
Mr Varadkar was asked what people should do, if they can’t afford to pay their water charges.
David Cullinane: “If I can ask you an honest question, Leo?”
Vincent Browne: “Make it quick because we’ve gotta go to a break.”
Cullinane: “There are many families out there who can’t afford to pay their mortgage, can’t put food on the table, can’t put oil in their heating tanks. When they get their water charges bill in January and they can’t afford to pay it, what bills should they not pay? Should they not pay their mortgage? Should they not put food on the table? If they genuinely can’t pay, if they don’t have it, what should they do? What advice would you give them?”
Leo Varadkar: “Well that’s a very po-faced question because if you look at…”
Cullinane: “It isn’t, it’s a question…”
Talk over each other
Browne: “We’ve got to go to a break…”
Varadkar: “I’ll tell you why it is because if you look at your alternative budget, for example, you propose a standard rate…”
Browne: “Answer his question. Answer his question. Answer his question. What should people do? When people who are living on the margins have a choice of paying a water tax or paying for a essential necessities in their families, of their families. Which choice should they do…”
Varadkar: “What they should do is…”
Brid Smith: “Don’t pay the water taxes.”
Varadkar: “What they should do is enter into an agreement with the utility which is what they would do currently with the ESB, it’s what they would do currently with the…”
Smith: “Leo you live on another planet, people simply don’t have it.”
Watch back here
This morning.
Outside the Dáil, Kildare Street, Dublin.
From left: Sinn Fein Cllr Daithi Doolan, Anti Austerity Alliance Paul Murphy TD, United Left Clare Daly TD and People before Profit Richard Boyd Barrett TD -displaying on the left a map showing the locations of water protests nationally and on the Right a map showing the loctions of protests in Dublin on Saturday 1st November.
Full list of protests here
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
