Ah here.
Alan O’Regan writes:
“I drew this on my coffee break because I was bored.”
Meanwhile, elsewhere…
The ‘F**k You Too, U2!’ Song
By Sean Riddick who sez:
“Here are my thoughts on suddenly having U2’s new album on my phone…”
Meanwhile…
The current Bono knocking issue of The Phoenix magazine, on shelves now.
A TED-Ed animation voiced by University of Hawaii Physics prof Veronica Bindi who explains how cosmic rays may help us understand the Universe. To wit:
We only know 4% of what the universe is made up of. Can we also know what lies beyond our galaxy … and if there are undiscovered forms of matter? Luckily, we have space messengers — cosmic rays — that bring us physical data from parts of the cosmos beyond our reach.
And he’s not going to take this anymore.
Seagull loathing Senator Ned O’Sullivan (FF) raised the issue of anonymous online commenters and their criticism of politicians in the Seanad this morning.
He singled out list-loving, palatially housed online news Godzilla The Journal saying its comments section often verged on the “abusive”. He then called for a civilised debate to be held on the matter.
*pause*
FIGHT!
Previously: Mean Gulls
A mere sample of the lookalike shenanigans on offer at Bored Panda’s ongoing Dogs That Look Like Something Else open submissions post.
The beach at Kilcoole, Co Wicklow.
Perishing tiddlers.
Victor Karu writes:
“Thousands of dead fish. They’re little but there’s a lot them….”
Anyone?
Last Night In New York.
A party at the Irish Consulate for young Irish living and working in New York City hosted by the Consul Barbara Jones and attended by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Top: Enda chats with Susan O’Brien of Smigin plus (Left to right): Oran Bambrick (Fantam); Brian Purcell (Global Shares); Breiffni O’Domhnaill (Propylon) and Joe Shinkwin (Enterprise Ireland).
They then trashed the place.
(James Higgins/Photocall Ireland)
Gardaí arrive as residents protest against the installation of Irish Water meters in Ferrybank on Monday
Gardaí in Waterford are investigating the theft of equipment for installing water meters from a housing estate in Ferrybank last night. It is believed 250 plastic barriers, cones and signs were taken from Fíodh Mór sometime between 7pm and 7.30pm. A number of residents in the estate blocked Irish Water staff from installing water meters yesterday and people living in the nearby Abbey Park housing estate also blocked Irish water staff earlier in the week.
Irish Water equipment stolen in Waterford (RTÉ)
Previously: Faucet Circus
UPDATE:
Shane Gavin writes:
This video popped up on Facebook earlier, related to the Ferrybank water meters thing in Waterford. It’s of Ferrybank residents blocking the installation of meters, what’s worrying is the insistence of the meter chap in charge to just drive through the people with the digger…
Video via Tony Penkert
James Morrissey, Denis O’Brien’s media adviser, arriving at Dublin Castle in 2010 for the Moriarty Tribunal
You may have read Malachy Clerkin’s column, headlined Is there no end to Denis O’Brien’s intervention in Irish sport?, in the Irish Times last Thursday.
In it, Mr Clerkin recalled an exchange about tax exiles between Mr O’Brien and Oisín Quinn, counsel for the Irish Daily Mail, during Mr O’Brien’s successful libel case against the Irish Daily Mail.
Mr Clerkin then argued:
“It is difficult to see yourself reflected in a national team that on a certain level is just a billionaire’s plaything.”
Further to this, Mr O’Brien’s media gatekeeper James Morrissey has written a letter to the Irish Times this morning, stating:
Sir, – I read Malachy Clerkin’s column in The Irish Times with interest (“Is there no end to Denis O’Brien’s intervention in Irish sport?”, September 18th). Clearly Malachy Clerkin doesn’t want Denis O’Brien to support Irish soccer or Irish rugby. Would he have preferred that these sports would be denied any assistance that just might help them progress? It strikes me as a rather unusual stance for a sports journalist.
If Malachy had bothered to check the facts he would have learned that Denis O’Brien’s support for the Irish cricket team came as a result of a request for immediate assistance during the 2007 Cricket World Cup when they unexpectedly got through to the Super 8 round.
From the general tone of his column it would appear that Malachy would have been happier if the plea for help was rejected. If he has such a hang-up about financial contributions that have sought nothing in return, how does he feel about sports sponsorship?
What strikes me as particularly incongruous is how an advocate of sport could so determinedly attempt to convert what just might be a positive motivation into some covert agenda.
What lies ahead for readers of The Irish Times – Malachy Clerkin rails against corporate branding of sports? Opposing advertising on sports pages? Refuses any element of his salary which might be sourced from commercial activities? Maybe Malachy is a sports journalist who simply does not like sports.
Yours, etc,
JAMES MORRISSEY,
Media adviser
to Denis O’Brien,
Fitzwilliam Quay, Dublin 4.
He used to be a journalist.
No really.
Denis O’Brien and sport (Irish Times letters)
Photocall Ireland
Up to 500 GPs, from the National Association of General Practitioners, are expected to protest outside the Dáil at 2pm today, to protest over cutbacks, saying patient safety is at stake.
“Adequate medical cover will be in place during the demonstration”.
RTÉ reports:
Dr Stephen Murphy, a GP and NAGP executive committee member, said GPs have been faced with a 40% cut in income fees and are struggling to survive because of years of successive cutbacks.
He said: “We want resourcing. We need more GPs. We need more facilities to enable us to hold on to the GPs that we have.
