Martin and Violet Coyne, aged 73 and 61 respectively, who have been evicted from their rented home in Carpenterstown, Dublin this morning.
The Irish Times reports:
ACC Bank is seeking repossession of the home because the landlord Daragh Ward went into receivership in 2012 and they want to sell the house to reduce his debt.
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In July, Ms Justice Linnane said an order for vacation of the property had been first made in September 2013. She had made her own order on March 27th and Mr Coyne had given a sworn undertaking to vacate the property when he came before the court on June 25th. She said the High Court had also refused a stay on her order as there was no legal grounds for it.Mr Coyne told the court that he had made the sworn statement in “good faith”, but he had been unable to find alternative accommodation through Fingal County Council.
He said he and his wife had not been “sitting on our arses” doing nothing since the sworn statement had been made, but they lacked the money to seek alternative accommodation.
Dublin couple ‘evicted’ from home ahead of court hearing, TD says (Genevieve Carberry, Irish Times)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
‘sup?
Please stop the use of the Wild Mountain Goat from being suspended in a cage [as above] from the top of a crane at Puck Fair causing undue distress and stop the cruelty and abuse that is associated with the Horse and Cattle Fair at same event. Show the world that Ireland can be part of the modern world when it comes to enforcing animal rights’ laws and impose maximum penalties on people who are committing such hideous acts of cruelty. Let’s show the organisers of this event and Government officials that this cruelty must not be tolerated.
From a petition calling for an end to the suspension of a goat at the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
It currently has 10,365 signatures.
Previously: Ireland’s Oldest Fair
Department Of Agriculture, Republic Of Ireland: Ban the cruelty of animals at Puck Fair (Avaaz.org)
Pic: Puck Fair
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC95NXEQruQ
What you may need to know:
1. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, an ambitious career-driven journalist. He begins following the emergency services to crime scenes in the hope of being first to break a story. This goes so well that he starts staging his own.
2. Sounds vaguely similar to the TV presenter Wallace Souza, who was accused of ordering a series of murders to boost ratings for his reality crime show, Brazil’s answer to America’s Most Wanted.
3. So nothing to do with Marvel’s teleporting blue elf then.
4. Here’s hoping that the Network (1976) vibe isn’t misleading. The 24 hour news cycles’ unquenchable thirst for content is begging for satire.
5. Gyllenhaal’s turn in last year’s Prisoners was immense.
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Injury Lawyers 4 U: The Movie.
Release Date: October 17 (UK)
(DelBoy is away. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)
Oh.
Dimi Redier, from 972 Mag, writes:
It’s a SHERIFF shirt for your three-year-old. Obviously. What else could it be?
…
It even says Sheriff in (transparent, cutout) letters across the star.Why, what else does it remind you of?
The shirt is produced in Turkey and appears to be available in Zara’s Israeli, French, Albanian and Swedish online stores.
ZARA presents: A striped pyjama with a yellow star for your child (972 Mag)
*swerve*
Spotted on the N25.
Anyone?
Thanks Ann Jones
‘Electric Picnic’
By All-Ireland slam poetry champion John Cummins.
John will be appearing this weekend….at the picnic.
Kalle writes:
“With the Electric Picnic just around the proverbial rainy corner, I wanted to shine a light on one of the other areas at the festival that often gets ignored in favour of the big name acts (who already have plenty of hype and publicity behind them in fairness). For anyone interested in some witty, wacky, wise wordplay, then look no further than our brownbread mixtape show on The Word stage in Mindfield (Sat & Sun @ 5pm).
This year we will have our usual mix of Goons style radio sketches, as well as the reigning All Ireland Slam Poetry Champion, John Cummins, as well as lyrical legend Pearse McGloughlin on the bill. The stage itself, run by the shamanic Marty Mulligan, always features a brilliant array of spoken word and hip-hop artists. Worth a gander when you feel like unplugging from the madness…”
The Brownbread Mixtape – Two Shows at Electric Picnic 2014! (BrownbreadMixTape)
Charging
at
Dublin this morning.
Maxi asks:
“Is it a hybrid?”