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Not something you hear every day, in fairness.

The Evening Live Drive team at Dublin City FM received the following today:

“Hi Guys, this is a little odd but yesterday (Monday 07/07/14) I was in Dublin and got a taxi from outside Connolly Station to St James Gate at around 10.40am. The taxi was a red car (possibly a Toyota).
Anyhow the taxi driver was BEAUTIFUL and I clocked his name on his ID badge as something like Daire, Darin or Dealglan and his surname began with B – In my nerves for my meeting etc i have forgotten his name and stupidly didn’t get a taxi receipt.
We swapped stories and I want to find him and see if he would like to go for pint, i don’t even know if he is single so this could be awkward but…..!
I know he has crazy friends and had lost his phone and car keys this weekend and had the “fear of life” a bit like myself!
I would really appreciate if you guys could help me trace him by reading this out on air. I’d also appreciate if you described me rather than give out my name- I was wearing a black suit with a green blouse, dark hair and was telling him about my “sore leg” thanks.”

Anyone?

Do You Believe In True Love (LiveDrive)

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

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Gerard Convie (top) and (below) from left: editor of Village Magazine, Michael Smith, Ian Lumley from An Taisce and Mr Convie in Buswells Hotel today.

A press conference held by Village magazine earlier to highlight allegations made by Gerard Convie, a former planner in Donegal, about the system of planning permissions in the county.

Allegations [see link below] the Department of Environment and its outgoing Minister Phil Hogan dismissed as “spurious”.

Michael Smith of Village writes:

“There needs to be awareness that impropriety in planning was not limited to Dublin; and impropriety in Donegal not limited to Garda. Gerard Convie, a very senior insider in the planning department, has made serious allegations about the system of planning permissions in Donegal. It is a scandal that the Department of the Environment said he had failed to produce evidence of wrongdoing. Though at considerable public expense this view was eventually repudiated, how it arose must be investigated – and officials and the Minister [Phil Hogan]  held to account. The repudiated view is directly analogous to the view the Department of Justice took on the respective credibilities of the Garda and its whistleblowers.. The Department must stop prevaricating and announce a proper review by a barrister into impropriety in Donegal planning under the 2000 Planning and Development Act (s255)…”

Blowing the Whistle so hard on Donegal even the people who haven’t been following so far, will hear it. (Village)

Previously: Spurious, You Say?

(Laura Hutton/Photocall ireland)

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A controversial  inforgraphic from Dublin-bred social media monster Newswhip

Paul Quigley, of the ‘whip, writes:

“We published this infographic last week. Got a good deal of interest in the media insider sites – MediaBistro, Poyntr, that kind of thing. What we’ve seen and wanted to show here is that Facebook is getting less about pictures of your friends and more about content, especially news or news-ish content. Sharing, liking and commenting on content have all grown significantly in the past few months, even in the developed English language markets where Facebook is no longer picking up new users quickly. So user behaviour is changing. Facebook might be becoming the new front page of the internet. (And maybe the new newspaper front page too.)”

Gulp.

People Are Sharing More On Facebook (Newswhip)

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