Rik Mayall Dies At 56 (Telegraph)
(BBC)
John Gallen writes:
“Please post this, I’d forgotten this fantastic line that could only be delivered by the man himself! :) I’m still chuckling…”
Rik Mayall Dies At 56 (Telegraph)
(BBC)
John Gallen writes:
“Please post this, I’d forgotten this fantastic line that could only be delivered by the man himself! :) I’m still chuckling…”
Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin this afternoon
Laura Hutton writes:
“Private clampers clamped!”
Earlier: I Love Clamp
Anyone seen the secret vaccination files?
Um.
“As Labour Health Minister in 1993, Brendan Howlin (above) assured victims that an inquiry had found they suffered no ill effects from the experimental medical tests.
But last night mystery surrounded the whereabouts of the files relating to the inquiry — and Mr Howlin admitted he did not remember the probe or its findings.
The Department of Health said it was searching department archives in a bid to locate the documents. “Until all the files are retrieved, the department cannot say if the results of the inquiry exist,” a spokesman said..
New documents reveal Mr Howlin’s private secretary told victims the minister was “satisfied” there was no risk to the children subjected to the trials in the 1960s and 1970s. This was based on an inquiry supposedly carried out by the Department of Health.
Files Go Missing In Child Vaccine Inquiry (Irish Independent, August 2010)
How did Brendan Howlin know there was no risk to the children subjected to drug trials?
He didn’t.
“it was not the practice to follow up vaccinated children for other than very short periods and the participants in these trials were not followed up in the longer term.”
High Court Justice Aindrias Ó Caoimh in his judgement [Hillery Vs Minister for Education 2004] quoting directly from the report of the Chief Medical Offcer put before Dail in 2000 .
Hmm.
Are you thinking what we’re thinking?
Children In Hospitals Were Used For Scientific Experiments (Newstalk)




A mere glimpse of the wonderful caricatures of Greek illustrator Stavros Damos.
From top: Burton, Jagger, Watts, Wood, Richards, Gilliam, Merkel, Turturro, Elliot and Penn.
Lots more here.
This afternoon
Captain Enrique Torres Pineyro (above left) with President Michael D Higgins on board of the The Spanish Royal Navy training ship, the Juan Sebastian de Elcano [the third largest Tall Ship] which is currently mooring at Dublin Port.
No need for the little step, gringos.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
The Late David Turpin – The Hotel
David Turpin writes:
“We’ve made a beautiful and scary video for “The Hotel”, and now face the tricky challenge of getting it seen. Having videos on Broadsheet did wonders for me before, this one involves me being decapitated by my brother…”
Fight!
“The geography of Europe’s luxury real estate is changing. After years in the doldrums, troubled cities like Madrid and Dublin are seeing a substantial recovery and look poised to become the continent’s rising stars, according to a new report by real estate advisor Knight Frank. Last year, however, prices bottomed out and even started to recover in some of Europe’s most embattled cities, with Madrid showing a 5% increase and Dublin a spectacular 24.6%...
Luxury Real Estate: Discover Europe’s Rising Stars (Forbes)
Previously: We’re Back Baby
(Photocall Ireland)