Michael Moore writes:
“Taken on walk from Bray to Greystones [Co Wicklow] yesterday morning.”
You may recall our Sky Cat Laughs competition.
The winners are: Clampers Outside; Mick; Cormac O’H; Brendan Tobin and Russell Steed. They each win 1 x pair of tickets to a choice of shows at the festival this weekend in Kilkenny:
Apres Match Saturday or Sunday
Jason Byrne Saturday or Sunday
Neil Delamere Saturday or Sunday
Ardal O’Hanlon Saturday or Sunday
Winners will be contacted by email today.
Thanks all
Full line up here:
Or any sporting event?
Brian Brady writes:
“I’ve been developing the app SportBox to a stage ready for testing and now I’m looking for test groups to put it through its paces and give me much needed feedback.
It’s basically designed to take the hassle out of organising sporting events, like 5 aside or tag rugby etc. Some of the features include recurring events, automatic invitations, group messaging and so on. If any Broadsheet readers users would like to be involved, you can download here: iPhone and Android
At this stage is purely for collecting feedback in relation to bugs and what features people would like to see developed, please use the Feedback button as much as possible. Thank you.”
Fordite
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Fordite, also known as Motor Agate, is a multilayered, heat-tempered nugget of hardened enamel paint dating back to a time when newly manufactured cars were painted using hand sprayers.
Excess paint collected on assembly line apparatus would harden into solid enamel after repeated exposure to the drying ovens. Once considered a waste product, the vintage chunks are now highly sought after by jewellers in the US.
Ciara Byrne writes:
“The One Direction takedown convoy trucking through Marino [Dublin} this morning.”
Mmmf.
Former Irish Independent journalist Eimear Ni Bhraonain
You’ll recall a post from last week in relation to former Irish Independent journalist Eimear Ni Bhraonain detailing how she is taking a constructive dismissal case against her employers after the paper failed to publish a story about Environment Minister Phil Hogan for ten days, until it learned the Irish Daily Mail was about to publish it.
The story was about how the Kilkenny/Carlow TD had written to some of his constituents in Kilkenny, to tell them a Traveller family – Patrick and Brigid Carthy and their seven children – would not be moved to a house near them.
Last week’s post also told how Phoenix magazine reported that Ms Ni Bhraonain was asked to investigate a dossier of alleged minor crimes pertaining to Mr Carty, after the Irish Independent received the dossier “from somewhere in the Kilkenny area”.
Further to this, Mark Tighe, in yesterday’s Sunday Times [not online behind paywall], reported how Ms Ni Bhraonain will claim there was political interference with her story.
In relation to the dossier, Mr Tighe reported:
Ní Bhraonáin claims she was then presented with what appeared to be an official print-out of the travellers’ criminal convictions and asked by editors to write a story about them.
Ní Bhraonáin will claim that when she asked Independent desk staff about the paper’s attitude, it was implied that the newspaper was ‘friendly’ towards Hogan.
Mr Tighe also reported that INM’s group editor Stephen Rae will deny there was political interference when Ms Ni Bhraonain’s case comes before a Rights Commissioner on June 10 and that INM will seek to have her claim thrown out on the grounds she failed to file it within six months of when she left the company.
Previously: Turning The Story On Its Head
Big Phil’s Fat Gypsy Prejudice
Pic: Pat Moore
From Safe Baby Handling Tips by David and Kelly Sopp.
This morning.
Nick Moran writes:
“A small selection of cable-ties left behind on Station Rd, Lusk [Co Dublin]. Why? too fupping lazy,that’s why.”
Pretty much the colours of Dublin this weekend
(H/T: Aidan, Sarah, Noel , Karen, Póló et al)