Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
An all-new print from Banksy of last year’s infamous (and, in fairness, rather brilliant) mobile tour of New York’s meatpacking district.
[Former Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan]
#GRA secretary general PJ Stone says he has no doubt Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan was sacked – and said it was on a “political whim”.
— Michael O’Toole (@mickthehack) April 30, 2014
Michael O’Toole, crime correspondent at the Irish Daily Star, tweeting from the Garda Representative Association annual conference in Killarney, Co. Kerry.
Previously: The Thin Blue Timeline Updated
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John O’Donovan, top, following an incident at a water meter protest at Ashbrook Heights, Lehenaghmore in Togher, Cork this morning.
Earlier, resident Suzanne O’Flynn spoke to Neil Prendeville on Red FM about tensions between the Irish Water contractors and her neighbours this morning.
Suzanne O’Flynn: “They went to drive straight into the estate. Two of the residents were standing there. And the van, literally, a centimetre away from them.”
Neil Prendeville: “Are you saying that the truck drove at them intentionally?”
O’Flynn: “Yes, I am.”
Prendeville: “And they jumped out of the way?”
O’Flynn: “No, they didn’t move. The truck stopped, I’d say they thought they were going to move but they didn’t, they stood.”
Witness claims Irish Water truck drove at protesters in Cork (Newstalk)
Previously: Stopcock Blockers
Video by Dan Linehan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I81eJEOKJWY
One of a series of videos by Japanese Youtuber tokioFN wherein he brushes his teeth with the assistance of Airsoft weapons.
Here we observe the gingivitis-thwarting power of the SCAR-L MK 13 assault rifle.
[Sinead Ryan – Irish Independent and Sinead O’Carroll of thejournal.ie]
Minister of State Séan Sherlock in a late night tweet to journalist Sinead Ryan.
As seen on last night’s ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’, Irish Independent journalist Sinead Ryan quoted from the Irish Examiner.
Seán Sherlock’s quotes came from his appearance on yesterday’s Six One News.
Anyone?
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
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[A graph, released by the Central Statistics Office this morning, showing the rise in residential property prices in Ireland between March 2013 and March 2014. Click to enlarge]
At a national level, property prices increased by 7.8%.
In Dublin, house prices rose by 14.3%, while the cost of an apartment in Dublin was 16.6% higher in March 2014, than in March 2013.
Gulp.
[Willie McAteer leaves the Central Criminal Court, Dublin yesterday following sentencing in the Anglo trial]
Dave writes:
“Now that the Anglo trial, such as it was, is concluded, can I ask about a point that seemed significant to me, but was largley ignored by the media. My understanding of the chain of event relating to the directive to find Fitzpatrick and Whelan not guilty in relation to the letters sent out to the Maple 10 is this:
Pretrial: Prosecution brings a number of charges in relation to the nature and the alteration of the letters/agreements, based on evidence allowable.
Trial: Judge directs prosecution to drop the charges and instead submit a charge directed (dictated) by himself. Following this, he then rules that the charges he has directed the prosecution to bring will not hold up in court, due to the phrasing of it – not because there is no evidence of wrongdoing, but because of the specific wording of the charge. He then tells prosecution that he will not allow them to bring another charge.
I’m just wondering if there is any legal precedent for this chain of events?; and does this mean that neither party can now be tried for any of the original charges the prosecution had brought, or do they just have indemnity for the single specific charge that they were found not guilty of? I’ve asked a few friends with various degrees of legal knowledge, and none of them seem quite sure of the answers – or the precedents this sets.”
(Legal Coffee Drinker has been alerted.)
Meanwhile, anyone?
Earlier: A Bystander In A Car Crash
Who Created Light Touch Regulation?
(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)