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You may recall yesterday’s competition to win a Irish-made watch from Ansley.

It was a little late in the day so you might have missed it.

Anyway.

Runners- up:

“Would you ever just give the Ansley watch to my brother because of his/her history of lateness, showing up to his friends wedding 3 hours late because he “forgot to change the time” after returning from Berlin, he was the best man at said wedding!” (Bejayziz)

“Would you ever just give the Ansley watch to my good self, who has twice in the past 2 months, woken up at 1.30pm on a Friday afternoon when work commenced at 8.30am. Needless to say the same excuse won’t work for a third time I’m guessing” (Cormac O’Halloran)

“Would you ever just give the Ansley watch to my friend Barry because of his history of lateness he caused someone to be late for their own funeral (by blocking the entrance of the family home with his car and coming back 20 minutes late leaving lots of people standing around in the rain at the house and the church. A team of lads were warming up to bounce the car clear when he arrived).” (Murtles)

Winner

“Would you ever just give the Ansley watch to my Dad, who turned 72 yesterday. He may be the loveliest man in the world but he has the worst time-keeping skills ever! He was literally late to his own wedding, after he fell asleep in the bath the morning of. He could definitely do with a watch!”(Ellie)

Thanks all

Previously: Living On Irish Time

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Enda Kenny, Michael Noonan and Michael O’Leary at Ryanair’s new HQ at the Airside Business Park, Swords, Dublin today.

Facilities include water and indoor toilets.

Thanks Jimmy Chin

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Enda in front of the company’s ‘Fleet of Dreams’ mural.

Thanks Jimmy

Update:

Thanks Bibi Baskin Robbins

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Where Were You On April 3rd, 1971?

In your mummy’s tummy you say?

That’s adorable.

Now read on.

RTE Archives sez:

April  3 1971 marks the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Dublin, following Dana’s win the previous year. The Eurovision production was also one of the first home produced colour television programmes broadcast by RTÉ.”

Angela Farrell represented Ireland in the contest with the song ‘One Day Love’ and came in eleventh place. The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was won by Monaco with the artist Séverine singing ‘Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue”.

Watch (in full Eurocolour) here.

RTÉ Archives

(H/T: John Gallen)

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[Jerry Cowley apparently being filmed by a garda while he addressed a Shell to Sea protest at Bellinaboy, Co. Mayo in October, 2006]

In 2007, Former Independent TD Jerry  Cowley suspected his phone was tapped because he supported the Shell to Sea campaign and had raised his concerns with Justice Minister Michael McDowell.

He later claimed  his grievances were met with a ‘wall of silence’.

In light of recent bugging revelations, Mr Cowley has raised the matter again.

The Mayo News reports the GP saying:

“The question is, was Belmullet Garda Station bugging phones because of the Corrib campaign? And can any of the tapes now being examined answer questions I raised in the Dáil in 2007?”

“I have no doubt that whatever facilities the Gardaí had at their disposal at the height of the Corrib controversy were used by them. Such an approach was endemic at the time. Our campaign was always very transparent and open, and we held meetings every Sunday night that anyone could attend. But we always feared we would be infiltrated, and when there was a series of unusual coincidences where certain people had knowledge of information they should not have been privy to, it caused me great concern.”

“I wasn’t the only person, associated with the Corrib campaign, who expressed concerns about their phones being tapped. They were met with a wall of silence, but perhaps the tapes that are now being transcribed will give us new answers.”

Concerns about Corrib bugging must be re-examined – Cowley (Aine Ryan, The Mayo News)

Pic: Wikipedia

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Starting Saturday night in Londahn.

Maria Schweppe writes:

“We’re running a season of Edinburgh Preview gigs which kick off this Saturday at the London Irish Centre and featuring a double bill of the very best of Irish comedians road testing their material before making their assault on the world’s biggest arts festival.”

And all for a badger.

Chim chiminee.

London Irish Comedy Festival (Facebook)

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