http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTKn_TC0Aek
Oh you know.
The usual.
Kevin Sammon writes:
“Irish rugby fans celebrating [Jonathan] Sexton’s second try [for Ireland] against France on Saturday.”
Previously: We’ll Always Have Paris
From 1982, an ad for Lyons Tea.
Blackface and a fleeting glimpse of Dublin Bus Porn.
Good tea times.
[From top: Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach, Martin Fraser, and Ambassador of Ireland to the US Anne Anderson with US President Barack Obama in September 2013]
Senan Molony, of the Irish Daily Mail, reports this morning that a public row broke out between Ms Anderson and Mr Fraser in the lobby of the Fitzpatrick Hotel in Manhattan, New York, at around 12.10am on St Patrick’s Day.
Mr Molony, who witnessed the argument, said it lasted for about ten minutes, with both parties pointing their fingers at each other, and that it continued from the lobby to the lifts, in front of about a dozen people.
Mr Molony writes [not online]:
At one point, she said: ‘You are calling me a liar, Martin. I am not a liar. It was a misunderstanding.’ At another juncture, she raised her voice and said: ‘If I had known what the Taoiseach wanted, of course I would have done what he wanted.‘ The origins of the row are unclear.
Crikey.
Anyone?
Pics: Merrion Street and Wikipedia
[from left: Ingrid Kvale, Emily Blagden, Laura Kennington and Aoife Ni Mhaoileoin
From Monterey, California to Honolulu, Hawaii.
In a rowing boat!
“We have been training intensely, as well as taking courses in sea survival and navigation. Beyond the physical and psychological training, there are also a huge number of practical considerations. We need to ensure that our boat is race ready and that we have reliable water-purifying equipment and plenty of food — we’ll need to consume 5,000-6,000 calories a day!”
Aoife Ni Mhaoileoin.
Team Boatylicious writes:
On June 7, a doctor from Castleknock in Dublin will set off on a 2,400 mile rowing expedition from Monterey, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. Aoife Ní Mhaoileoin and her teammates, Emily Blagden, Laura Kennington and Ingrid Kvale, will be the first all-female four to complete the row, which will take over forty days. ‘Team Boatylicious’ is one of 15 crews participating in the inaugural Great Pacific Race, which the organisers describe as the “biggest, baddest human endurance challenge on the planet”.
Cora Sutton Smith writes:
Cora Bee Creations came about when I started making Irish-themed throw cushions for my Irish friends abroad. They went down so well I decided to set up a little Etsy page and have begun to sell them online. These Irish Handmade throw cushions can be fully personalized to say whatever you like and are a great gift for every occasion! Orders can be placed via my Etsy Page or my facebook page. Thank you.
Irish-Made Stuff marked ‘Irish-Made Stuff’ to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie. No fees, favours, cushions.
Vincent by Dutch artist and writer Barbara Stok is a 144 page graphic novel that seeks to shed light (via a series of letters between the artist and his brother Theo), on Van Gogh’s brief but intense years in the south of France.
Vincent dreams of setting up an artists’ house in Arles for himself and his friends. However, his attacks of mental illness confuse and disorient him, culminating in the notorious incident with his ear and leaving his dreams shattered.
For years I have waited to see,
This triumph of democracy,
After decades of pain,
Inside the Ukraine,
At long last Crimea is free.
John Moynes
(Telegraph)
“The problem of homelessness is out of control; it is getting worse every week and no one appears to be doing anything about it. The problem is most acute in Dublin where official figures show that six additional people are becoming homeless in the region every day, while only two each day succeed in escaping homelessness. More and more people who seek a bed for the night are told those beds are full. Just to keep pace with the problem would require opening a new hostel every week with 28 beds.”
…
“There has been a 90 per cent drop in social housing output between 2007 and 2011, resulting in a 100 per cent increase in the social housing waiting list, from 43,700 in 2005 to 89,900 in 2013. The Government has allocated funding to build 449 new homes over the next two years – which will reduce the waiting list by 2 per cent!”
Fr Peter McVerry, founder of Peter McVerry Trust, in today’s Irish Times.
Authorities close door on crisis of homelessness (Fr Peter McVerry, Irish Times)
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
This Morning.
Kathryn Millligan writes:
“Anyone know why there’s a huge line outside Tower Records?”