More to follow.
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Thanks Mark Moloney, Enda Cunningham, Iain Henderson , Enda Bolger, Mick Crowley, Meliosa Fitzgibbon and Joe Donnelly.
It is unlikely Knox, who lives in Seattle, Washington, will return to Italy to serve additional prison time because U.S. law dictates that a person cannot be tried twice on the same charge, a legal expert tells CNN.
Amanda Knox found guilty of murder again by Italian court (CNN)
(AP)
For the weekend that’s in it.
Saturday, February 20th, 1982.
The year of the “big snow”, Delorean’s bankruptcy and multiple General Elections..
Scotland travelled to Dublin intent on putting an end to Ireland’s run of unbeaten matches in the 5 Nations Championship.
Awaiting them, however, was a team containing Ciaran Fitzgerald, Mike Kiernan and the Ollie Campbell’s canny right foot.
Ollie remorselessly booted, tapped and dropped-kicked Ireland to its first ‘Tripler’ in 33 years, scoring a then individual record 21 points (in old money).
The following Monday’s Irish Times reported:
“Anguished large Scotsmen deep in alcoholic melancholy littered the streets of Dublin on Saturday night, a sight for bleary Irish eyes.“
Any excuse.
(Match Programme: Rugby Relics / Team Pic: Gaelic Art)
Previously: Giving It A McLash
[Pussy Riot who served two years in prison after this performance in a Moscow Cathedral]
Riot confirmed, unpredictably.
Karen Fitzpatrick writes:
This week on The Saturday Night Show, in their first ever European chat show appearance Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina will join Brendan on the programme.
Nadezhda and Maria will be joined by economist Constantin Gurdgiev, a lecturer in Finance with Trinity College, Dublin and a regular contributor to debate here in Ireland.Also this week, The Saturday Night Show will host a debate on homophobia; what constitutes homophobia and who gets to define the word? (Panel details will be announced closer to transmission).
Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace will chat ahead of their upcoming show Dance ‘Til Dawn and perform a special tango from the show.
All this, and Marty Whelan talking about his new hair transplants. It’s too much…
Written and directed by David Bokser & Matt Berenty:
An animated musical love story about a young man who lives inside a billboard and is charged with updating the advertisements. When he falls in love with a beautiful lady living across the highway, he has to use the only method he knows to get his message across – advertising.
[former 2FM breakfast show DJ Hector Ó hEochagáin in buckleppier times]
He kept them lit, in fairness.
Tubridy’s figures for 2FM remains ‘static’ with 152,000 listeners – the same as the figures released three months ago….the figures also showed that former 2FM Breakfast host Hector O hEochagain gained 12,000 listeners year on year. Hector was axed from the station in December – 2FM announced yesterday that ‘Republic of Telly’ stars Jennifer Maguire, Bernard O’Shea and Keith Walsh will be taking over the slot.
Gained 12,000?
And they let him go?
Anyone?
Both Sean O’Rourke And Pat Kenny Make Gains (Irish Independent)
(Photocall Ireland)
Energia today launched their entry to the Irish domestic energy market.
They claim they can save you 15% on your energy bills.
FIFTEEN.
Any excuse.
Video: Fennells Photography
Get your shorts on.
Freemasons Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin TONIGHT at 7pm.
The Last Days Of Peter Bergmann?
Tickets still available
14 year-old McKenna Pope has been campaigning for gender-neutral toys since last year when she petitioned Hasbro via Change.org to make their classic Easy Bake oven more amenable to boys.
In this perky TED Youth Talk, she makes her case to an audience of slack-jawed little ‘uns, most eloquently for one so young.
Related: Toys For Girls, and LEGO For Real Girls
This evening.
Buzz writes:
[River] Tolka defences doubled this time.. And sandbags reinforced at Clontarf [Dublin]