taySlurp?

The three winners of Juanita Browne’s Put The Kettle On competiton (and each win a copy of the buke) from last Friday are:

Beth: “Would you please send this buke to my mum Siobhán, as she manages to get through about 20 cups of (completely black, unsugared) tea a day.”

Kearnivale: “Would you please send this buke to my Da, as he drinks so many cups of tea a day, he has to switch to Barry’s decaf at 2pm because of the tremors.”

Lidija: “Would you please send this buke to me as I learned to LOVE tea (from thinking it was yucky first time I tried it when I came to Ireland, to not being able to relax without putting a kettle on first thing when I get back to my gaff now. BTW – no sugar, leave a bag in, dollop of milk) and I obviously have only tea and no friends in my life to apply to this for me.”

Thanks all.

Previously: Who Wants A Buke of Tay

 

Behind paywall.

*whistles nonchalantly*

*opens raincoat”

aib

That’s Allied Irish Banks’ rocket-fuelled stock price. The bank is now capitalised at €78bn or $99bn.
Ahead of the Irish 2014 budget (which is expected to include a fresh bank levy) along with the forthcoming stress tests, AIB is trading at an heroic 12 times NAV.
The thing to bear in mind here is that AIB has a comically small free float — just over 1bn shares, against the 517bn or so in issue.
Some 516bn of those are owned by Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission. AIB is 99.8 per cent state-owned.
So why is the price so inflated? Investors are aware there’s an overhang, right?
There’s no sane explanation. Best guess is that with shares in bigger rival Bank of Ireland (market cap €8bn) rising from 21 cents to circa 25 cents this month, AIB, currently at 15 cents, has been tracking it higher.

But there’s also another factor that may be at play here: when, on December 30, 2011, the Central Bank of Ireland announced an end to the ban on shorting financial stocks, which had been in place since September 2008, it didn’t include AIB.

So AIB can’t be shorted!

 

 

konradwojcikprimevalsymbiosis2 konradwojcikprimevalsymbiosis8 konradwojcikprimevalsymbiosis7 konradwojcikprimevalsymbiosis6 konradwojcikprimevalsymbiosis3Primeval Symbiosis (Single Pole House) – an ambitious design project ‘based on the structure and functionality of a tree’ by Danish architecture student and interior designer Konrad Wójcik.

The houses are suitable for two to four occupants and the end-goal is to create ‘communities’ of several dwellings in natural landscapes.

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-3A new set of stamps to herald “four of Ireland’s most outstanding contemporary public buildings”

Clockwise from top:

The Lewis Glucksman Gallery at UCC, Cork. Designed by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects, it was awarded the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) Downes medal in 2005.

The Cork Institute of Technology in Bishopstown (60c) Designed by de Blacam and Meagher Architects. It received the RIAI Best Educational Building Award in 2007.

Fingal County Hall in Swords, Co Dublin (90c) It received an award from RIAI in 2007 and was designed by Bucholz McEvoy Architects.

Croke Park in Dublin’(90c) Designed by Gilroy McMahon Architects, it was awarded a gold medal in the RIAI 2007 Awards.

FIGHT!

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Thanks Feargal Purcell

GPOOMichael O’Toole of the Irish Daily Star told Newstalk earlier today how the Gardaí found a girl, aged between 14 and 16, on her own and in a distressed state near the GPO in Dublin [above] last week.

He said she doesn’t speak English very well and is communicating by drawing pictures.

Mr O’Toole said she has drawn pictures of herself being sexually abused, men being around her all the time, money changing hands and of her being filmed.

Gardaí are trying to identify the girl, who is now in HSE care.

Investigation into whether child found in Dublin was sex trafficking victim (Newstalk)

Pic: Trekearth

FMm

Úna Ní Chárthaigh writes:

“Here is a video my friend put together from a sean-nós dancing flashmob that we organised in Galway to launch the annual Oireachtas festival that will take place in Killarney from the 29th October – 3rd November. The festival celebrates the best of Irish music, sean-nós singing, dancing and storytelling and one of the highlights is the ‘Steip’ sean-nós dancing competition which will be broadcast live on TG4 on Saturday 2nd November at 2pm.”

“The Oireachtas is one of Ireland’s longest running festivals having been established in 1897 and will attract crowds of up to 10,000 to the Kerry town over the six days. Other highlights include the Corn Uí Riada sean-nós singing competition which is held in memory of Sean Ó Riada, the Cabaret Craiceáilte which will feature music from Kíla, Bréag and Mo Hat Mo Gheansaí and the nightly Club na Féile which will gather hundreds to the dance floor for the night/morning.”

More here

mentalhealth

Stephen Garry writes:

“TCD Mental Health Week launched today. One in three young people will experience a mental health problem and it’s time to talk about it. Would really appreciate any publicity you could offer to this worthwhile cause. Events this week include “Speak Your Mind” with Brent Pope and a James Vincent McMorrow Gig.”

 

Mental Health Week (Trinity College Dublin)

Video by David Cullinan

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