However, Mr [Eamon] Gilmore (above) said no one in the Dáil was satisfied with SUSI’s first year, but said changes have been introduced that will significantly improve the process.
Speaking during Leaders’ Questions, Mr Gilmore said 99.23% of grants are completed and fully paid.
Hmm.
Photographer Peter Schafrick slathers Barbie dolls, tennis balls, dog chews and assorted toys with paint and uses a custom rig he calls the Spinster to whip them round at high speed, at which point he takes the shot.
More whirly goodness here.
Fans queueing outside Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday for The Boss in Cork.
The gig is on tonight.
Pics via Owen Mc Loughlin, Ciarán Halpin, Annie Lardner
Luna – a flexible ‘concrete material’ iPhone5 skin by Korean design collective Posh Craft.
A map of Europe overlaid (and roughly size-matched) with the 50 US States by Kegler Press.
We’re West Virginia.
Yay!
The last Le Cool Dublin cover for three weeks.
By Waterford-based, Dublin designer Lee Grace.
Who sez:
I don’t get to visit Dublin as much as I would like to, so when I do, I take as much of it in as possible. This keeps it fresh for me in another perspective as I don’t get numb to the overall bustle and flow of the city. The illustration is an exaggerated version of me doting over the cityscape.
A Fianna Fáil senator has been accused of reaching a new low after he said allowing abortions in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities would be “depriving future Special Olympics athletes of being born”.
Brian Ó Domhnaill said allowing terminations in such circumstances could lead to babies with Down’s syndrome being “left to die on sterilised trays”.
Labour’s Aideen Hayden said it was “incredibly low” to suggest there is any link between disability and fatal abnormalities — especially as the House was preparing for a discussion last night on the Special Olympics.
Senator: Abortions would deprive future Special Olympians of life (Mary Regan, Irish Examiner)
Previously: Fada Shortage
Pro-Life’s ‘Lunatic fringe’ And The Special Olympics
Pic: brianodomhnaill.ie
Oscar.
He’s out in the wild.
Jenny McCarthy writes:
My dog Oscar has just gone missing in the Bath Avenue [Sandymount, Dublin] area. He has a bald belly and leather collar. He is microchipped and my details are on his collar. If anyone has found or seen him please leave details below [Or contact broadsheet@broadsheet.ie]
Anyone?
