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Padraig Stapleton writes:
Special Longford t-shirts online all profits will go to the Longford Palliative Care Team. Wear with pride at home and abroad and support a great cause at the same time.
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Rich Doran Sherlock, of Floorstaff, writes:
“Dear Broadsheeters,
“While playing a gig at the Twisted Pepper [Middle Abbey Street, Dublin] on Friday night, my bass shorted out in the middle of the show. After checking all equipment,the executive decision was for the band to play on while another bass was sourced.
Josh, the incredibly resourceful and professional sound engineer, called a friend in a studio across the Liffey asking if he could bring one across.
Whilst going outside to make another call, he spotted a kid walking by with a bass on his back. Josh asked him if he could borrow it for the duration of the set, and the kid agreed. He raced in and gave it to me, it worked perfectly and I got to finish the show.
I never got to meet or thank the kid in question, he was too young to get into the venue, and waited outside. Dublin is a small place, and if there is any chance that any of you know who that person was, I would really like to get in touch. If that never comes to pass, I hope you’ll join me in wishing that many good things come that young man’s way.”
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“A plan designed by the Central Bank to help overstretched borrowers with multiple loans has been thrown into temporary disarray by the unexpected withdrawal of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service (Mabs) from the scheme.”
“Following a competition between three bidders, Mabs, in conjunction with IT services company OSG, was to take a key role in a three-month pilot programme to try out the proposed scheme.”
“However, having won the competition and having responded in writing to the Central Bank two weeks ago in positive terms, the agency wrote to the Central Bank again last week, saying it would not be taking the role.”
“It is understood the Central Bank does not know the reason for the volte-face and is very surprised. A spokesman would not comment yesterday and calls to a spokesman for Mabs were not returned.”
Hmmm.
Mabs pulls out of pilot scheme to help debtors (Colm Keena, Irish Times)
An interactive map showing the numbers of Irish citizens travelling from the UK to avail of abortion services in 2012 broken down into geographic regions.
Figures published last week by the UK Department of Health show a total of 3,982 women with Irish addresses accessed abortion services in the UK.
By Phil Lang who writes:
There were 889 women who didn’t specify what region they came from, so this number is not represented in this visualisation. However, I still think that it makes for an interesting exploration.
Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill due before Seanad (RTE)
Cold.
Anne O’Hara writes:
RTE weather (soil) forecast last night – loving their inclusion policy…
Buying Time
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(Above: Denis O’Brien’s Gulfstream (left) and Dermot Desmond’s Dassault Falcon at Dublin Airport)
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has described as “attractive” a proposal that would give Ireland’s multimillionaire tax exiles an extra two months a year in the State in exchange for a €15 million payment over 10 years.
A proposal from the Government-backed Forum on Philanthropy has suggested a scheme where so-called high net worth individuals who have chosen to live abroad can “buy” extra days in Ireland in exchange for investment in charities and other worthy projects.
Tax exiles could get two months extra in Ireland each year in return for charity payments (Irish Times)
A NSFW segment from Louis CK Live At The Beacon Theatre (full gig here), animated by John Roney.
Union Square, Manhattan, New York, last night
Demonstrations large and small broke out across the country — ranging from a few dozen to several hundred — in support of the family of Trayvon Martin as protesters decried the not guilty verdict as a miscarriage of justice.
The NAACP and protesters called for federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who was acquitted Saturday in Martin’s February 2012 shooting death, which unleashed a national debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
Rallies Large And Small Follow Zimmerman Verdict (USA Today)
Obama urges ‘calm reflection’ after Zimmerman verdict (BBC)
Pics: Niall Neligan
Graeme Kelly writes:
Largest Bluescreen of Death? Picadilly, Manchester on Saturday.