From etenders:
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) wishes to examine the feasibility of deploying Wi-Fi in a prison environment.
To the pitchforks!
Hat tip: John John
Wet Éireann
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Well we wouldn’t want to lose the run of ourselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=989nEqLvvpE
Go to 1.13.
It’s weird tay!
Junior reporter Laura Gaynor was the best thing to come out of our EU Presidency. Apart from the bi-lateral thing with the whatsit over the CAP stuff obviously.
Laura writes:
Here is my last YMIP (Youth Media and the Irish Presidency) vlog. It’s all about if the tea a politician drinks affects the voters.I took advantage of my YMIP passes to get talking to the Taoiseach, three TD’s and Minister Lucinda Creighton. I also asked comediansDavid McSavage and John Colleary.
Spoiler alert: Lucinda and Lyon’s (wouldn’t ye know?)
It Beggars belief.
Karen Walsh writes:
“There is a fixed broadband outage at Beggar’s Bush exchange. Apparently 402 customers are affected. We noticed we were offline yesterday at about 11am but Eircom is saying it was only reported at 12.40. So 402 homes and businesses in the Dublin 4 area which includes business areas such as Baggot St and Ballsbridge are without Internet and email now for almost 48 hours. The only information we have is that it will HOPEFULLY be back within 48 hours. Unbelievable. It would be great if you could ask who else is affected as it must be impacting on people’s businesses and this might give some kind of urgency to fixing it. Thanks.”
Pic: Google Maps
Simon Christen spent two years creating this love letter to the fog of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Worth his every 5am start.
Thanks Roland
Spokesman for Eamon Gilmore confirms he won’t be attending #ictu conference 2moro – going to Strasbourg for European Parliament budget vote
— Ingrid Miley (@ingridmileyRTE) July 2, 2013
Oh.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Delegate Conference opens today in the Assembly Rooms in Belfast, and runs until Thursday. It will see over 700 delegates and observers debate different motions regarding the economic crisis, reform of trade union structures, workplace rights and equality.
The theme is Decent Work, Better Future.
From ICTU:
“Delegates will debate key motions on the economic crisis that call for “an end to the failed deflationary policies which for five years have depressed domestic demand and prevented growth”, and demand the introduction of a sustained programme of investment to create jobs and for Ireland to sign up to the Financial Transaction Tax.”
Ah.
Biennial Delegate Conference 2013 to open in Belfast (ICTU)
John Douglas elected ICTU President (RTÉ)
The closing moments of an encounter between an irish woman and two men, both black, Waterford last night.
Man 1: “It’s nothing got to do with you?”
Woman: “I didn’t raise this.”
Man 2: “I did, I did.”
Woman: “All apes come from Africa.”
Man 2: “All the monkeys and shit, you know.”
Woman: “Yes, all monkeys are, right, you should be in the trees actually.”
Man 1: “You’re awful.”
Man 2: “Yeah?”
Woman: “Swinging out of the trees.”
Man 1: “Go away.”
Woman: “You’re not…you’re uncivilised, you are. And do you know I spent six months, sorry…”
Man 1: “No, I’m not talking to you.”
Woman: “I spent six months in America, right, and most, the most crime that, in America, is committed by African Americans.”
{Inaudible}
Woman: “He knows that.”
Man 1: “Everyone is different.”
Woman: “No, the most crime in America is committed by African Americans.”
Man 2: “Let’s go. Bye, nice talking to you.”
Woman: “I know that you’re walking away from…”
Geoff writes:
The lads were sitting outside a chipper when this woman came over and started to verbally abuse them. The language is horrific. I’m absolutely disgusted that people still hold views like this. Her views are not welcome in this country.
Yay. EU Presidency has ended.That must mean the @DubCityCouncil CorkHill carbuncle will be removed (after €20k spend) pic.twitter.com/iupTbXAOwo
— Stephen Coyne (@stephen_coyne) July 2, 2013
Previously: Pretty in Plinth
Hic.
Jerry O’Sullivan writes:
Aside from the Anglo Bankers there was another image of Ireland on German TV this week.
Promillekrieg in Irland: Drei Guinness gehen noch, oder? (Der Spiegel)
Mitsubishi GTO: “Mitsubishi entered the Japanese sports car craze in 1990 with their GTO (aka 3000GT) to match country rivals Toyota (Supra), Nissan (Skyline) and Mazda (RX-7). It came with many advanced technology system including four-wheel drive and utilised a powerful V6 engine available with single and double overhead cams.”
Renault 16: “The Renault 16 was marketed as a large family car though the styling was not so clear-cut making it hard to find a definite categorisation. TL was the marque’s distinction for their previously known Renault 16 ‘Super’ and this example is probably pre-1974 due to the aluminium grill. These were replaced by plastic grills thereafter.”
Chevrolet Corvette: “An true American icon, the Corvette is a thing of beauty and pure muscle. This third generation model was introduced in 1968 and based mostly on the previous version. Production lasted until 1982 at which point the car design was more aerodynamically influenced. In 1981 a 5.7L V8 engine was the only one offered but I’d hardly be complaining despite a measily power output of 190hp.”
Pics and text: Patrick ‘Carspotter’ Cummins