“The Only Beneficiaries Of This Are The Banks”

Admin at 1:18 pm June 21, 2013

(Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank)

No change there then.

The moratorium on home repossession is to be slashed from 12 months to two months under a new banking code.
David Hall from the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation said the changes to the code are “completely appalling”.
Mr Hall said: “It’s bank led and the Central Bank have serious questions to answer in relation to their consumer protection role in all of this.
“The only beneficiaries of this are the banks. The banks have persuaded the Central Bank that borrowers are sinners and that they must have power to deal with them.”

New banking code slashes moratorium on repossessions by 10 months (BreakingNews)

Thanks Leigh

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

John Goodman Losing His Sh*t

Admin at 1:04 pm June 21, 2013

A celebration of actor John Goodman’s 61st birthday (yesterday) by Flavorwire, showcasing some spectacular fecal-misplacement from 18 films and TV shows.

Previously: Gary Oldman losing His Sh*t and Four Minutes Of Nicolas Cage Losing His Sh*t

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She Disney Normally Do This

Admin at 1:03 pm June 21, 2013

Gay Community News’ Pride cover.

Featuring Minnie Mélange (Sinéad Burke) as Snow White.

Jayne Casey writes:

Our Pride issue is out today, it’s our biggest issue of the year (for obvious reasons) . It includes a Pride guide, interviews with Haim and Leanne Harte (who graces the cover of [Irish Times’] The Ticket this morning too) and
loads of other bits and pieces. The hardcopy is available all over the country for free in cafes, libraries, colleges etc. Or link to the online pdf is below.

GCN Pride issue

Strange Deaths From History

Admin at 12:35 pm June 21, 2013

The charming John Green returns with another interesting list: this time, 41 people from history who popped their clogs in unfortunate and unusual ways.

Previously: 31 Strange Medical Conditions

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De Hedald And De Echo

Admin at 12:21 pm June 21, 2013

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Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

Via Independent_ie and Rory Noonan

On Yer Flyke

Admin at 12:21 pm June 21, 2013

The XploreAir Paravelo is a collapsible bike that docks with a flexible para-wing and a biofuel fan which its inventors John Foden and Yannick Read – currently funding further development on Kickstarter – claim to be the ‘world’s first flying bike’.

Or, you know, paraglider with pedals.

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Cheer Me Up

Niall Murphy at 12:15 pm June 21, 2013

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Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat

Admin at 12:13 pm June 21, 2013

Bridge End, Belfast.

JP writes:

Northern Ireland’s Dept of Social Development (prop. Nelson McCausland DUP) have painted over one of Belfast’s few bits of decent, non-sectarian graffitti/ mural. It was a line from Teenage Kicks which was painted on a bridge at Bridge End on the fringe of east Belfast. It was painted as a tribute to the late John Peel.

About half a mile away at the bottom of the Ravenhill Road there is a UVF mural featuring a masked man with an assault rifle. This will, of course, remain untouched.

‘Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat’