A ‘Bloody Mary Extreme’ garnished with bacon, popcorn, pickles, cheeseburger, pretzel, hotdog, baby corn, green beans, sausage, peanuts, nachos, cheese curds and ‘pure mouthal delight’, available for an astounding $5 at O’Davey’s Pub, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Where would you even begiNOMNOMNOM
Blimey.
The MS Caribbean Princess arriving in Dublin Port, taken on a Nikon D500 from Irishtown yesterday evening.
Thanks Daniel Dudek Corrigan
More to follow.
Covers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Via Stephen O’Leary, Mike Hogan and Joe Donnelly.
Antarctica.
Well, for three months anyway.
The final sunset, taken from the European Space Agency, Concordia, in the Antarctic on Sunday.
The 15 members who live at the research station won’t see the sun rise again until August.
And, as the vampire nomads prepare to feast, isn’t it well for them?
(Watching the final sunset before the three-month Antarctic night, The Atlantic)
Just like that.
Anon writes:
The National Parks & Wildlife Service has published details of the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme today .
€22,500 in total for the removal of a way of life and warmth for future turf cutting folk.
Pic: Turf cutting in Connemara, early 1900s, via Oldandinteresting
You’ll recall Bank of Ireland and AIB’s debt writedown worth almost €140million for Independent News and Media, 30% of which is owned by Denis O’Brien.
And AIB’s apparent €10million writedown for Thomas Crosbie Holdings.
Namawinelake writes:
“In the Dáil this week, the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan was questioned about the writedowns. The response was curt – “due to data protection rules and customer confidentiality the banks are not in a position to discuss details of individual customer circumstances”
“Alas, data protection won’t save the humiliation of those named-and-shamed on the new personal insolvency register.
“The parliamentary questions and response are here:
“Deputy Pearse Doherty: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm theamount of debt forgiveness that will be provided by Allied Irish Bank to Independent News and Media as part of the latter firm’s recently announced reorganisation plans.
“Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will state, in both absolute and percentage terms, the amount of the debt being written down by wholly and partly State owned lending institutions for Thomas Crosbie Holdings Ltd. and Independent News and Media Ltd; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
“Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage stake the State will now hold through Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland in Independent News and Media Ltd. as a result of the debt for equity swop to facilitate the write down of INM Ltd. debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter.”
“Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan: I propose to answer questions 132, 150 and 152 together.”
“I have been informed that due to data protection rules and customer confidentiality the banks are not in a position to discuss details of individual customer circumstances.”
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Ah yeah.
Sure what else would he say.
Previously: This Is How Rumours Start
A €140 Million Write-off From Bank Of Ireland And AIB
Photocall Ireland
Sheena Wilkinson (right) with Sligo schoolgirl Katie Anderson, won the 23rd CBI (Childrens Books Ireland) Book of the Year Award today and is the second author ever to win both the Book of The Year Award and the Children’s Choice Award for her novel ‘Grounded’.
Grounded is the sequel to ‘Taking Flight‘, which won both the CBI Honour Award for Fiction and the Children’s Choice Award in 2011.
Swot.
Previously: Are You A Rubbish Aunt/Uncle?
Who knew?
Dubs fans, probably.
Susie Dardis writes:
“Bernard Brogan looking all moody this morning [on a Red Bull-related promo whatsit] at Dublin Port.”
