Labour grandees Eamon Gilmore, Michael D Higgins and Mary Robinson at the first day of an international conference on climate and hunger organised by the Government and the Mary Robinson Foundation for ‘climate justice..
The conference will “explore the links between fat pensions, ludicrous conferences, climate change, hunger and poor nutrition and their impact on the world’s most vulnerable communities”.
(Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)
Clí Odhna writes:
“Not only are Youth Defence deeply unpleasant individuals, they also don’t get satire!”
Cartoon by Eoin Kelleher/Phoenix
‘Anon’ writes:
Following on from the unnamed Leinster player earlier, which Media mogul nipped in for a coffee this morning in D4? (Feel free not to credit me for this :-) seriously.
“What could Europe be doing differently? From early on in the crisis, critics like me urged a three-part response. First, ECB intervention to stabilize borrowing costs. Second, aggressive monetary and fiscal expansion in the core, to ease the process of internal adjustment. Third, a softening of austerity demands on the periphery — not zero austerity, but less, so that the human costs would be less. We eventually got part 1, more or less — but nothing on parts 2 and 3.”
“And European officials remain in deep denial about the fundamentals of the situation. They continue to define the problem as one of fiscal profligacy, which is only part of the story even for Greece, and none of the story elsewhere.
They keep declaring success for austerity and internal devaluation, using any excuse at hand: a spurious surge in measured Irish productivity becomes evidence that internal devaluation is working, the decline in bond yields following ECB intervention is proclaimed as a vindication of austerity.”
“So that’s where we are. And it’s hard to envisage a happy ending.”
Yeah, yeah, tell us something we don’t know…
Europe in Brief: The Conscience of A Liberal blog (New York Times)
Previously: Why Ajai Chopra’s Sad-Eyed Was So Sad
Via Independent.ie and Evening Echo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaEfw8ybhME
Director Clay Liford’s comedic short about a neurotic son, his laissez-faire mother and their road trip in search of herbal supplies. Made in 2008 for $600, selected for the Sundance Festival in 2010.
Much more nuanced and affecting than your average stoner comedy, which it, like, totally ain’t dude.
Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, moments ago.
Wayne O F writes:
Anyone want to name and shame the Leinster player? Not likely to be clamped as he is lunching outside facing his wheels…
S’up?
Apart from, you know, that bollard.
(Pic: Oisín Kane)
Served between the Murdoch gags (with any luck).
A promo for the re-tooled Kilkenny Comedy Cat Laughs Festival, sponsored by Sky.
Featuring: Laurence Kinlan, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Charlie Murphy, John Purcell, Michael Burke, Tracey McKeon, Aisling Flynn, Pauline McLynn, Neil Delamere, Chris Kent, Barry Murphy, Gearoid Farrelly, Eleanor Tiernan, Fred Cooke, and Karl Spain.
Fair play though, in fairness.
Meanwhile,
The line up for the first Cat Laughs festival in 1997
