00021479737947824Crilly would be 60 today.

 ‘Father Ted’ tweetz:

Today 15 years ago Dermot Morgan tragically passed away. 140 characters are just not enough.

 

Dermot Morgan Obituary (Anthony Hayward, London Independent, March 2, 1998)

(Top pic: Graham Hughes/Photocall Ireland)

 Update: 

 (RTE)

 

An analogue TV and a Betamax VCR were left by a group calling itself ‘Real Fine Gael’.

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Employment figures published yesterday give the strongest indication in half a decade that economic recovery has begun. For the first time since the recession started in 2008, the numbers at work have risen over a six month period. In the final quarter of the year, 1.85 million people were in jobs, a rise of 6,500 on three months earlier according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Revisions to the third quarter data show that employment growth was also recorded in that period. Those revisions put the net increase in employment in the third quarter at 2,200.

Oh, wait now….

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By region, Dublin and the south-west accounted for almost all of the Irish economy’s expansion in employment in the second half of last year.

That most of the increase in employment was accounted for by part-time rather than full-time jobs took some of the shine off yesterday’s numbers.

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Rise in jobs figures signals start of recovery (Dan O’Brien, Irish Times)

Caffrey's

What the Sam Spud?

Blog About Crisps writes:

We reviewed some new crisps today. They’re delicious, Irish and have the most damn hipster looking bag we’ve seen in a long time. You’ll love them.

 

Damn tifter-ed crispsters.

Caffrey’s Mature Irish Cheese And Spring Onion (ABlogAboutCrisps)

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