He [Brendan Howlin] has always insisted that it is not legally possible to target this group for further cuts but declined to even call on them to give up some of their lucrative pensions voluntarily.
It came after the Irish Independent revealed that former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has been taking his full €150,000-a-year pension since he left the Dail, after reversing his decision to give part of it back.
But Mr Howlin avoided putting pressure on the former ministers when asked if he would call on them personally to give up some or all of their pension to the State.

Howlin Won’t Call On Former TDs To Hand Back Part Of Pension (Michael Brennan, irish Independent)

Previously: Return Of The Cheeky Little Divil

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

Described by Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar as “crucial in promoting The Gathering 2013”, the contract to design the new Ireland.com site was given to a UK agency.
Costing €3 million to develop, including the €500,000 purchase of the Ireland.com domain name from the Irish Times, the site launched in early January.

 

 

New Tourism Website Launched (Joanne Hunt, Irish Times)


Monterey Bay Aquarium sez:

These beautiful, oval-shaped animals have eight rows of tiny comblike plates that they beat to move themselves through the water. As they swim, the comb rows diffract light to produce a shimmering, rainbow effect. Voracious predators on other jellies, some can expand their stomachs to hold prey nearly half their own size.

Gelatinous disco cannibals.

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