Silver Threads of Hope is an  anthology of short stories, in aid of suicide charity Console.

Edited by Sinead Gleeson it features contributions from Irish writers, including Kevin Barry, Greg Baxter, Dermot Bolger, John Boyne, Declan Burke, John Butler, Trevor Byrne, Emma Donoghue, Roddy Doyle, Dermot Healy, Christine-Dwyer Hickey, Declan Hughes, Arlene Hunt, Colm Keegan, John Kelly, Claire Kilroy, Pat McCabe, Colum McCann, John McKenna, Belinda McKeon, Mike McCormack, Siobhan Mannion, Peter Murphy, Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Phillip O’Ceallaigh, Keith Ridgway, William Wall and Mary Costello.

What do you mean you ‘weren’t invited’?

To accompany the book’s publication Broadsheet faves Doris/Magee have made a Luas-set Xmas film (above) to illustrate the collection’s quite possibly magical seductive powers. Music by Darragh Cullen.

Mmmf.

Silver Threads of Hope, Edited by Sinead Gleeson (New Island Books)

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Directed by Derek O’Connor and Ian Whelan

What you may need to know.

1. Immatürity for Charity’ reunites the posse behind Your Bad Self. We
liked Your Bad Self.

2. It was written by and stars ginger hot ticket Domhnall Gleeson, who
just wrapped the new Richard Curtis flick, and features in the next
Lenny Abrahamson and John Martin McDonagh movies.

3. It was directed by John Butler, who’s shooting his first feature, The
Stag, from a script by Oscar nominee (and Moone Boy star) Peter
McDonald – we already hear great things.

4. Featured players include Domnhall’s Dad Brendan, his brother Brian,
renowned author and thespian Amy Huberman and vicious gangland thug
Robert Sheehan.

5. It’s all for a great cause, St. Frances Hospice in Raheny (they take donations).

Release Date: 9.30PM, December 27th, RTE 2




As some of the commenters pointed out in our post about My Dublin Bus, it’s only available for iPhone.

Up steps Dublin based mobile developer Stephen McBride (he happens to do both iOS and Android apps) to fill the gap for Android.

While not as cutesy as My Dublin Bus, it does provide a clean interface to getting at the bus timetables. All the expected functionality is there – searching, favourites and maps. But the killer feature is the ability to add shortcuts to your home screen to a bus route so you don’t have to fiddle with menus to get at your bus home.

It’s available as an ad supported free version as well as a paid download (you do realise developers can’t just survive on crumbs from their keyboards right?).

Next Bus Dublin (free)
Next Bus Dublin (€1.99)

Do you have an Irish app? Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie

No favours, cuddles, or pints were given for this post. (Full disclosure, Karl used to work with Stephen)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS0c5AkiNg

Sure you’re only in the ha’penny place.

From The Week In Politics on RTE 1.

Sean O’Rourke: “[in the run up to the election] You kept it really simple – protect Child Benefit, vote Labour!”

Pat Rabbitte [as if this should be obvious]: “Yeah well…I mean…isn’t that what you tend to do during an election?”

Oh.

Via Reddit Ireland

Also: In the interests of balance.

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