Above 40th Street, the Powerless Go to Recharge (Sharon Otterman, New York Times)

Ciaran Le Cool writes:

I knew that IT article sounded familiar…“Welcome to the Gaybourhood”, by Quentin Fottrell (above) for The Dubliner in 2007…

 

Dublin 8. It’s a kip, isn’t it? All soot-stained ceilings and pokey bedrooms? Hardly any light? And no off-street parking? Rubbish, says Quentin Fottrell. Dublin 8 deserves a better reputation. It’s nothing less than the charming new capital of Gay Ireland.

It happened only days after I’d moved to Dublin 8. A dirty, torn page from a magazine danced its way down Cork Street, past some abandoned Corporation flats, an old dear standing patiently at a bus stop, a woman in a burqa, and a gang of meddling kids tormenting the Polish bouncer at the corner store. As soon as it came closer, I recognised the page blowing in the wind. Gay Community News. I decided that this was a sign: “Welcome to the Gaybourhood!” Who knew? The leafy backstreets of Dublin 8 have become our very own Greenwich Village….

 

Earlier: The Only Straight In The Village

‘M’ writes:

I don’t know if you have already or not but it’d really be appreciated if you could post about Matty [Matthew Sheridan] who was the NUIG student whose Halloween costume got set alight in a Galway nightclub last night. He’s an absolutely outstanding amazing guy and this is just a horrible tragedy. Just that his friends are all thinking of him and wishing the best really.

They’ve got their own station now.

Richie Boucher, CEO of the Bank of Ireland, unwilling to share with Pearse Doherty the amount he is being paid [clue: north of €800,000] at the Joint Committee on Finance , Public Expenditure and Reform.

Yes, that Richie Boucher.

‘Big Loads’ writes:

It’s a state body with two interns leaving this week, 4 left over a month ago and so far I’ve counted 4 new arrivals the past few weeks. I have to train my replacement intern in next week after spending nine months on a major web-based project that has cost them about €100 so far on web-hosting, and would cost 10’s of thousands in the real world. Felt like doing some Photoshopping this week. (see above) :/

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