The cover shows a Muslim man in a wheelchair pushed by an Orthodox Jew with foil cap and under the title “Untouchables 2”, an imaginary sequel to a recent French film. The pair are saying (rough translation) “You must not mock us!” According to Le Monde, there are more cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad inside the magazine “in daring positions”.
Mike M writes:
I was in Dublin Zoo [Phoenix Park] last Friday and spotted this Meerkat in an existential pose.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpiiXxl_kn4
Team Obama’s speedily-made, humourless reply to that secret Mitt Romney recording.
The strident claims that privacy legislation would curtail vigorous investigative journalism in holding the powerful to account are laughable. Laughable not just because privacy legislation would have no relevance to holding the powerful to account, but because there is almost no journalism here that seeks to hold the powerful to account and, in truth, there never has been.
Ah.
Media Continues To Fail To Hold Powerful To Account (Vincent Browne, Irish Times)
An oddly soothing week’s worth of commercial flying captured in timelapse by an airliner pilot’s cockpit cam.
Dude, clean the bugs off your windshield.
Viewed from a particular angle, this metal sculpture by Francis Tabary takes the form of a cruciix while its reflection in a mirror resembles the Star of David.
Presumably, it works the other way round too.
Terribly confusing for vampires.
It’s OK. We can walk to the kerb from here.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin acknowledged yesterday the Government would fail to meet its target, with only €3.5 million due to be saved this year.
Under the plans agreed by the Cabinet yesterday, only one allowance out of 1,100 paid across the public service is to be abolished for serving personnel.
Other allowances paid to existing personnel may be reviewed or bought out in the future. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform said it could not identify these allowances to the media due to industrial relations considerations.
Those Public Sector Allowances and Premium Payments in full.
Cabinet backs down on €75m in cuts over Croke Park fears (Martin Wall, Irish Times)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
(Hat tip: Lars Biscuits)