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What you may need to know:

1. Yes, this is a real movie.

2. RENNER! J-Ren has three franchises in his pocket. He’s aiming for a fourth. Possible overstretching alert.

3. They shot this one ages ago, then postponed the release for nine months in the hope of cashing in on the success of The Avengers (2012) and The Bourne Whatsit (2012).

4. Who’s Gretel? It’s British actress Gemma Arterthon, who drowned in oil in Quantum Of Solace (2008). She stars in Neil Jordan’s new vampire movie, Byzantium (2012). And was born with six fingers on each hand. Seriously.

6. Who knew HAN-sel and Gretel were American. And why is everybody else European?

7. That said, the presence of Swedish character Peter Stormare is always a good thing. Where is pancakes house?

8. Remember Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm (2005)? Pretty poor. It had Stormare in it, too.

Release date (Ireland): January 2013

What the Doctor ordered:

“In addition, I wish to apologise for my own previous lack of understanding  of the sinister and recedivist nature of the child abuser, and the life-long damage that this destructive behaviour has on victims. 
Most of all – whilst I did notify the civil authorities at the time of these complaints – I profoundly regret and apologise for moving the priests concerned to different parishes thereby placing others at serious risk.
Both these parish changes occurred in the early to mid-1990s before the 1996 publication of Child Sexual Abuse: Framework for a Church Response, the first Catholic Church guidelines for the handling of abuse issues. 
Whilst no further abuse has been reported, this act was a grave mistake on my part.  I operate very differently now and will continue to do so in the future.”

Bishop of Clonfert, Dr John Kirby

Child Protection Reports Live (RTE)

Lars Biscuits writes:

Brendan Smyth’s extradition controversy brought down the Albert Reynolds’ government in 1994.  It was one of the biggest news stories of that year after the World Cup and the IRA ceasefire. How Bishop Kirby can say he did not understand “the recidivist nature of the child abuser” lacks all credibility when Smyth’s crimes were so well publicised.

 

Listen here: Bishop Thought Paedophilia Was “Friendship That Crossed Boundary Line”(Newstalk.ie)

Crikey.

Andy Sheridan writes:

Meeting House Sq all set up as an urban vineyard.

 

Anyone?

Update:

Django writes:

This is the scene in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, right now. The area normally used for the weekend food market as well as movies and gigs during the summer has been transformed into an inner city vineyard. Apparently the vines are 70 years old. OK, it’s a promotion for the Aussie wine McGuigan’s and all, but still… free wine! I’m not promoting this or anything by the way, just stumbled across it and scabbed some vino. Surprised more of the local “characters” in Dublin weren’t doing the same..

 

A new billboard in Glasnevin, Dublin, part of the nation-wide Turn Off The Red Light campaign (organised by an alliance of groups) against prostitution and sex trafficking.

Meanwhile, on Leeson Street:

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (part of The Turn Off The Red Light Campaign) launching its annual report and its own awareness campaign earlier.

From left: Roisin Shortall, junior minister, Department of Health, and Ellen O’Malley Dunlop & Frances Gardiner, of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Report Rise In The Number Of First Time Callers (BreakingNews)

(Sam Boal/Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland)

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