Tesco Merrion, Co Dublin, yesterday.
(Thanks @_orourkel)
The latest from Weatherfield: last night’s Coronation Street.
(Thanks Michael Brett)
THE TWO biggest organisations representing Garda members have expressed fears the Government may use data indicating low levels of recorded crime at most Garda stations as a charter for further station closures.
The Garda Representative Association (GRA), which represents 11,200 rank-and-file gardaí in a force of 13,500, said further closures would damage policing and undermine public confidence in the force. The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), which represents middle-management ranks, expressed its concern no research had been compiled on the impact of station closures.
The comments follow the publication of crime figures in The Irish Times that revealed 80 per cent of Garda stations recorded one crime or less per day last year, with 41 per cent recording one crime or less per week.
See. There’s your problem right there.
Gardaí fear crime rates will be used to justify closures (Conor Lally, Irish Times)
(Pic: Oisin)
Gavan Flinter writes:
My friend Zélie did some wall art in our back garden using spray paints. Where else would you get Ben Bulben in a Monet? Only in the East Wall! It’s a shame that it’s not visible to the public.
The next best thing would be a shout out from Broadsheet. Zélie is in hospital at the moment in France and we think it would cheer her up to see her work and the faces of her former house mates and friends on public display. Top pic from left: Gavan, Carlinha, Mel, and Brian. The green face is some dude from a book.) Get well soon Zélie. The East Wall Massive.
Yeah, well record Corrie then.
Katie Taylor with her dad Peter (right) will be interviewed by Eoin McDevitt (second left) on Newstalk’s cheese-free sports show, Off The Ball, at 7.25pm. Unidentified hottie in the green is unidentified.
Pussy Galore
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The extraordinary mixed media ‘assemblages‘ of American artist Kris Kuksi – dark, fractal intricacies reminiscent of the work of HR Giger:
According to Kuksi’s artist statement :
Kris Kuksi garners recognition and acclaim for the intricate sculptures that result from his unique and meticulous technique. A process that requires countless hours to assemble, collect, manipulate, cut, and re-shape thousands of individual parts, finally uniting them into an orchestral-like seamless cohesion that defines the historical rise and fall of civilization and envisions the possible future(s) of humanity.
Kuksi’s work is currently exhibiting at the Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC
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You can see what agency creatives at DDB&CO Istanbul had in mind with this World Wildlife Fund ad.
There’s another version with a vulture where the message is much clearer.
They’re saying that the world would be a more horrifying place without sharks.
But you’re just hearing an ostinato of bass notes.