httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOwIN_K10s

Helen F asks:

Has this been posted yet? It’s the trailer for the Bollywood movie [Ek Tha Tiger] shot in Dublin, including exploding Luas towards the end.

Luasagedden at 2.28 (don’t blink).

And here‘s how they did it.


In May – about a week before the country fessed up to that €23 billion hole in its accounts – Spain’s Banco Sabadell celebrated its 130th anniversary with a surprise performance of Beethoven’s Ode To Joy, featuring an orchestral flashmob of the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the choirs of Lieder and Friends of l’Opera and the Choral Belles Arts, conducted by Josef Vila Casañas.

Stirring stuff.

One can only hope the current EU deal plays out as well.

awesomer/whatthecool

As German chancellor Angela Merkel gave the go-ahead to discuss direct aid for Spain’s banks, Irish negotiators were told from the outset of the talks that any pledge to Madrid would not necessarily create a precedent for Dublin. This led Taoiseach Enda Kenny to insist on a direct reference to Ireland, saying he could accept nothing less.

As the talks continued into the early hours of Friday morning, Mr Kenny is reputed to have instructed officials to “keep taking the tablets” as they pushed repeatedly for a direct reference to Ireland.

 

ECB Backed Ireland In Getting Pledge For Bank Bailout Review (Arthur Beesley and Harry McGee, Irish Times)

(Photocall Ireland)

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