New statistics released by InsolvencyJournal.ie, reveal that total corporate Insolvencies for the month of April totalled 154, an increase of 15% compared to the 130 Insolvencies recorded in March 2012.

Average of 5 Companies Went Out Of Business Each Day In April (InsolvencyJournal)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

“I have always believed in the separation of church and State. I think it is the job of Government and of the State to enact our laws and to ensure that those laws apply to everybody whether they belong to a church or not. It is my own personal view that anybody who did not deal with the scale of the abuse that we have seen in this case should not hold a position of authority.”

Eamon Gilmore, this morning.

Tanaiste: In My Personal View Cardinal Brady Should Resign (Breaking News)
Meanwhile, a heavenly typo:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hnojXxIXI&list=UU1HQxd8PTu3T6yvJSoKkyXQ&index=4&feature=plcp

In cartoon form.

From Flickerpix Animation:

This is our animated pilot for a cartoon series starring everyone’s favourite aliens from the planet Zod, Zig and Zag! In this three minute trailer, Zig and Zag attempt to get all the ice cream for themselves and the only thing standing in their way is some helpless kids…

Thanks Lisa Tumbleton

Fat Frog writes:

Mary McAleese returns 500k when she didn’t have to. Surely worth a mention? Integrity and leadership in a time of corruption and amorality amongst our leadership.

 

Absolutely.

But where is she now that we need her?

Mrs McAleese is currently in Rome studying canon law.

Oh.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

By Fuchsia Macaree who sez:

I did a month long residency in Tokyo for March this year, and this is a collage of some of the things I saw there. It’s a ridiculously colourful city so I wanted to show that, via disinterested cats in cat cafes, lovely taxis, and Totoro themed playgrounds.

 

Le Cool Dublin, May 3

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