We need your money money, etc.
Enda Kenny with Xi Jinping (top) and Wan Jifei (bottom right), Chairman of China Council for Promotion Of International Trade at the Ireland China trade conference in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, earlier.
Peter writes:
I work in an IT department and had a report from a user who couldn’t get on to justice.ie [Department of Justice & Equality website]. Our web traffic is routed through a European filtering service so it appears as if we’re in mainland Europe. It turns out the site is accessible only within Ireland. I’ve confirmed it with friends in the US, Japan and UK. Do you think the Department of Justice are taking lessons from the Chinese VP?
Abuse porn insanity or lacerating irony.
YOU decide.
The Problem With Chris Brown [includes eye-popping comments] (Jim Carroll, Irish Times)
Thanks John Harley Breen
Kate Moss last night at Stella McCartney’s show for London Fashion Week.
She’s 53.
Fifty three.
Via Mail Online
February 20, 1933.
From the National Library of Ireland:
Policemen outside the court where an Official Secrets Act case was being heard, apparently passing the time playing with a pistol. The case, which was something of a cause célèbre at the time involved members of the army. We could really do with more information on this one..
Household products manufacturer Henkel recently held a contest inviting online submissions to design a new label for their washing up liquid Pril.
This was the winner. Now it appears they’re stuck with it.
See the runners-up here.
UPDATE: Oops. Our bad. This (yawn) was the winner. Rage face was one of many runners up.
Bank of Ireland Chief Executive Richie Boucher (joined bank in 2003) and CFO Andrew Keating (joined bank in 2004) this morning presenting a €190m loss-before-tax at the bank during the year ending December 31 (compared to a €950m loss last year).
The Cyanide and Happiness lads are currently inviting fans to rewrite the text of this guest strip and post new versions on their Facebook page.
