This morning
This evening.
When it’s ‘welfare control measures’, silly.
Fiaro Myles writes:
And all it took was pointing out that, er, welfare fraud prevention did not in fact lead to €645m in savings last year.
Best guess it was more like €26m (see here, here, here and ah sher, since it was the source for the original article, here). Fair play to the IT for correcting it, but I wonder why they got it wrong in the first place?
Earlier: Celebrating The New Informer Culture
The Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock (above) said he “welcomed” a decision from the European Court of Justice which ruled that social networks cannot be obliged to install a filter for user-generated content to prevent copyright infringement, saying it will guide Irish courts when looking into similar matters.
A petition, uploaded in the last 24 hours, seeking justice for Kate Fitzgerald and, so far, signed by 127 people (many of them Irish Times’ readers) calling on ‘the paper of record’ to offer:
i) An appropriate clarification or apology [for the redaction of Kate’s article]
ii) A concrete commitment to help promote awareness and understanding of mental health issues, particularly in the workplace environment
Sign here
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KaIq7AB0YY
“The reason I am standing here is that I am the addition to their imaginations.”
John Hurt’s Outstanding Contribution To Cinema speech at the Baftas.
Mmf.
Why the hell not?
Youtuber MJCJMJCJM (this is the only thing uploaded on his/her channel) sez:
This is a section of a larger project (i.e. all the Bond films at once) designed to give a feeling for the entire experience.
It is also quite odd.
Yes it is. The 22 MGM lions at the start are very impressive though.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Z9Yojusmw
“Whatever happened to the quietness of libraries.”
Big-boned funster Sean McTiernan takes us through the Valentine’s issue of Ireland’s Own.
Poorly lit. Nicely done.
Why Ireland might be more of a cannabis destination than The Netherlands huff.to/zMKpXU
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) February 16, 2012
1.4 Million Euros Worth Of Cannabis Seized In Dundalk, Ireland (Huffington Post)
That’s where Adam Ant got the idea from.
From Dublin Zoo:
Dublin Zoo is celebrating the birth of a Bongo calf The female calf, born to parents Kimba and Sam, weighed 20kgs.
This is a particularly significant birth for Dublin Zoo as the young female provides an important boost to the international breeding programme for this highly endangered species. Only between 75 and 140 eastern bongos exist in the wild.
Team leader Helen Clarke-Bennett, said, “We are thrilled with the arrival of the bongo calf. There is so few of them left in the wild that successful breeding is essential to the survival of this beautiful species.
“The youngster is fit but still quite shy; she has big ears which look out of proportion on her small body but she will grow into them. She is already showing signs of liking spinach which also a favourite snack of both her mother and grandmother.”
