The Gourmet Bank, Churchtown, Dublin.
With no maps to guide us we steered our own course/ Rode out the storms when the winds were gale force/ Sat out the doldrums in patience and hope/ Working together we learned how to cope
Two currachs were launched in to the Irish Sea by President Higgins literally this morning following a month-long workshop where a team have been hand-building the boats under the guidance of artist Mark Redden, who learnt the craft from Jackie Mons and Cork currach builder Padraig O Duinnin.
Sez Mark:
“The currachs stand for the quality of ancient design, a legacy left to us by our forbearers and a resourcefulness applicable to today’s life.”
The build site and future home of these boats is the East Wall Water Sports Centre beside the River Tolka where recently salmon returned to spawn after an absence of more than 100 years.
(Pics: Mark Earley)
“Despite determined efforts by those in authority to maintain censorship and control its influence, they failed in what Seán Ó Faoláin regarded as an attempt to keep the public in a state of perpetual adolescence in an adult world.”
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Thanks Mr Tayto
Ruairí McKiernan (above), ‘social entrepreneur’, community activist, founder of youth organisation SpunOut.ie and now member of the Council Of State.
Ruairí will represent young people.
President Appoints Seven To Council Of State (RTE)
(Photocall Ireland)
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McWTF.
Previously: The Best Eamon Dunphy Interview You’ll See This Week (Includes Ginger Afro)
Thanks Piaras Kelly
At Rhodes D7, Mary’s Abbey, Smithfield, Dublin, this afternoon
Previously: How Larry Mullen Spent Last Night
Thanks Barry H
Yeah, that guy.
A property developer who was last year ordered by an Irish court to repay some €300m to NAMA has been declared bankrupt in Britain, insolvency papers showed today.
Ray Grehan, who with brother Danny developed apartments, hotels and fitness centres before Ireland’s property bubble burst in 2008, is the latest casualty of the financial crisis to take advantage of Britain’s more lenient bankruptcy laws.
The bankruptcy could complicate a move by the National Asset Management Agency against Grehan in November, when he was ordered to repay €312m.
Ray Grehan Declared bankrupt In The UK (RTE)
Previously: Owes: At Least €650 million. Still Pays Himself: €5,000 A Week