Eamonn Young writes:

With the huge dole queues all over the country, you’d think RTE could have gotten a photo of an Irish dole queue for their article on the live register numbers dropping as opposed to a picture of a Spanish dole queue (above).

There was Nodlaig McCarthy presenter of This Week.

In this, another selection from RTE Player to mark the station’s 50th anniversary, Nodlaig interviews Mother Teresa in the Summer of 1974.

And by ‘interview’ we do mean literally the most trembling, fawning encounter you are likely to see outside of the Vatican. We’re only glad Christopher Hitchens is not alive to see it.


A compilation of the Sith Lord’s appearances, for good and ill, in commercials over the years. Illustration for a piece that appeared on Retina Burn before Christmas in response to the recent Currys ad.

The Dark Side Of The Dark Side (Retina Burn)

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPrw_hGgnBs&feature=youtu.be

A time-lapse of a Dublin student Christmas dinner, 2011.

“Shot with nikon d5000 at 6 second intervals and played back at 30 images per second.”

 

Bonus feature: spinning forks

Thanks Elaine Wynne

 

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