Last week’s Golden Discs voucher giveaway was a disaster.

The winning song should have ran last Sunday, Father’s Day.

Bodger slipped up massively. He is very sorry.

The winner of the €25 Golden Discs voucher in last week’s competition is Stephen F, who penned for his dad the following.

For Fathering Sunday, please give the Golden Discs voucher to my father Robin and play him ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ by Procol Harum while you’re at it. It is his favourite song from the 60’s and remind our family of trips to France on the ferry from Rosslare when we were young, listening to ‘Our Generation’, on a 4 tape 60’s compilation my parents bought over the phone long before online record shops were even a thing, as we travelled further south through France…

Bubblin’ under:

Bertie Blenkinsop: “For Father’s Day please play “My Old Man” by Ian Dury & The Blockheads as it’s a gorgeous, heartwarming tune that says the things you wouldn’t have the nerve to say to your Da.”

Starina: “For Fathering Sunday, please give the Golden Discs voucher to my father John and play him Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues‘ cos when we were driving through Folsom a couple years ago he wouldn’t let me play the song in the car because ‘I won’t have country and western in my truck!’.”

Me Myself I: “For Fathering Sunday, please give the Golden Discs voucher to my father Tom and play him ‘Madonna – Papa Don’t Preach’ while you’re at it because I’m male and gay so it would confuse the hell out of him (the keeping the baby part, not the being gay and playing a Madonna song, that’s fairly standard!)”

Thanks all

Golden Discs

Previously: Dad Rocks

GULP!

Sinéad  writes:

Ireland’s iconic Jacob’s Mikado biscuit is the inspiration for Gourmet Burger Kitchen’s mind-meltingly good new milkshake, The GBK Mikado Shake! Available from today (Wednesday, 25th May) for a limited period,.

This new must-try concoction is cool, creamy, coconutty, strawberry swirled and best of all, topped with an actual Mikado!

The GBK Mikado Shake is now available from all five GBK restaurants, priced €4.75. You can find GBK at South William Street, South Anne Street and Temple Bar in Dublin City Centre and Swords and Liffey Valley.

It tastes even better than it looks 50 free shakes being given out from 3pm today. Just rock up and ask!!

To celebrate we have a meal for FOUR at Gourmet Burger Kitchen with a GBK Mikado Shake for dessert to giveaway to a Broadsheet reader.

To enter, just complete this sentence:

‘Biscuit-wise my most pleasurable dunking experience involves a (name of biscuit) into a cup of (name of beverage)’

Lines MUST close at 4.45pm 6.30pm

GBK

With ONE free family ticket to see box office hit The Angry Birds Movie directed by Irishman Fergal Reilly (above) at any ODEON cinema plus an Angry Bird figurine signed by Fergal we asked:

Who is the best Irish film director currently working?

You answered in your tens.

But there could only be one winner and two runners up.

Winners

Rob: “My favourite Irish film director currently making movies is my friend Rory Dungan because his first movie is a Zombie movie, which isn’t finished being made, so he hasn’t had the chance to disappoint me yet.”

Garthicus: ‘My favourite Irish film director currently making movies is……………. because………… I genuinely don’t have an informed answer, but my 5 year old is Angry Birds crazy and would love this prize.. so I’ll just say Neil Jordan cause he was sound the time I met him when I was an extra on Michael Collins.

Daisy Chainsaw: “My favourite Irish film director currently making movies is Paul O’Brien because Staid is a beautiful film.”

Rob wins the family passes and a signed figurine. Paul and Daisy go home with a signed figurine and may have to download the movie illegally will have pay like regular folk at Odeon cinemas nationwide..

Bubblin’ under>

JimmytheHead: “My favourite Irish film director currently making movies is not this geezer because jaunty scarf.”

badatmemes: “My favourite Irish film director currently making movies is Mattress Mick because nothing really mattress. Anyone can see. Nothing really matress to me.’

Odeon Cinemas

Yesterday: Win Fergals Bird

We asked: How was Italia ’90 for you?

The three winners of last night’s competition to meet Packie Bonner at the launch of his autobiography The Last Line in the Smock Alley Theatre, Lower Exchange Street, Dublin 8 at 8pm next Thursday were:

Rose: “My abiding memory of Italia 90 involved…my mum cutting up every old shirt or bit of fabric that she had with even a hint of green, white or orange in it and making it into lengths of home made bunting to drape the front garden. Best dressed house on the street!!
This ticket would be for her….huge fan!”

Dash Rickwood: “My abiding memory of Italia ’90 was getting Packie to sign my shirt when they were training for the Holland game. I was 13, he was enormous and I knew right there that something great was going to happen.”

Spud1: “Involved me getting my lovely Penneys  ‘Give it a lash Jack’ t-shirt covered in Cavan Cola as we, and my other young cousin, bounced around like mad after Packie saved that peno while watching it in my Grannys house. We were full of sugar and excitement… and it seemed the grown ups dancing around us were too.”

Runners up:

Fluffybiscuits: “My abiding memory of Italia 90 was sitting in the armchair in the shoot outs of the second round against Romania. Daniel Timofte had just fupped up and we waited and waited for what seemed like an eternity. David O Leary took the ball and looked really nervous and smashed it home. My father for one of the few times in his life cried as did I (I was 8) and my mother. Even now I still feel the lump in my throat thinking about it. Our neighbour Nora who lived up the road was in her 70s and she skipped down the road crying. It was like a tsunami of tears. Regardless of not winning tickets or not its a nice memory that I needed on and its just put a smile right back on my face….:)”

The Old Boy: “My abiding memory of ‘Italia ’90 involved a piss-up in a brewery during the Ireland v Romania match. My memory of that evening, however, sadly no longer abides.”

Continuity Jay Z: “My abiding memory of Italia 90 is Pat Bonner’s mammoth fupp up on Roberto Donadoni’s drive to allow Scillachi to deprive us of a semi final place.”

Thanks all.

Packie Bonner At The Smock Alley Theatre

Yesterday: Shake The Hands Of God

Thanks Katie

From top: Castletown House; Zoe Ryan, inside the house’s Stable wing, with buttons embroidered by Countess Markievicz when she was in Holloway Prison.

Calling all antique-collecting/ vintage Venetian architecture fans.

Castletown House is Ireland’s “first, finest and largest” 18th century Palladian style house only 20km from Dublin’s city centre.

Christina writes:

On Saturday and Sunday rom 10am to 5pm, the Ofiice of Public Works will host its first Antiques Fair at Castletown House in Celbridge, Co Kildare with the Irish Antique Dealers Association in the House’s stunningly renovated Stable Wing*.

Twenty leading members of Irish Antiques Dealers’ Association will take part in the fair with fine furniture, painting, silver, jewellery, books, prints and a number of interesting items with 1916 connections on view and on offer.

Courtville Antiques has a set of special buttons in the original box, embroidered by Countess Markievicz whilst she was in jail in Holloway Prison. George Stacpoole of Adare has a collection of drawings done by members of the Gore Booth family of Lissadel of which the Countess was a member whilst The Silver Shop has a fine miniature of Sackville Casement who was the great uncle of Roger Casement.

To celebrate we have TWO family passes (either 2 adults, 2 kids or 4 adults) for a tour of the house to giveaway to TWO Broadsheet readers.

To enter, just complete this sentence.

‘I would particularly enjoy a guided tour of Castletown House owing to my interest in__________________________’

Lines MUST close at 5pm MIDNIGHT

Castletown House

* Parking: Exit 6, M4, Celbridge West

Top pic: Skyline Studio

Bottom pic: Mark Stedman/Rollingnews

Glenda Gilson (right) and Elisha Stanley with their personalised Lindt Gold Bunnies

It’s nearly Easter.

That can mean only one thing.

Crucifixion!

Chocolate!

Specifically Lindt Gold Bunnies.

Joanne writes:

Brown Thomas this week launches an exclusive personalisation service. Customers now have the opportunity to customise a red ribbon that’s wrapped around Lindt’s most exquisite milk chocolate Gold Bunny with a loved one’s name.

Lovingly created by the Lindt Master Chocolatiers, consumers are bound to find the magic of Easter with the adorable Lindt Gold Bunny.

Made from the finest Lindt chocolate, wrapped in endearing gold foil packaging and finished with the iconic red ribbon and ringing bell, the Lindt Gold Bunny is guaranteed to bring a smile to the face of your loved ones.

Over the course of time, the Lindt Gold Bunny has become a symbol of Easter. For people of all ages, when they see him they know Easter is not far away!

This Easter, why not spoil yourself or someone special with an extra special ‘My Lindt Gold Bunny

We have FOUR personalised Lindt gold bunnies to give away to a Broadsheet commenter of YOUR choosing.

To enter, just complete this sentence.

Please give a personalised Lindt Gold Bunny to Broadsheet commenter _________________ because ______________

Lines MUST close at 5.10pm 7.45pm

Lindt Chocolate Ireland

With a pair of copies of the Waterford Whispers buke (above) to give away, we asked: create a Waterford Whispers style headline for the Easter Rising, 1916.

You answered in your dozens.

Runners up:

Perry Throne: Men Disguised As Train Stations Raid Local Post office

FormelyKnownAsIreland: Postal Deliveries Will Be Delayed, Next Week

Liam Zero: At Least 650,000 Rebels Holed Up In GPO Amid Battles With British Forces

Pow3r: The Easter Rising Was An Inside Job

Forty Coats: Rebel Youth Wing issues communiqué on Proclamation: “TL;DR”

Winners (selected by WW):

Paul Murphy: Michael Collins Body Exhumed as part of 1916 Centenary Celebrations And put On Display In Coppers Cloakroom

Kolmo: Locals Object To 700 years Of English Stag Parties in Dublin.

Thanks all.

Previously: Putting Waterford On The Map

Enjoy movies?

Cinema Man writes:

Christmas shopping can be difficult – that’s why we’re making it easier with The Omniplex Gift Card!Give the gift of movies, food and drinks throughout the year, all on one little card! The gift card can be used in any Omniplex Cinema. Our cards are:

1) A great stocking filler
2) Perfect for cinema lovers
3) Valid for movie tickets AND all your food & drinks
4) It can be delivered to you or directly to the recipient!
5) Reusable and valid all year round

Omniplex have given us a voucher worth €100 (YES 100 big ones) to giveaway.

To enter, please complete this sentence.

‘____________________________was the last movie I stormed out of the cinema in disgust from  because_________________________________’

Lines MUST close at 5.10pm

Omniplex