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People in Ireland have mixed feelings about corruption, according to a new Eurobarometer survey carried out for the European Commission.

Just 55pc of Irish people think corruption is unavoidable and has always existed, which is the second lowest rate in Europe after the Czech Republic at 46pc, and well below the EU average of 70pc.

However, 86pc of Irish respondents believe corruption is a major problem in their country, compared with the EU average 74pc, and a one point increase since the 2009 survey.

The Eurobarometer also reveals that, with regard to politics, fewer Irish people think there is sufficient transparency and supervision in the financing of political parties. Whereas only 18pc of Irish respondents agree that transparency and supervision in the financing of political parties is sufficient, 65pc disagree (EU average 22pc to 68pc).

 

Irish Have Mixed Feelings About Corruption – Eurobarometer (Business And leadership)

Revealed: Corporate donations The Parties Didn’t Tell You About (Cormac McQuinn, Irish Independent)

We literally didn’t.

A local planning application indicates that Google is targeting Dublin, Ireland, for its first standalone retail store.

The application states that the store would sell “Google merchandise” to the public, and cover about 1,323 square feet of space in the Montevetro office block. While Google has an employee-only store in its California headquarters and a corner of Currys and PC World in London dedicated to selling laptops, this would be the first stand-alone Google retail location.

Is Google Planning To Open A Retail Store In Ireland? (Rick Marshall, Digital Trends)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKEhg-iWVE

The title alone should have you literally dry heaving.

Breen, White and Gold.

But wait.

Cormac Sheedy Carrol writes:

“Breen, White & Gold” burst into existance the second Ireland qualified for Euro 2012…We had just begun pondering how we could possibly get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine, when there was a great big bang and the ground beneath us shook as we heard the voice of Gary Breen proclaim:- “Your are the chosen lads! You must lead the people of Ireland in song.”
“We said: “We’d love to do that Gary Breen, but how will we get ourselves over to Poland/Ukraine? We’ve no moneys!” “Make the song lads, and all the rest will take care of itself,” he replied.  So here we are.

Well, if you promise it was really Gary Breen?

Go on, you scamps.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeOg3zgYEg&feature=related

“it was an interesting upbringing. It made me the man I am today. It made me view the world with a different perspective. It made me a lot more open-minded because I had to be. It allowed me to get into music a lot more. It opened my mind musically. I think the Irish traditional music side of things did as well and I got brought up in the Irish hip hop scene. I was an Irish hip hop MC since I was 15.”

 

Maverick Sabre on his Irish (New Ross, Wexford) roots.

And his Meteor Choice Song of the Year nomination, Let Me Go:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMWgmQA4Ig

Not forgetting his sublime rendition of Fairytale of New York