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There’s Only One Ronnie
From top: Ronnie Delaney (left) and Kieran Mulvery, chairman of Sport Ireland unveil the statue; Ronnie with wife Joan and his grandchildren THis afternoon. Arklow, county Wicklow. A statue by sculptor Paul Ferriter and commissioned by Wicklow County Council honouring Olympic Gold Medallist Dr Ronnie Delany was officially unveiled in his home town.
No Show Like A Joe Show
Free tomorrow night? Spend St Patrick’s evening with All-Ireland medal-winner and renowned Gaelic football pundit Joe Brolly as he talks to Stockholm Gaels chairman Philip O’Connor in a special St Patrick’s Day fundraiser for Nordic GAA at 9pm. Philip writes: Over the years, Joe has collected almost as many stories as he has medals, and he will be sharing some of them on this unique evening, with a particular focus on the whistle-blowers who – for better or worse – often end up in the spotlight.
Nobody Like Nobby
RIP Nobby Stiles. He married Catherine Giles, sister of John, in the church on the Navan Rd, Dublin 7 in 1963. Giles told lovely stories about Nobby in his autobiography. pic.twitter.com/ELtl2hrAhm — Brand New Retro (@brandnewretro) October 30, 2020 This afternoon. Nobby Stiles, World Cup winner with England and European Cup winner with Manchester United, has died at 78.
Paul McGrath’s Ma
Last night I lost my best friend. My beautiful mum Betty passed away peacefully and today my heart is breaking. I owe everything to her. Sleep well Mum, love you. Paul x
Thanks, Jack
From top: Jack Charlton with former FAI boss Fran Fields in College Green, Dublin 2 for the Italia’90 homecoming, July 1, 1990; Addressing the crowd at the same event; With his backroom staff pitch side at Lansdowne Road during a game against Spain, October 1993; At the World Cup ’94 homecoming in the Phoenix Park, July 7, 1994; Jack leaves Lansdowne Road after a friendly against England is called off when rioting starts by away fans, February 15, 1995; Jack (centre) with Kilkenny hurler DJ...
Bigger Than The ‘Kelly-Roche’ Boom
This morning. Along the North Quay, Dublin. Meanwhile. In Dublin, Jimmy Stagg of Stagg Cycles in Lucan, has seen it all; from the Kelly-Roche boom to the recession and the cycling boom during that period. But he says the current surge in business is more hectic than anything he has ever witnessed. Asked what it had been like, he said: “Absolutely unbelievable.
Now You Must Pay
It could never last. Shop Street, Galway City within the last 20 minutes. Flooding last night in Strandhill, Co Sligo.
Just O’Dowd It
Boyle native Chris O’Dowd goes full Hollywood for Nike’s new and well timed promotion of its ‘hyperwarm’ range of Winter wear.
White Heart
Brian Kerr celebrates Spurs’ victory over Ajax in the Champions League semi-final. Tottenham will now play Liverpool in the final in Madrid, Spain on June 1.
Alt-Right And Rooskey: A Cautionary Tale
Pakistan-born Sajjad Hussain, a candidate for Roscommon County Council in May’s local elections in Roosky/Rooskey last Sunday Eamonn Crudden, of Leitrim and Roscommon United against Racism,writes: Last Sunday, in the aftermath of a second fire at the Shannon Key West Hotel – a hotel in Roosky/Rooskey earmarked to become a Direct Provision centre – we held a ‘Love Rooskey : No to Racism : Asylum Seekers Welcome’ rally near the hotel.
Nothing To Sheet Here
Even if we look at the most inspiring and astonishing people ever to come along – Gandhi, Mandela, Sir Alex Ferguson – they didn’t do everything. They had a couple of areas in which they were incredibly visionary, powerful and determined – decolonisation of India, the end of apartheid, winning the treble – but they weren’t also tackling FGM, climate change, sex-trafficking and the World Cup. They specialised.) The future is a communal effort, like a patchwork quilt.
Galaxy Classification
A size comparison of the spaceships of Star Trek by Metaball Studios who qualifies it thus: Not all the ships of Star Trek. Only the most important. And the mother of them all: Know Your Spaceships
68,613 And Counting
Denise Kieran has set up a petition (above) on Uplift against the Sisters of Charity gaining ‘sole ownership’ of the new National Maternity Hospital. It already has just under 70,000 signatures. The Sisters of Charity is one of 18 residential institutions that is highlighted by the Ryan report 2009 to have been responsible for child abuse. They still owe €3 million to the redress scheme for its survivors.
Go Ahead, Make My Way
Today, members of the Disability Federation of Ireland are placing stickers on objects that block footpaths. The drive is to create awareness of the rarely seen issues that disabled people across Ireland encounter every day.
‘There Was No Cover-Up At All’
From top: Bill Kenneally, Former Superintendant in Waterford Sean Cashman In February Bill Kenneally was jailed for 14 years, after he pleaded guilty to 10 sample counts of indecent assault on 10 boys between October 31, 1984 and December 31, 1987, in Waterford. Kenneally, whose grandfather and uncle were Fianna Fáil TDs, used his position as a sports coach – basketball, soccer and tennis – to lure and abuse boys.
De Tuesday Papers
When I mentioned the UK flights situation post Sasamach I was told I was talking through my hoop. Well I guess the British government are talking through their’s now. “If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 with no agreement in place, UK and EU licensed airlines would lose the automatic right to operate air services between the UK and the EU without seeking advance permission. This would mean that airlines operating between the UK and the EU would need to seek individual permissions to operate.
Incoherence, Mistrust And A Lack Of Synergy
An assessment by members of the European Broadcast Union (EBU) in to RTÉ’s future has been obtained by The Times Ireland Edition under the Freedom of Information Act. RTÉ had refused to release the full report because it claimed that “this would interfere with publishing its five-year strategic plan”.
De Sunday Papers
What’s going to happen to all this Indo/Telegraph “Orla Kiely dress worn by Kate/Kiera/Amy/insert name of thin woman with woman” horse sh!te now? “Duchess of Cambridge wears Dunnes Stores (aka Kiely licenced dress with garish spots printed in China?”) Asking for a friend who shops in TK Maxx who doesn’t want to have to listen to Marian Finucane for the answer. And not a word in the media about the people who lost their jobs as the (printed) curtains close., natch…
At The Border
‘Jacob Rees-Mogg you’re right. You don’t need to visit the border… you need to have lived here.’ Belfast-born actor Stephen Rea explores the real impact of Brexit and the uncertainty of the future of the Irish border in a short film written by Clare Dwyer Hogg.
Too Much Coffee
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Live From The Hill of Faughart
From top The Hill of Faughart, Dundalk, County Louth; Dundalk trio L-arry Corridor – a multi arts project focusing on the political, social and cultural consequences of borders – is back for a second year. Marcel Kreuger (him off the telly!) writes: Following the first series of events in 2017, we are delighted to announce the Corridor 2018 bringing together artists from all over Ireland and Europe. Our first event in 2018, the corridor no. 4, will be `L’arry on the Hill’.
De Wednesday Papers
Well, well, well. The broadband tender debacle about to be finalized. Note the members of the consortium, supposedly all electronic groups. But as forecast months ago when the dropouts started happening, the broadband contract was being teed up as a replacement sop for the planned beneficiary of the Water project. Yes folks, Actavo gets into the communication business. Under a FG government. A tender with just one grouping bidding. http://www.thejournal.ie/national-broadband-plan-5-4242690-Sep2018/
On Monday
From top (Clockwise) Terry Prone, former Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald, former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan; a reply from the Department of Justice to journalist Ken Foxe Under the Freedom of Information Act, journalist Ken Foxe has been attempting to obtain emails between the former Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Terry Prone, of the Communications Clinic, while Ms Fitzgerald was minister between May 8, 2014 and March 11, 2017.
Farewell, Goldhawk
John Mulcahy, publisher of The Phoenix and the Irish Arts Review magazine has died, aged 86
De Friday Papers
Civil Service to run north. This is mainly because the public are getting so pee’d of with the tribal pantomime. It’s an interesting one. Civil servants ran the north during most of the troubles and as we are currently questioning the competence of more than one minister in the south, tribal politics aside, maybe it is not such a bad thing?
O’Rourke’s Drift
On his RTÉ Radio One show this morning, Seán O’Rourke managed to not ask Irish Independent editor Fionnan Sheahan about yesterday’s High Court decision yesterday to allow inspectors from the Office of the Director Corporate Enforcement into the paper’s parent company.
Happy Birthday, Annie
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De Wednesday Papers
To all the people that work in the real world.. Imagine you worked for a company in the private sector and imagine being given the huge responsibility for delivering the biggest project, to solve the biggest problem your company has ever faced. (Lets imagine that project was Housing) Imagine after 1 year of full time work on it, you didn’t make any progress and in fact you had made the problem even worse then when you took charge of it.
The Story Of Gallagh Man
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You’ve Got This
New pupils at Gardiner Street Primary School begin their first day of Junior Infants.
De Friday Papers
Senior traffic garda singles out gardaí he believes aren’t issuing enough fines. Setting a crude minimum target on a money making scam is what passes for management these days? Here is an idea. Have a look at the RSA GIS data and identify the accident hot spots rather than in most cases just shooting fish in a barrel. But that would really increase road safety rather than maximising revenue I suppose. http://www.thejournal.ie/garda-fines-4210360-Aug2018/
De Thursday Papers
Sinn Fein is virtue signalling over getting rid of Murphy. For a start would you replace him with and how would that make any difference whatsoever? The planning regulations, zoning issues and private developers go far beyond his remit. Population is increasing, immigration is going up rapidly, all of this results in increased demand for public services like housing. Sinn Fein have spotted a bandwagon and have decided to jump on it.
De Wednesday Papers
There’s no referendum now to stop SF putting forward the no confidence motion in Posh Boy Murphy. Will they? Or is it a case of them succumbing to the FF antics of the Grand Old Duke of Cork? I sincerely hope not. If they don’t do it, then they’ve proven correct the anti SF sentiment that they are just the same as FFG. Personally I would like to give a chance to a SF participitation in Government, but if we are going to get a no show in matters like Murphy, then hey may forget it.
A Good Idea. Period.
“Young girls and women can struggle to pay for monthly sanitary products, this significantly affects their hygiene, health and overall wellbeing. In fact, stark figures released by Plan Ireland earlier this summer reveal that almost 50% of teenage girls in Ireland struggle to afford monthly sanitary products. It’s not unheard of that young women may have no choice but to go without sanitary products to make ends meet.
’58 Pages Mostly Censored With Black Ink’
I’ve just heard Pope Francis’s comments during his papal Mass that those who told mothers it was a mortal sin to search for their children and vice versa were wrong. He said it is the fourth commandment. I looked it up: honour thy father and thy mother. I’m adopted. Might my mother have searched for me if this society, in fear of the Roman Catholic church, had not shamed her into emigration like so many? I made a freedom of information request to Tusla.
Wouldn’t Harm A Fly
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De Sunday Papers
@ tommy I like that ‘FU UK’ bit, but the rest of your comment isn’t funny, especially from your standpoint. The Brith government wouldn’t be in it’s current turmoil if what you say is true. It’s within the EU’s interest to make sure that Britain pays the price of Brexit, NOT Ireland. This is not stacked Dominoes. It isn’t even Chess. It’s a game of Draughts and Britain has lost most of her counters. She doesn’t know how to move next. -She’s stuck in a corner. Hope that simplifies it enough for you.
Stooges
Former taoisigh Bertie Ahern, John Bruton and Brian Cowen during the World Meeting of Families concert. They were only obeying orders.
De Saturday Popers
The Irish Times still confused about Brexit. The workers collective of left-wing dung beetles hanging around whatever turds their government spin doctors feed them. It’s going to happen and there’s sod all they can do about it. Here’s a few home truths from the oldest printed magazine in the world – not that you’ll ever read facts like this in the Irish media.
‘Bishop, This Is Not A Joke’
Don’t always agree with Mannix Flynn, but he is spot on on this one. 1/2 #PopeInIreland #Stand4Truth pic.twitter.com/JYj2XjWJ1m — Daithi K. (@tvcritics) August 23, 2018 Mannix Flynn, 2/2. “Bishop this is not a joke” #PopeInIreland #Stand4Truth pic.twitter.com/X0hHm28uNE — Daithi K. (@tvcritics) August 23, 2018 Last night. On RTÉ’s Prime Time.
‘The Abuse Is Not Historic’
Dr Maeve O’Rourke Yesterday evening. Dr Maeve O’Rourke, human rights lawyer and senior research and policy officer at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, posted a series of tweets about how Ireland is continuing to cover up for its collusion with the Catholic Church.
De Thursday Papers
Dublin wall of remembrance for children who died in Ireland’s mother and baby homes, situated in Temple Bar, is covered up in preparation for the Pope’s visit. The wall bears the names of 796 children placed in a septic tank on the grounds of St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway. According to the Facebook comments, a woman from Ballyfermot drove down and took down the net covering that had been placed over it. https://www.facebook.com/tiboxx/posts/10156588235523926
De Wednesday Papers
I see project fear 2.0 regarding BREXIT is still continuing. I think people have started to get immune to it. The Telegraph’s front page headline about ex-convicts becoming magistrates to improve diversity is like something out of the twilight zone. The idea that more former offenders would reassure minorities is laughable. One has to ask why minorities are making up such large percentages of those convicted?
De Tuesday Papers
Yikes, Gilbert O’Sullian is still alive? I went briefly to St. Helier on Jersey back in the early 90s – I was held up at customs, detained under the prevention of terrorism act – an Irish Passport, it seems wasn’t that great. Anyhoos, it turns out that the police on Jersey had made it known that I was a relative of the Cork guy. I’m not – I’ve got wavy hair is all – I kinda took it nonetheless. I did me thing in Jersey – it’s but another memory.
Jesus Wept
Further Thoughts On The Rebranding Of TG4 Venn All Is Said And Done
A Place To Call Home
Margaret Cash and her seven children with RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan Homeless mum-of-seven Margaret Cash – who posted photographs of several of her children sleeping in Tallaght Garda station in Dublin last week – will move into a three-bedroom apartment in Dublin city centre on Friday. “On Friday, we’ll have a three-bedroom apartment here in town somewhere for a week trial and then, after the week’s trial, it will be on a monthly basis so I’m quite happy with that.
Meanwhile, At the Department of Housing
This afternoon. Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 Activists who had occupied a vacant house at 35 Summerhill Parade, some wearing Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy masks, take their protest to the Department of Housing. Dublin Central Housing Action says that the occupation of the property is a protest against the continuing national housing crisis and government inaction.
A History Of Public Housing
Eight families who were tenants at 11 Fenian Street in Dublin live in tents next to the building, two weeks after the building’s ceiling collapsed in 1971 Middle East-based former RTÉ journalist Mark Coughlan has created a tweet thread about the history of public housing in Ireland… There you go now. Via Mark Coughlan Pic: RTE Archives Posted in Misc and tagged Mark Coughlan, public housing at 4:53 pm on August 14, 2018 by Bodger.
De Sunday Papers
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Anything Good In The Clare Champion?
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