Eamon Ó Cuív (pictured in happier times during a student protest in Galway)resigned as Deputy Leader of Fianna Fáil today over his refusal to support the party’s position on the EU Fiscal Compact treaty. He said the whole issue is about the “fundamental future of Ireland” and to continue in his role would be “incompatible” as he does not support the fiscal compact ratification. Party leader Micháel Martin said it was “no longer feasible” for Ó Cuív to continue in his role as Fianna Fáil deputy leader and spokesperson on [...]
Archive | February, 2012
Kidnap survivor Commins gives presentation on security management
SHARON Commins, the aid worker who spent 106 days in captivity in Darfur, visited the University of Limerick this Monday and gave a presentation on the topic of security management in the aid sector. In 2009, the Dublin native was working for the aid agency GOAL in the war-torn Sudanese region. She had spent more than two years in the country when on July 3 she and her fellow aid worker Hilda Kawuki were kidnapped at gunpoint by members of the Janjaweed militia. The Janjaweed demanded a ransom for their [...]
Costa Lines Costa Allegra is on fire and adrift tonight off the Seychelles with 1,000 onboard
The Costa Allegra is owned by the same company as Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio in January with the loss of at least 25 lives. Planes and ships are speeding towards the Costa Allegra, which is reported to be adrift and without power 200 miles south-west of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. The cruise ship left Madagascar on Saturday and was due to arrive in the Seychelles tomorrow. “The shipboard fire-extinguishing system and procedures were promptly activated and the special fire-fighting squads intervened to extinguish fire,” Costa Cruises said in a statement today. “As [...]
National Enquirer Prints Photo of Whitney Houston in Coffin
Fans were left reeling after seeing an image on the front page of the National Enquirer which showed Whitney Houston in her coffin at her open-casket funeral service held last week. The image, which came from an unknown source, showed the singer laying in the coffin, in a purple dress. The caption of the photo read, “Whitney: The Last Photo!” Her fans’ horror is clearly visible on social networking sites such as Twitter. “It really made me upset that they have pictures of Whitney in the coffin all over. Like really?” @lesbihonest [...]
Funding Boost for Irish Software
Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre based at the University of Limerick, has been awarded government funding. The Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), an agency of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, has awarded funding of €16 million to Lero. This will also be supplemented by an industry contribution of €6.4million. Lero is comprised of a team of 170 researchers and PhD students from UL, NUIG, UCD, TCD, DCU, and DIT. The centre carries out research in a number of different areas, including urban traffic control, corporate compliance systems, [...]
Just Breathing: Ballet Photography
Just Breathing Ballet is passion, emotion and expression. It is who we are, who we aspire to be and who we will always be. Dance to us is as if we are ‘just breathing’. Ballet shouldn’t be confined to the stage, ballet is everywhere. Broaden your mind to the beauty of dance. Follow us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/justbreathing. We are ‘Just Breathing’!
Ghost Estate claims its first life
As a journalist, I understand that I will face many tragic, painful, emotional incidents. This one was the saddest of my career so far. Could it get worse than a mother, meters away from me, screaming the name of her dead toddler? High metal fences dominate one side of Glenatore housing development in Coosan. The site almost looks like a prison, with barbed wire looped at the top of the fence. Each gap has been covered. It’s difficult to enter the site now, but this wasn’t the case two [...]
Nelson Mandela stable after surgery
The former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is reported to be in a stable condition after undergoing surgery for ‘an abdominal complaint’, according to South African government sources, who added that he is likely to leave hospital tomorrow. Nelson Mandela is 93 and has suffered declining health recently, following a diagnosis of cancer in 2001. Current South African President Jacob Zuma’s office said the “love and good wishes of all South Africans and people throughout the world” were with Mr Mandela. Mr Mandela was treated in hospital in January last year [...]
The Week In Music
Eoghan O’Sullivan, who blogs about music at The Point Of Everything, takes us through what’s been getting his ears all excited this week. It’s been a good week for Cork with two bands featured below, while a Dublin band are staking their claim for the best party band in Ireland. Further afield, there was a collaboration that made Eoghan weak at the knees and a song which he’s already putting money on for track of the year. Young Wonder – ‘Flesh’ Cork duo Young Wonder are doing their best to live [...]
Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin murdered by Syrian army
Marie Colvin was murdered by the Syrian army today, while reporting on the civilian massacre in Homs, being perpetrated by the same Syrian military. Reports coming from Lebanese intelligence indicate that the make-shift press centre where Colvin was working from in the Baba Anr district of Homs, was deliberately targeted by Syrian army rocket fire. Rumours had been circulating for some days that the Syrian army was directly targeting foreign journalists in an effort to stop coverage of the civilian massacre unfolding in Homs. The 55 year old Sunday Times reporter [...]
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