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REVEALED : Arnotts new price labels
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New price label for Arnotts with influence from Anglo Irish Bank
Truly a mad country.
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A tale of two plaques: Wicklow Town Heritage Trail and destructive local yobs
Posted by: | CommentsTook a short evening walk with Dad (recovering well after heart surgery and long stay in hospital) around the pier and harbour area in Wicklow Town yesterday. The place has never looked as well.
Only noticed the Wicklow Town Heritage Trail plinths which were erected some time ago following the efforts of the Wicklow Chamber of Commerce to get funding for them.
Here’s one telling how Wicklow got its name. Looks rather well in the brilliant evening sunshine.
The next point on the trail leads the visitor to the remains of the Black Castle. Here’s how the plaque looks.
Destroyed by local yobs who have no pride in their town or themselves. Makes me sick to see stuff like this. Makes me sick to see people littering. Sick to see dog shit all over the footpaths too.
I cannot understand it and it makes me very sad indeed.
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Seven Gardai V One 50 year old woman on a ladder. Ireland 2010.
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From yesterday’s Irish Daily Star. A couple with 3 children are €13k in arrears with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council due to husband losing job. Bailiffs arrive with Gardai at seven in the morning to evict them without notice (according to the husband speaking to the Star reporter). Husband says they were making repayments as well.
Count the Gardai. Seven of them in the picture on the bottom right of the report. SEVEN well paid employees of the state to strong arm a 50 year old woman out of her home. Presumably a couple bailiffs were there too.
Sunday and all as it is – What an absolute fucking disgrace.
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RIP Gerry Ryan – The Domain
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Only explanation for this Ebay auction is the seller is from Roscommon.
Oh, and I wasn’t searching for anything related to Gerry Ryan on Ebay. Just happened to be browsing through the websites for sale category and it was on the first page of results.
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Up or Down? A job opening in London
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The House of Commons is looking for a lift attendant.
You’ll need:
- experience of operating a passenger lift in a working environment
- experience of working in a large building operating a passenger lift
- to have a good understanding of good customer care
- to be smart and articulate
Salary £17,277.
Must have been interesting to come up with that list. They could have padded it out a bit more though.
- Ability to work on own initiative
- High tolerance level for close contact with key decision makers (some with B.O.)
- Active interest in meteorology
- Finely tuned sense of direction, especially Up and Down
Still, it’s got a better benefits package than a lot of jobs out there. I think I would go crazy standing or sitting all day in a confined space pressing buttons all day. Oh, wait…..
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