Eamonn Sweeney

Protected Snail Vs Protectionist Slug.
Go Snail.

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If you love animation, you need this in your life.
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By Yuri Norstein, one of the greatest figures in animation history.. He
1. Condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2. Has been working for over forty years on a film of Gogol's The Overcoat, a pretty Gogolian venture itself.

Great to see.
Her film La Traversée from 2021 is a masterpiece too.
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You see Taoiseach, it can be done.

You'll just have to lie. In the green canyon meadows if necessary.

Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

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Weirdly skewed priorities on the part of those responsible.

Well, this does raise *a lot* more questions about both the Cabinet Office's 'inquiry' into Labour Together and now Starmer's ethic advisor's investigation into Josh Simons

I'm not really seeing a reservoir of unpromoted talent in their ranks.

They're not confined to Limerick though.

Sports Minister Patrick O'Donovan believes League of Ireland funding should suffer because of the damage caused by Drogheda hooligans in Dundalk.
He also said that X bears no responsibility for people using its Grok technology to create illegal pornography.
Where do they find these lads?

Galway councillor claims RSA messaging amounts to ‘victim blaming’ – ‘Children are not killed because of a lack of high-vis vests’ A Galway councillor has called for a “no confidence” vote and a major overhaul of the Road Safety Authority (RSA), claiming its education campaigns place responsibility on vulnerable road users rather...

7 deaths on our roads over the weekend including a 16 y/o girl walking her dog.

Why the obsession over hi-vis? Why the reduction in active travel funding?
Where are the 30km/h zones?
Where are the red light cameras?
Why no enforcement?
Why aren't intelligent speed systems default on new cars?

Labour's absolute insouciance about angering Greens voters by using smear tactics contrasts with the kid-glove approach towards Reform admitted here.
The logical conclusion is that Labour see the latter as representing a more legitimate political viewpoint than the former.
Curiouser and curiouser.

Historic moment of Cork-Kerry detente.
Reflects the football relationship between the two counties, Kerry out front collecting the trophy, Cork looking on.

Amen to that. Under-rated harrowing journey to the end of the country and western night. Came across it thanks to a book Produced and Abandoned (1990) where leading American film recommended movies they felt had gone unfairly under the radar. A great primer if you can find it.

Happy birthday Rotters Club. The years have been kind to you.
Terrific book from someone who wrote a fair few of them. A one man Canterbury Scene of the modern novel.
He even made me think Prog might have its good points(though I'll never admit that publicly.)
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This is an astonishing, moving and grimly funny poem. Read it. You'll be glad you did. What a writer.

A brilliant piece which, like all the best literary criticism, makes you want to go back and reread the books from the new perspective you've been granted.

This is a powerful moment that, leaving ideology out of it, would make great television.
He doesn't incite hatred, the message is one of love.
But the BBC, which lets Reform routinely slur various communities, apparently feels, "Free Palestine," ( a common political slogan) is unacceptable.
Why?

If you want to protect your home from being burgled by poets

The bookies (William Hill) have the Greens at 1/2, Reform at 15/8 and Labour at 9/1. Which means Labour have no chance.
If this smear campaign works, the only beneficiaries will be Reform. The smears tell you who Labour regard as their enemies and what they'll regard as a victory.

I never met him at all. Unfortunately.

As I said to Seamus Heaney the time I proved him wrong about writing.

Last laugh stories are to some memoirs what the long instrumental solo is to prog rock songs. Everything else is just padding to set them up.

You're right. There's not a trace of mean spirit there.

It's the antithesis of Alan Partridge 'Naturally I had the last laugh' syndrome.

He seems like, to use the traditional English term, a good geezer.

The opening frame "You're probably wondering how I got here," face.

The book was overshadowed by the John O'Farrell Things Can Only Get Better which was about the mainstream end of British left-wing politics. O'Farrell's book is very good but Steel's is much better crack. He has a great knack for being able to laugh at himself.