Broadsheet picked up on this lunacy from us. One of our scouts found these rather strange flyers circulating at the Vigil4Life event on Saturday. The one (above) is accusing a Lebanese man of harvesting embryo balls (NB testicle transplants don’t work let alone ones from a foetus to an adult male) and the above handout refers to kidneys. The anti-choicers must have some new technologies the rest of us don’t. … Read More
Liestrong
Just before Christmas the people of Navarre witnessed a very sporting gesture from Basque athlete Iván Fernández Anaya. At the conclusion of the cross-country race Fernandez was lying second well behind Olympic bronze medallist Abel Mutai. With ten metres to go the surface changed and Mutai mistakenly believed he had crossed the line, Fernandez closed on him in the final straight. Rather than taking advantage of the mistake Fernandez ushered … Read More
Tesco will destroy you
Two very timely stories hit the press today. In light of the horseburger scandal that has prompted an apology to customers from Tesco Ireland it is maddening to read that a new Tesco has been given planning permission in Cavan despite an Bord Pleanála’s own inspector finding against permission on three specific grounds. Cavan town already has 41 vacant, street-facing shop units. Building a massive Tesco that towers 20 metres above … Read More
A Room With No View
While house prices are in freefall and the number of road deaths points to mass emigration of the under 35s it would be reasonable to expect low-cost rental properties both luxurious and plentiful in the capital. However a quick poke around the usual suspect websites like Daft.ie brings forth a compendium of horror. Letting agents with all the scruples of a Fianna Fáil Director of Ethics are trying to let … Read More
Shatter Hypocrisy
On this morning’s Pat Kenny Today programme on RTE Radio 1, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter spoke about the upcoming Loyalist march in Dublin. Following an unprompted verbal attack on republicanism Shatter went on to say that he expected that the marchers had every right to express themselves and the Gardaí would ensure this would happen “I know that the gardaí will undertake any preparation necessary to ensure that … Read More
Athlone Art Battle
Some media sources are incorrectly reporting that protestors in Athlone were supporting a motion being brought to the Town Council which proposes the removal of an art work from the recently opened Luan Gallery. rabble has received messages from witnesses who categorically state that all protestors both inside and outside the Council chambers (amounting to approximately 60 people) were supporting the artist, Shane Cullen. Cullen’s artwork is 15 years old … Read More
Soup Kitchens for Students
Athlone IT has set up a soup kitchen for students it says are struggling to get by. The Union of Students in Ireland has said that students are going to college hungry and that students’ unions are giving food boxes to the worst affected. The students in Athlone are amongst 5,575 nationwide still waiting for grants to be processed. Under the new SUSI scheme introduced by Ruairi Quinn, along … Read More
Nazis at Citywest
Citywest is due to host a neo-nazi in February.(update: Celtic Gladiator has pulled the fighter from the event) A mixed martial arts event promoted by Celtic Gladiator will include a Finnish neo-Nazi named Niko Puhakka. AFA Ireland and other groups are calling on Citywest Hotel and Celtic Gladiator to deny the nazi and his followers a space to promulgate their particular hateful views. He has had invitations withdrawn previously at … Read More
The Only Gay in the Footballs
“I’ve had players over the years who were single and read books and so others [other players] said they must be gay…I think being openly gay would be something very difficult to live with in football… …You can get drunk and beat up your wife and that’s quite acceptable, but if someone were to say ‘I’m gay’, it’s considered awful. It’s ridiculous.” – Alan Smith (Football Manager) In 2010 the … Read More