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08:49The ensuing quiet solemn march from the Aviva felt almost funereal...Gerry Thornley sums up yesterday's game and how many of us are feeling this morning here.
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09:05Need some cheering up? These 502,165 Christmas light bulbs are what it has taken for one Australian family to break a Guinness world record for the most lights. You can view it here
And it's officially Christmas in the capital after the lights were switched on at the weekend. It also broke a record for 'geansai Nollaig' with 857 participants, Olivia Kelly writes.Christmas arrives in Dublin city centre http://t.co/60wSBpPaGY
— Irish Times News (@IrishTimesNews) November 24, 2013
Good morning it's Genevieve Carbery on the live blog here all day. -
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09:16Does Ross sum up how most of us are feeling today, the Monday blues (or blacks) compounded?
The day after Ireland lost to the All Blacks can Fock Right Off.
— Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) November 25, 2013 -
09:24Have you come across ‘hazardous’ small steel boxes appearing on your street in recent months?Well Eircom have erected 180 of them without planning permission and have been ordered to remove them by Dublin city Council after a member of the public tripped over one in Sandymount (they’re for broadband). Olivia Kelly has more here.In other news new figures show the number of people sleeping rough in Dublin has trebled since last year, creating heightened concern for the homeless population as winter closes in, Kitty Holland writes today - more here.
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09:29Tis the season of bad dad dances – but from The Edge?
The Edge - dancing to Good Times like an embarrassing Da at a wedding. http://t.co/DVuWgRFgiB
— Conor Pope (@conor_pope) November 25, 2013 -
09:43Trust the wonderful internet to give us an inphographic to get our heads around the Iran deal. NYTimes has a beatiful one here.
In a nutshell the deal "is not yet even the beginning of the end of the danger to the world post by the possible (actually probable) military dimensions of Iran's nuclear activities"....but it "properly deseves to be described as historic" the economist concludes.A deal hammered out on November 24th to curb Iran's nuclear programme isn't perfect, but it meets two key tests http://t.co/yLhluKyM1U
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) November 25, 2013 -
09:49So there's just a teeny weeny little bit of interest from our readers in the nailbiting rugby defeat....just a little.
Readers of The @IrishTimes are, if nothing else, predictable #rugby #allblacks pic.twitter.com/yOVfOK3iH9
— Paddy Logue (@paddylogue) November 25, 2013
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10:09At this time of year money saving tips are always welcome. So a plan to save €666m will be intriguing. The HSE is due to give the National Service Plan for 2014 to James Reilly today covering €13bn spending. The savings won't come from recouping top-ups if Carl O'Brien and Martin Wall's story is anything to go by..
Attempt to stop or recoup top-up fees for hospital executives may face legal obstacles http://t.co/yB9fEUSPqP
— Irish Times News (@IrishTimesNews) November 25, 2013 -
10:17
"I spent the last 10 minutes with my head in my hands" Keith Wood #IRLvNZ #PKNT @newstalkfm
— Pat Kenny Newstalk (@patkennynt) November 25, 2013 -
10:24Four days in, the affair is riddled, if not with contradictions, then certainly with oddities. ..... Peckford Place has its merits, but privacy is not one of them. Our London Editor Mark Hennessy has more detail on that intriguing slavery case here.
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10:29
The former education minister is referring to the departure of the most senior aide to President Michael D Higgins. Mary Van Lieshout has taken up a senior post with aid agency Goal. The Áras has offered no explanation for her departure. Read more here.What on earth is going on in the Aras?
— Gemma Hussey (@GemmaMGHussey) November 25, 2013 -
10:42It will be interesting to watch if Irish people take to the JD Wetherspoon's chain pub model of cask ales, cheap prices, long opening hours and no music.
The first FTSE listed pub in the State with 886 pubs already in Britain.
The company's first test will be south Dublin's Blackrock as it has exchanged contracts to purchase its first pub in Ireland, the Tonic Bar.
Its growing success in the UK last year was partly down to the demand for real Ale ....and there certainly seems to be a growing appetite for craft beer here.JD Wetherspoon to open in Blackrock in April http://t.co/QCROFPYizE
— Irish Times Business (@IrishTimesBiz) November 25, 2013 -
10:58Anyone who has seen the provocative film Philomena will be interested to hear that the sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary have accused the filmmakers of being misleading and say the real Sr Hildegarde (the film's religious villain) helped many mother reunite with their children. Ronan McGreevy has more here.
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11:06Tens of thousands of protesters clash with riot police during a rally to support EU integration Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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11:08
PHOTO: Ukrainian police use tear gas in fresh clashes with pro-EU activists in central Kiev http://t.co/Iw2IZr75Gc pic.twitter.com/630cwR5zlo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 25, 2013 -
11:13Thinking of some Christmas shopping in Belfast? You may think again. A barrel or keg was filled with 130lb of home-made explosives which partially exploded in under a shopping centre in Belfast, PA reports. The detonator exploded but failed to trigger the rest of the device in a car park under the Victoria Square shopping centre.
The PSNI has warned of a surge in dissident republic activities. “The philosophy of these groups is simply hatred.” Matt Baggott said. -
11:37Cash-in-your-chips time for Monty Python which has extended its show at London's O2 from one night to five! Just as Brian Boyd predicted on Saturday: " It won’t be a one-off: it will sell out in brisk time when tickets go on sale, on Monday morning, and more days – weeks, even – will be added. Then it will likely travel to Broadway, with a live DVD also being scheduled." More here
All dates are now on sale for @montypython that's 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July http://t.co/hb8JpyI2xp
— Ticketmaster UK (@TicketmasterUK) November 25, 2013 -
11:53
A new dog-fouling hotline has been set up by Dublin’s local authorities. It’s a pet (groan) hate of mine particularly on Dun Laoghaire pier despite free poop scoop bags, lots of bins and very big signs! Over 400 reports of dog fouling were received in 2012. For cantankerous walkers like me here’s the hotline number 1800 251 500.
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12:03Let the panic begin. No longer can we give out about Christmas songs being played in shops, red cups and toy ads. Santy has declared it so.
☆☆☆ TODAY IS 1 MONTH TO CHRISTMAS DAY !!! ☆☆☆ ????????????⛄️ #1MonthToChristmas
— Santa Claus (@OfficialSanta) November 25, 2013 -
12:19The Beastie Boys have denied taking a case against the wonderful Goldieblox ad (for unstereotypical girls’ toys that went viral last week) for copyright infringement. (if you didn’t see it’s here). The song has received more than 8 million views using a version of the Beastie Boys song ‘Girls’. Surely the Christmas ad of the season in a battle against turning every little girl into a pink princess. Goldieblox has taken a pre-emptive case according to the Huffington Post - a Beastie Boys spokesman said "There was no complaint filed, no demand letter (no demand, for that matter) when [GoldieBlox] sued Beastie Boys."
You've got to fight! For your right! To fair use! Why GoldieBlox is right to claim fair use of Beastie Boys' Girls. https://t.co/NtHJJb0rRq
— EFF (@EFF) November 25, 2013 -
12:43One solution to Dublin's family home supply shortage and return of a property bubble in the capital? Encourage older people to move to smaller places....
“Empty nesters” should be encouraged to trade down http://t.co/rsi1lM896E
— Irish Times Business (@IrishTimesBiz) November 25, 2013 -
12:52This campaign video by Irish anti-homophobic group Belong-To now has over 1.3m hits, although 3 years old it received much attention in recent days, after first being tweeted by Upworthy and then by Stephen Fry.
Very touching little YT from Ireland. Stand up against homophobic bullying. http://t.co/7Ns1mrXg2w
— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) November 24, 2013 -
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Married couple suspected of holding 3 women as slaves in South London are former Maoist activists, BBC understands http://t.co/d0v4sRR123
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 25, 2013 -
13:1343.5 seconds. That's how long it took Monty Python's first live show at London's O2 to sell out this morning. They've kindly added four more.
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13:22Thinking of ordering lots of your Christmas presents from Amazon? Tonight's Panorama claims to have found conditions at the online giant's warehouse that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness". However Amazon said that official safety inspections had not raised any concerns.
Tonight's #Panorama is the most-read story on BBC online: Amazon workers face 'increased risk of mental illness' - http://t.co/GIqfdVesEw
— BBCPanorama (@BBCPanorama) November 25, 2013 -
13:36Family Guy fans. A major character was killed off in last night's episode aired in the US. I won't tell you who. But if you're curious click here. #spoileralert
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13:38
Reading comments under Friday's vegetarianism piece by @RMcGreevy1301. Mad stuff. You'd swear he killed a lamb and forced critics to eat it
— Conor Pope (@conor_pope) November 25, 2013 -
14:00As protests continue in Ukraine, the EU has issued a statement strongly disapproving Russia's pressure to reject an EU trade deal.
Read my joint statement with European Council President @euHvR on #Ukraine http://t.co/13SyRxaCTl
— José Manuel Barroso (@BarrosoEU) November 25, 2013 -
14:13It's that most wonderful time of the year again, Rodent Season .....and there's more mice on the move than usual - If a heavily pregnant mouse comes into your house...the gestation period is 21 days, and she’ll have a litter of 7 or 8, coming to maturity at 6 to 8 weeks. That’s a lot of mice..... Fionola Meredith has more here.
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14:21The man arrested in over the London suspect slavery case was "well-known within far-left circles in London during the mid and late 1970s as leader of a separatist party-cum-commune" , the Guardian is reporting today.
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“Leo’s flame has gone out,”said Oisín Quinn as he posed in a rickshaw along with burning candles, two female elves, a white angel and Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar...Tim O'Brien has been at one of those photocalls politicians may live to regret (to announce details of the NYE events to end the Gatherning).
Varadkar announces lineup for Dublin New Year party http://t.co/DYUDLCluRU
— Irish Times News (@IrishTimesNews) November 25, 2013 -
14:41We'll soon be travelling to Red Square on yellow plastic seats as Ryanair has been given permission by Russia's air transport agency to fly from Dublin to Moscow and St Petersburg. More here
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15:01“No one does heartbreak like Ireland. Too cruel. Too cruel. This didn’t really happen, did it? New Zealand, 22-17 down with time up on the clock, won,” We know the reaction in Ireland. So here's a taste of the reaction in the New Zealand media.
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15:23The continued promotion of Arthur’s Day by Diageo further deepened our concerns regarding the credibility of your alcohol awareness campaign...student body USI wrote as it cut ties with the alcohol industry's Drinkaware campaign. Mark Hilliard has the full story here.
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15:31
Happy #movember everyone. We've found a wealth of moustaches in our collection - how many can you identify? pic.twitter.com/DzsWwYnDsK
— Nat Gallery Ireland (@NGIreland) November 25, 2013 -
15:44So it's been ranining in Sicily, raining rocks that is! This video shows that there was nowhere to hide during the Mt Etna eruption. Watch here
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15:49You may want to look away. But here's a video of the relieved and happy all Blacks in their dressing room after the match. Watch here
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16:05More details have emerged about the couple at the centre of the London slavery allegations. It just gets more and more bizarre. ....They are believed to have been well-known to the police in the 1970s after setting up a communist squat, the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, in Acre Lane, Brixton in 1976, PA reports
Balakrishnan, who was known as Comrade Bala, was a former member of the national executive committee of the Communist party of England (Marxist-Leninist) but documents show he was suspended from the party in 1974 for pursuing “conspiratorial and splittist activities”.
Documents also show how in 1978 police raided the Mao Zedong Memorial Centre, arresting 14 members of the organisation, including Aravindan Balakrishnan and wife Chanda, referred to as Comrade Chanda. -
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Amazing image of Dublin from above, en route to @DublinAirport by @p_rowan #lovedublin #clouds pic.twitter.com/W2oGRQRWb9
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) November 25, 2013 -
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Lockview Rd area of South Belfast has been closed at its junction with Stranmillis Rd due to an ongoing security alert.
— PSNI (@PoliceServiceNI) November 25, 2013 -
16:31Yale University said a person with a gun has been seen on campus and ordered students, faculty and staff to remain in their current location - Bloomberg reports.
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16:42The Beastie Boys have sent an open letter about the Goldieblox/ Girls toy advert we mentioned earlier, The New York Times has published it:"Like many of the millions of people who have seen your toy commercial “GoldieBlox, Rube Goldberg & the Beastie Boys,” we were very impressed by the creativity and the message behind your ad.We strongly support empowering young girls, breaking down gender stereotypes and igniting a passion for technology and engineering.As creative as it is, make no mistake, your video is an advertisement that is designed to sell a product, and long ago, we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and/or name to be used in product ads.When we tried to simply ask how and why our song “Girls” had been used in your ad without our permission, YOU sued US."
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16:58A Donegal man has been given a "substantial" write-down on his debts in the first settlement to be approved under the personal insolvency act. Fiona Gartland has more on this interesting case which will undoubtedly be the first of many.
Country’s first debt settlement arrangement approved by creditors in Dublin today http://t.co/471VpzA7CI
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) November 25, 2013 -
17:03Have universities become profit-making institutions rather than serving their purpose as a public good? Irish lecturer unions think so and warn that it could destroy the higher education sector. More here
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17:18Rumours have been confirmed as Katie Couric is to join Yahoo as a global anchor. It marks a real shift for online news as the major figure in US broadcasting (known for the Today Show, 60 Minutes, ABC news) will lead a team of Yahoo news correspondents. This is one to watch.
Very excited to welcome Katie Couric to @Yahoo! Anchors... http://t.co/XwT4oTRZIs
— marissamayer (@marissamayer) November 25, 2013 -
17:26Temperatures are set to dip below zero tonight (-2 to +3) with Met Eireann forecasting dry weather but frost under clear skies. So wrap up. Thanks for reading. Tomorrow our broken rugby hearts will begin to heal!