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Limerick's leading newspaper the Limerick Leader has described Ireland's 'compo culture' being caught on camera after a man was filmed intentionally spilling milk from the refrigerated goods sections before staging his 'fall'.
The incident was caught by Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and the shop owner, who ran an outlet of the popular Spar convenience store where the incident occurred, has said he will sue the milk-spiller, believed to be a local man in his early twenties, if he attempts to prosecute a claim.
The man was seen moving furtively over to the refrigerated goods department before opening a 2 litre bottle of milk and spilling it over the floor.
A handy convenience or a potentially dangerous endeavour?
That's the question being asked in medical circles about Ireland's first ever online GP (General Practitioner) doctor service, which allows users to collect prescriptions for inhalers, erectile dysfunction, and, controversially, the morning-after contraception pill, over the internet.
DrThom.ie is the online progeny of two Irish Medical Council (IMC) regulated doctors, and allows its doctors to "provide online consultations without the need to see a doctor face to face".
A former lord mayor of Cork, Ireland's bustling southern metropolis, is expected to table a controversial motion before the City Hall next month calling for the outlawing of burkas, the full body cloak worn by some Muslim women, as well, incredibly, as hoodies.
Burka Ban
Former lord mayor Joe O'Callaghan, of Fine Gael, said that it was "high time" that Ireland adopted anti-burka measures, citing Belgium and France as two countries that had recently enacted such law.
The French ban has thusfar proved enormously popular with the French public, according to one writer with the Telegraph, despite the large-scale protests that waved across France before its passage onto the statue book.
With Norris and now Byrne now declared firmly out of the running, it looks as if the only thing that could spare us from the dreary prospect of having 'Michael D' (Higgins) instated as our next head of State is a Fianna Fail backed nomination for Bryan Crowley.
However as Cathal Dervan notes for this website in his article earlier today here, Fianna Fail choosing to back Crowley is by no means even a certitude.
Byrne, an immensely popular Irish broadcaster known for years as the face of the weekly Late Late Show has said that he was 'flattered' to hear news that a Dublin radio station poll had pitted him as top dog, or at least people's choice, for the presidential race, though disclaimed making a commitment to the race until the people 'clamoured' for him to run -- in which case, he said, he would respond to public sentiment.
Byrne, an immensely popular Irish broadcaster known for years as the face of the weekly Late Late Show has said that he was 'flattered' to hear news that a Dublin radio station poll had pitted him as top dog, or at least people's choice, for the presidential race, though disclaimed making a commitment to the race until the people 'clamoured' for him to run -- in which case, he said, he would respond to public sentiment.
Unlike Fine Gael's choice, European MEP Gay Mitchell, the living personification of the drop-dead boring Eurocrat, and himself caught up in the fading murmurs of another clemency fiasco (although of a far more muted nature) Byrne is almost ubiquitously liked by old-timers and the new generation alike.
Such cross-generational appeal is a rare phenomenon here, but Byrne's relaxed style, gregarious nature, and natural conviviality would make him a popular choice in anyone's eyes.
