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1. #PROTEST: Health Minister Leo Varadkar has called on Socialist Party TDs Ruth Coppinger and Joe Higgins to distance themselves from violence at Saturday’s water charge protest. They said Joan Burton is not the victim – the real victims are the Irish public.
2. #RENT: New figures show rents all across the country are still rising and the number of properties available to rent is at the lowest point since 2007.
3. #WATER: We will (finally) find out this week how much people will be expected to pay for their water next year with talks of a three year set charge and a change to the way PPS numbers are collected.
4. #ROAD DEATHS: A 19-year-old man has died in a road crash in Roscommon overnight and an 82-year-old female pedestrian was killed in Limerick.
5. #EMERGENCY: The HSE has revealed that there is no mileage limit for retiring its ambulances from the fleet – they just replace their parts.
6. #DONEGAL: Homeowners in an estate in Donegal are appealing for help from the government after large cracks started appearing in the walls of their homes, with one woman told her house was no longer safe to live in.
7. #MYSTERY: Gardaí have issued a fresh appeal for help identifying the body of a man found at the base of the Cliffs of Moher four years ago.
8. #BIRD FLU: An outbreak of bird flu has been reported at a duck breeding farm in northern England but authorities say the risk to the public is very low.
9. #BEHEADING: Barack Obama has described the beheading of a US aid worker by the Islamic State group as “pure evil”.
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That man was a true legend. A real movie star who ate up the screen. Made a number of movies in Ireland and was never less than a real talent. Never really hit the heights but he was still cool enough to do a turn for Tarantino in Inglorious B*stards a couple of years ago. Could have watched him in anything.
I’d say the time machine would be one of his best performances when he has to face the morlocks. When I was a child they frightened the life out of me and gave me terrible nightmares. I look at the film now and laugh at how badly they look.
I had nightmares for years about the Morlocks.
‘The Time Machine’ was my own favourite.
Remember when He was on the late late show with Oliver Reed, & Gay Byrne goaded the two of them into arm wrestling on the studio floor….??
ps. Rod Taylor won.
The Late Late was mighty back then …. most of the guests were piddled !
Yeah, – like the night Oliver Reed was trying to get the leg over Susan George.
Thanks for the memories. And he was sooooo handsome to boot.
Morlocks!
Was great in the movie ‘Hotel’ as well..and in the ‘VIP’s'… old school actor who did it as it should be done.
He opened waterford city shopping centre with gay Byrne in the mid to late 70′s…remember thinking as a child ooh that’s the guy from bobcats which was shown on rte.obviously shooting one of his irish movies at the time.loved him in time machine another where he played a mercinary fighting in the Belgian Congo.
The Mercenaries, that and the Time Machine were his best movies
Great movie.
I used to love watching him in “Bearcats” years ago, what a show.
For me ” The Birds” from his movies and “Bearcats ” from his tv series.
A great old-style actor who never quite achieved the success and accolades he deserved. The Time Machine is one of my favourite films head and shoulders above the more recent remake.
The Time Machine is a movie ill always watch when its on telly, he was excellent in it. Don’t know why that descendant of H.G Wells had such a problem with it, probably more loyal to the book than his noughties version was
Sad news
Birds is it ?
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