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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning cup of coffee.
1. #RESCUE: A newly-wed South Korean couple has been rescued from the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise liner which is lying half-submerged off the coast of Italy after running aground yesterday. Firefighters have also located a third passenger in the overturned ship. Rescuers have spoken to the man and are getting ready to remove him.
2. #ROADS: An 83-year-old man has died after the car he was travelling in hit a wall in Fermoy in Cork. The driver of the car, a woman in her 60s, has been taken to hospital but her injuries are not life threatening.
3. #HOUSES: A new Sunday Times survey has shown that the average price of Irish homes dropped a further 17 per cent in 2011. However, some areas saw much greater declines with prices in Wexford falling by as much as 34 per cent. Properties bought at the market peak in 2006 and 2007 are now worth about 55 per cent less than what was paid at the time.
4. #EUROZONE: Standard & Poor’s has defended Friday’s mass European downgrade, turning the blame back onto eurozone leaders who they say are not doing enough to solve their debt crises.
5. #OIL: Threatened strikes by oil workers in Nigeria could begin to impact global oil prices, it has been warned this morning. The BBC reports that trade union leaders in the African country have said they will resume a nationwide strike on Monday if a compromise is not reached on petrol prices. The government removed a subsidy a fortnight ago, leading to a doubling of fuel prices and fierce protests. Oil workers had stated they would not join in with the strike immediately but talks have now stalled.
6. #QUINN: Seán Quinn’s family ran up annual expense bills of more than €1 million which were footed by their business empire, Tom Lyons reports on the front page of the Sunday Independent. Mortgages, TV packages, utility bills, meals and designer clothes were all paid for by the Quinn Group.
7. #ADOPTION: Four Mexican women are being held by police in Guadalajara on suspicion of organising a child-trafficking ring which aimed to supply babies to Irish couples. Authorities are trying to figure out if the Irish couples were tricked into believing it was a legitimate adoption route. At least seven children have been taken into care, reports the Daily Mail.
8. #DON’T LOOK UP: We may all need to take shelter tonight as Russian authorities have warned the Irish government that a 14.5 ton space probe stuck in Earth’s orbit could plummet back to land this evening. It’s possible destination? Ireland. Well, the authorities said it could land anywhere between here and Argentina. You have been warned.
9. #FOREIGN GAMES: This week we heard that Ross O’Carroll Kelly creator Paul Howard had signed up to write a book from the perspective of Roy Keane’s famous dog Trigg. And now the Sunday Times reports that Howard is to take another break from his rugby-loving, D4 alter-ego to write his first screenplay for a film about a boy who loves cricket.
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I think that object just landed in my Toilet!
eh, nice!
I can’t wait for that Paul Howard book. That guy is simply genius!! :-D
Collided with a wall? No, a collision is between two moving objects. It’s a common mistake, I know, but an error nonetheless.
Garda terminology but I’ve changed it just for you ;)
Wow, Sinead! I am very grateful! My pedantry does not usually elicit so positive a result. Thank you. I must say I have not studied the branch of the language known as ‘Garda Terminology”. Thanks again, Jonathan.
Who cares? A man is dead. Get over yourself and your stupid corrections. It won’t bring that man back. Have a bit of respect.
Physics . the meeting of particles or of bodies in which each exerts a force upon the other, causing the exchange of energy or momentum.
A stationary object exerts force when is is impacted by a moving object.
For every avtion, there is an equal …..etc.
You obviously care Fiona. Respect……….
Yes I do care. I care that an unfortunate man is dead. Not that some smartass comes on here and feels it’s his duty to correct terminology. Completely unnecessary given the context of the story.
Good, Fiona, thank you. I care no less than yourself, more for the man’s nearest and dearest than any others. I also care for polite, respectful debate rather than insult. I also respect the precision of the written word, without which communication, such as we are enjoying, is not possible. The irony of someone sinking to insult and then asking another for respect is not lost on myself either. The writer of the article, whose livelihood depends on correct use of language also acres enough to make a correction, again without resorting to insult or unfounded judgement. I respect her for that too. Her response was most gracious – respect.
I didn’t ask you to respect me Jonathan. I asked you to have a bit of respect for the person who lost his life. The nature of the story is terrible in itself without having to further read your corrections of a certain descriptive word. I felt that your pointing out the error was completely unnecessary given the nature of the story. Regardless of the use of the English language, be it correct or incorrect, the reader got the context of the story. Even when the writer explained where the use of the word came from you still insisted on trying to be smart re: garda terminology. It is a sad day when people read a tragedy such as this and feel it is more important to correct grammar and terminology rather than just accepting it for what it is. Another death.
‘Garda terminology’ is the writer’s term, not mine. You are mistaken in thinking I try to be smart. I can only be as smart as I am on any day. You do not have to ask for my respect, Fiona. I grant respect to all my fellow men and women as a default. It is only if they give me a reason to withdraw it that i will do so. It is the other side of the coin from assuming the worst of someone and lobbing insults around. Each to his own, I say. Live and let live. I can see how you choose behave and you can see how I choose to do so. That is something else I respect. I also attach a lot of importance to paying attention, which is something I find needs constant work. To err is human. I do not make judgement upon that statement, but I do respect it.
To err is human? I do not make judgement on that statement? But you take the opportunity to point out and correct people’s mistakes. In a public forum. That is judgemental and it is petty. And I have better things to be doing on my Sunday than read any more to your scornful waffle. Good day.
Sean Quinn eh …. Like ur one who survived the bungee jump ….. He was created when the rubber burst
What about the wall? why does no one give a fuck about the wall? this country has gone to hell.
I suspect there is more than meets the eye when US agencies take positions on global markets that keep the US dollar strong. Remember the saying that when you point your finger at someone that there are three fingers pointing right back at you. The US economy fundamentals are not as sound as they would lead us to believe.
@conor hickey “Physics . the meeting of particles or of bodies in which each exerts a force upon the other, causing the exchange of energy or momentum.
A stationary object exerts force when is is impacted by a moving object.
For every avtion, there is an equal …..etc.”
Fudd’s 1st law of opposition: “If you push some thing hard enough it will fall over”
“What goes in must come out” – Testicles deviant to Fudd’s Law
Courtesy of: The Firesign Theatre… “We’re all Bozos on This Bus”
Remember the saying that when you point your finger at someone that there are three fingers pointing right back at you.
So very true.
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