King Lear of the Taxis

This is Davidson Garrett, a NYC Cabbie known as the King Lear of Taxis.
The following video is hard hitting showing the plight of your average driver, with a recital of one of his poems by the man himself, one word Brilliant!

His book; King Lear of the Taxi: Musings of a New York City Actor/Taxi Driver, is available through Amazon

Happy Saint Patricks Weekend

I hope this works, the last time I posted one of these.... it didn't.
You should see me doing my Leprecaun piece, if not.... errrrrr ..............SORRY!

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Suicidal Protester in Tara

This girl (Squeak) has entombed herself in a tunnel, in protest against the proposed road through the hill of Tara in County Meath, she says she'll disengage the car jack holding up the roof if anyone tries to remove her forcibly.
Looking at it she may not have to, it looks quite precarious!

This is a short clip (32 seconds) from RTE's Prime Time, showing her predicament;

Craig Doyle "Anonymous"

This is from a popular Irish TV show that takes popular personalities, disguises them heavily, then sends them out on the streets of Dublin to embarrass themselves with the natives.
I posted one of these before showing singer Ronan Keating, this one is well known TV presenter, (U.K and Ireland) Craig Doyle.

First the Makeover, (Only a few seconds long);

This is one of the skits it shows Craig assuming his new personality (Argentinian Rodrigo) asking directions, the kids try to tell him he needs a Taxi;

This kid and his parents can be proud, he did well!

Ballsbridge Redevelopment

This video shows an animation of developer Sean Dunnes proposed development for Ballsbridge, he has received part approval, however the office block and tower parts were refused permission. He plans to appeal the decision saying the tower is a fundamental aspect of the plan and how can it be called “mixed use” as required under the councils plans for the area if they don’t allow the office block?

I'm in two minds about this, Ballsbridge is a fantastic example of Georgian Dublin, of which we are very proud, (a small example of this is shown in the video) but the site in question is already awful and done right this tower thing might work.