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UNLESS THERE’S ANY major hiccups, we should know the identity of the country’s two new TDs by the end of the weekend.
Polling stations are opening around now in Dublin South West and in Roscommon-South Leitrim in the race to take over from, respectively, Brian Hayes and Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan in the Dáil.
The Fine Gael former junior minister and the outspoken Independent automatically vacated their seats when they were elected to the European Parliament back in May.
Schools, libraries and other public buildings will be open to voters until polls close at 10pm tonight. You’ll find a full list of candidates in the Dublin contest here, and one for the ‘Ming’ succession race here.
If you happen to be in either of the constituencies, remember — you don’t need a polling card to vote, but you may be asked to produce other ID.
According to the Department of the Environment:
If you do not have appropriate identification or the presiding officer is not satisfied that you are the person to whom the identification relates you will not be permitted to vote.
Polling staff will accept passports, driving licences, student cards and a range of other documents; a full list is available on the Department’s website.
McNulty-gate
Meanwhile, we’ll also find out today whether Fine Gael’s John McNulty will be elected to the Seanad despite asking not to be considered in the by-election for the vacant seat following huge controversy over his appointment to a state board.
Either McNulty or the independent candidate Gerard Craughwell, a former president of the TUI, are expected to win the by-election for the seat vacated by Fine Gael’s Deirdre Clune. Sinn Féin is also running councillor Catherine Seeley. Only members of the Oireachtas are allowed vote in the poll.
While several government TDs, Senators and ministers have indicated they have voted for McNulty, despite his request for them not to do so, others in the coalition have thrown their support behind Craughwell.
It’s also understood that some TDs and Senators have spoiled their ballots.
A result in the by-election is expected before lunchtime with counting of ballots due to get under way at 11am in Leinster House. TheJournal.ie will be reporting live from the counting room. Follow @TJ_Politcs
Additional reporting, Hugh O’Connell.
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What about the Irish ‘gorm’? It doesn’t appear to be borrowed from any other language and the language is as old as the ones mentioned above. What was the Ogham for gorm?!
OK, Ancient Greek is slightly older ;-)
Gorm has traditionally meant both Blue and Green. The word literally means “warm colour”.
Ref: Etymology of Irish words –
http://www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/macbain/macbain-ascii.txt
I wonder if the green I see is the same green you see. For all we know my green is your red but we alI call it green.
Interesting considering blue and green are often thought of as cool colours.
Yes, gorm is the Irish word for blue. But it’s much more fascinating than that. Glas was borrowed from Old Brythonic, later to become Welsh, Breton and Cornish, to represent green. But, it only applies to nature. So grass, leaves, ferns are glas. However, things that are artificially green, like paint or dye in clothes, are uaithne. But it goes on. Glas can also be used to describe grey! A grey horse is capall glas. An inanimate grey, like a stone, is liath. Liath can never be used to describe the colour of an animate object. While it may not make sense to English speakers, it makes perfect sense to Irish speakers. And it just goes to show how speaking a different language gives you a different perspective on the world.
We have something like that in Irish too, glas for natural and less vivid shades of green, uaine for sharper and more artificial shades of green. So for example the green of the Starbucks logo is glas but the green of Mickey Finns is more uaine! Similarly in Russian they don’t have a word for blue, but have one word for light blue (голубой) and every other shade of blue (синий)
I would use glas for animate and uaithne for inanimate shades of green myself. I never heard anyone describe any shade of English “green” as glas when speaking about an inanimate object. Also, look at liath vs glas… Capall glas?
I like the way the argument takes Homer’s perception of colour as it’s starting point – the most famous blind character in antiquity.
Ugh, “its”.
What about Irish? Na daoine gorm?
Too bad there is no way to know for sure
Do you reckon the curtains match the carpet ?
Ha ha ah pissin myself
Perry’s Blue Hair?
The same colour as her music videos, stage shows, lyrics and mind (if she has one).
The music videos, stage shows, lyrics and filthy mind that she targets 5-6-7 year old children with (and even younger) .
Katy Perry “Birthday” lyrics (Perry actually shoots the music video for this song with young children, read them and ask yourself if you’d be happy with your 5 year old listening to them)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEUg7OplvIQ
“I heard you’re feeling, nothing’s going right”?
Why don’t you let me stop the “vibe”??????????????????
“The clock is ticking, running out of time”??
“So we should party, all night”???
“So cover your eyes, I have a surprise”?
“I hope you got a healthy appetite”???
If you wanna dance, “if you want it all”???
“You know that I’m the girl that you should call”???
“Boy when you’re with me”?
“I’ll give you a taste”?????
“Make it like your birthday everyday”????
“I know you like it sweet”??????
“So you can have your cake”??
“Give you something good to celebrate”?????
So make a wish
“I’ll make it like your birthday everyday”????
“I’ll be your gift”???????
“Give you something good to celebrate”??????
“Pop your confetti”??????????
“Pop your Perignon”??????????????
“So hot and heavy”???????????????????
“Till dawn”?????????????????????????????
“I got you spinning”??????????
Like a disco ball
I’ll have them playing
Your song
“We’re living the life”?????
“We’re doing it right”????????????
“You’re never gonna be unsatisfied”???????????????
“If you wanna dance”???????
“If you want it all”????????????????
“You know I’m the girl that you should call”??????????????????????????
“Boy when you’re with me”??????????????????????
“I’ll give you a taste”??????????????????????
“Make it like your birthday everyday”??????????????????
“I know you like it sweet”????????????????????????????????
“So you can have your cake”????????????????
“Give you something good to celebrate”?????????????????
“So make a wish”????????????????
“I’ll make it like your birthday everyday”?????????????????
“I’ll be your gift”????????????????????????????
“Give you something good to celebrate”????????????????????????
Happy birthday
“So let me get you in your birthday suit”?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
“It’s time to bring out the big balloons”!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
“So let me get you in your birthday suit”!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
“It’s time to bring out the big, big, big, big, big, big balloons”!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
“Boy when you’re with me”????????
“I’ll give you a taste”?????????????????
“Make it like your birthday everyday”???????????????????
“I know you like it sweet”????????????????????
“So you can have your cake”??????????????????
“Give you something good to celebrate”???????????????????
“Boy when you’re with me”???????????????????????????
“I’ll give you a taste”?????????????????????????
“Make it like your birthday everyday”???????????????????????
“I know you like it sweet”??????????????????????????
“So you can have your cake”???????????????????????????
“Give you something good to celebrate”???????????????????????
“So make a wish”?????????????????????????
“I’ll make it like your birthday everyday”???????????????????????
“I’ll be your gift”?????????????????????????
“Give you something good to celebrate”??????????????????????
She fair loves the question marks.
Sorry.
For all the Katy Perry fans out there.
I find it perverted when an adult sings “So let me get you in your birthday suit” to young children in a music video.
I find it perverted, when an adult lewdly mimics sex acts, in their underwear, as they sing about getting drunk and shagging, to stadiums full of 5-6-7 year old children.
You don’t find that in some way disturbing?
Very Sorry.
I forgot that a lot of Katy Perry fans can’t read.
David, I think you’ve had too much internet for today. Time to take a break and let someone else worry about the stadiums of unsupervised five year-olds for a little while.
I was out in the country fresh air all day Eugene.
And I’m sorryI won’t be letting my guard down to this pedophilia-esque heinous behaviour.
Here’s another Perry “classic” that “she wrote” just for the kids.
A lively little duet number.
With the “singer” Juicey J
With a little tribute, to everyone’s favourite serial killer cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer.
Katy Perry
“Dark Horse”
(feat. Juicy J)
Oh, no.
[Juicy J:]
Yeah
Ya’ll know what it is
Katy Perry
Juicy J, aha.
Let’s rage
[Katy Perry:]
I knew you were
You were gonna come to me
And here you are
But you better choose carefully
‘Cause I, I’m capable of anything
Of anything and everything
Make me your Aphrodite
Make me your one and only
But don’t make me your enemy, your enemy, your enemy
So you wanna play with magic
Boy, you should know what you’re falling for
Baby do you dare to do this?
Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm
Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine
There’s no going back
Mark my words
This love will make you levitate
Like a bird
Like a bird without a cage
But down to earth
If you choose to walk away, don’t walk away
It’s in the palm of your hand now baby
It’s a yes or no, no maybe
So just be sure before you give it all to me
All to me, give it all to me
So you wanna play with magic
Boy, you should know what you’re falling for
Baby do you dare to do this?
Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse
Are you ready for, ready for
A perfect storm, perfect storm
Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine (love trip pin’)?????????
There’s no going back
[Juicy J - Rap Verse:]
Uh
She’s a beast?????????
I call her Karma (come back)
She eats your heart out, Like Jeffrey Dahmer (woo)?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?
Be careful
Try not to lead her on
Shorty’s heart is on steroids??????????????????
Cause her love is so strong
You may fall in love
When you meet her
If you get the chance you better keep her
She’s sweet as pie but if you break her heart
She’ll turn cold as a freezer??????????????????
That fairy tale ending with a knight in shining armor
She can be my Sleeping Beauty
I’m gon’ put her in a coma?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Woo!
Damn I think I love her
Shorty so bad, I’m sprung and I don’t care
She ride me like a roller coaster?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Turned the bedroom into a fair (a fair!)
Her love is like a drug?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I was tryna hit it and quit it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
But lil’ mama so dope?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
I messed around and got addicted?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
[Katy Perry:]
So you wanna play with magic
Boy, you should know what you’re falling for (you should know)
Baby do you dare to do this?
Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse (like a dark horse)
Are you ready for, ready for (ready for)
A perfect storm, perfect storm (a perfect storm)
Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine (mine)
There’s no going back
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What. the. f**k?
From what I can remember.
All of the Gansta Rap, Hip Hop Group concerts in the 90′s were strictly over 18′s and their material was stamped “Parental Advisory Explicit Content”
These guys used to get stalked by the cops, FBI etc and even arrested from time to time.
Some of their material was pretty heavy, as it reflected their lives in the ghettos of the US.
Some of these artists were ex drug dealers, muggers, burglars, and gang bangers,
however saying that they generally never targeted young children with their material.
These days you get Perry a Lewd Stripper, Pornstar impersonator “singing” at the Super Bowl in front of every child in america/world.
Then you get Beyonce another Stripper, Pornstar impersonator Lip Syncing the National Anthem at the inauguration of the President of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Is that an endorsement or what?
Here is a picture of a censorship stamp.
(For all the Katy Perry fans)
Jeez.
A lot of red thumbs for my first comment.
Seems a lot of people seem to be comfortable with adult stripper/pornstar impersonators singing
“Let me get you in your birthday suit”
to young 5-6-7 year old kids in their music videos.
or else
there are a lot of devout Stripper/Pornstar “Child Entertainer” fans out there these days.
Yeah it’s pretty appalling Doc.
I find it disturbing that you know and typed all the lyrics to a Katy Perry song!
I am unsure if your taking the piss or what with these comments….
It’s a lot of effort to take the piss.
@ Julian.
I cut and pasted them from a lyrics website, to explain this heinous perversion.
As a good responsible parent, I take time to study what my young children are being exposed to and targeted with.
Is that a bad thing?
Not taking the p*** Paul.
Just highlighting this demonic behaviour.
Amen Doc.
I definitely ain’t taking the p***.
The disgusting Pedophilia-esque deviants who campaign to sexualise young children of 5-6-7 years (and even younger) should be locked up.
I have one question for all the adult red thumbers out there.
Would you feel comfortable dancing lewdly in your underwear on front of stadiums full of 5-6-7 year children, while you sing about shagging and getting drunk????
Because that what this (excuse of a) woman does.
Looney.
I’m afraid She’s worse than a looney Doc.
A perverted demonic baby sexualiser, stripper/pornstar impersonator, is more befitting.
Shame on anyone who condones her filthy behaviour.
Years ago We convinced a group of Yanks that in Ireland we have a 6 Day week ! every day the same except we don’t have Thursdays !
I’m sure no one really cares but Focus magazine suggested that green and blue are the same colour, just different shades of the same colour, we perceive them to be more different than they actually are because we have so many words for the various shades
Correction: it is not “we” have many words for different shades of colour, it is women have many words for them.
Think computer colour settings: men are in the 8-colour setting, women are in 24-bit true colour, with 64Mpixel, Ultra HD resolution.
Well if you mix blue and yellow paint you get green so the colours aren’t too far away from each other.
Katy Perry is gorgeous!
Maybe ‘wine dark’ is used to describe the dynamic nature of the colour based on volume.
Sure the Greeks didn’t really think of colour. They thought in terms of shade and lustre. They would think of one ‘colour’ as two different shades depending on whether it was in the shade or fully lit. When Homer talks of the “wine-dark sea” he’s saying that the sea has similar visual properties to wine, without really considering ‘colour’. Similarly when the Greeks describe the sky as being ‘bronze’, they’re not actually referring to the colour but rather the burnished brightness of it
ah come on, this article was published on the business insider on the 27th of february. http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2?r=US
Make an effort journal.ie.
Ah, the ubiquitous commentator that doesn’t bother to read the “about the author” section.
This entire article is lifted from this Business Insider article from 27 Feb:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2?r=US
Isn’t a credit needed?
The odd one out in the square of circles is also impossible to see in an image of this size – the colours are not clear enough.
I could find it?! Im sure others did too.
Avoid traffic lights Daniel..:)
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