AUGUST 2006
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IS IT JUST A PIPE DREAM?
IN YOUR ABUNDANT AUGUST ISSUE Audrey Healy encounters that matron magnet Daniel O’Donnell on page 8
Colin Farrell fans will no doubt love ‘Miami Vice’. Michael Hilliard reviews the film on page 18
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ilkenny born sculptor Patrick OʼReilly has come up with the idea of illuminating the Poolbeg chimneys. OʼReilly recently brought Bertrand Chiron the General Manager of Bideau, the company who created the installation of lights for the Eiffel Tower, to view the chimneys. It is estimated that the installation would cost in the region of €1 million and talks are currently taking place with the Dublin City Council and the ESB. The idea is to light the chimneys for ten minutes every hour, so sometimes they would be visible and sometimes not. The lights would be invisible by day. Rosita Boland of the ʻIrish Timesʼ interviewed OʼReilly and he is quoted as saying “People remember things better when they donʼt see them all the time; itʼs more of a surprise. And then, maybe they could be lit all night in celebration of special events.” OʼReilly hopes that funding would come from the ESB and points out that it couldnʼt be a better ad for an electricity board!
After all, OʼReilly says, the ESB are only caretakers for the chimneys, they are owned by the State and ultimately by ourselves. The two chimneys are always
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a welcome sight when returning to Dublin by air. Would the welcome be even more special if they were lit up like two giant Christmas trees? What do you think?
HAT FITS!
Joe Burke, Chairman DCC, is pictured with new Lord Mayor Vincent Jackson at St Andrewʼs Centre, Pearse Street.
How can you wash a jersey with ‘Brian Cullen’ written on it? Shay Connolly is on pages 28 to 29
The pubs are feeling the draught as customers go elsewhere, says Brian Kelly on page 17
A montage of bike photos called ʻBicykillsʼ by Sean Hillen at the Dublin Bicycle Festival at chq, Custom House Quay.