I see Ryanair came near the very bottom of an international ethical ranking of multinational companies. The ranking of 581 companies was compiled by Geneva-based Covalence, which measures 45 criteria including labour standards, waste management, social utility and human rights policy. Ryanair were only beaten to the bottom by the likes of Halliburton, Chevron, and Philip Morris (who recently delivered a report to the Czech government saying smoking friendly policy would benefit their government because the premature deaths would reduce the number of people using healthcare and social housing).
The only other Irish company on the list CRH, is also in the bottom 30, sandwiched between Exxon and Japan Tobacco.
I went to Kilmainham to the Museum of Modern Art yesterday afternoon the highlight of which was a load of stones on the floor in the middle of a room entitled [font=“Times New Roman”][i]Kilkenny Limestone Circle.
I came across a culture show on BBC last week and they’d a feature on someone creating an “art-bin” in a large room in an art gallery. It was to be filled with rejected pieces from various artists. Collected together in a bin they would, he said, constitute a new and worthy art piece. The first one going in was a load of drinks cups stuck together which was being called a sculpture. The whole thing was like a piss-take. From what I can see these people seemingly make quite a lot of money too. Amazing stuff.
I’m not allowed to give blood apparently. Had surgery on a broken ankle in England in 1999. AFAIK i’m no longer allowed to donate because of this. Have tried ringing and e-mailing the IBTS to clarify this but nobody has bothered to respond.
One of the birds in work was telling me about this (she neglected to give her actual answers to the above questions). She said that she responded to the appeal for blood during the snow only to be told rather rudely that there was no appointment for her. She kept trying and got an appointment last week.
Will call into the them some night when they’re in town. Will hopefully get a definite answer one way or the other. Used to share a house with a girl whose blood group was A-. Used to get phone calls every now and then begging her to come in and donate, problem was, was almost permanenttly drunk/hungover. Didn’t seem to bother them much though, told her to come in anyway.
TV programs that have guys doing sign language for them in the corner. This idiot is ruining my enjoyment of the story of the 1973 Dolphins in America’s Game on Sky Sports 4 now.
