A sales assistant who was fired after she posted an expletive-laden message about her boss on the Bebo social networking website has been awarded nearly €5,000 compensation.

The comment was:

I fuckin hate that cunt.

The [ Employment Appeals ] tribunal found that Ms Kiernan’s comments deserved “strong censure and possible disciplinary action” but they did not constitute gross misconduct in the circumstances.

As pointed out on boards.ie this morning:

It seems nobody has learned from the fairy.

Which is a reference to American employee of the Anglo Irish Bank who emailed to say he had to go to New York due to a family emergency, only to be discovered on facebook partying in a fairy costume.

Full story on Vallywag for that.

And then there’s the story of the 27 year old male, prosecuted today over leaving dirty messages on a school girl’s bebo site:

Paul Anthony Matthews (27) posted what a judge described as “outrageous” messages on a teenage girl’s site on January 31 this year.

Matthews, of Carnbeg, Doylesfort Road, Dundalk, agreed to pay the victim €3,000 instead of going to jail.

The pioneering case was brought under Section 13 (I) of the Post Office Amendment Act 1951 for sending offensive or indecent material by means of telecommunication.

Full story.

Make thank fuck it’s Friday links go now.

• Not much there yet, but expect biffo.info, about our favourite fucker-saying Offaly man, to only grow as he continues to rip a hole through contemporary Irish politics.
• The worlds largest sofa is in Sandyford in Dublin until Monday. (above)
• Thoughtful lisbon debate.
• “I used to think Enda Kenny was quite good-looking “… Strange crushes @ boards.ie.
• Cyberbullying on bebo:
  
• Joy in the Hood, Ballymun, Des Bishop’s show from a while back. Part 1:
  
  Part 2. Part 3.
• An Irish study of MBT shoes indicate they make you fall over more.
• Don’t forget about Africa day tomorrow.

• The Chancer points us to the footage of a shell to sea protestor chatting to a suspicious man:
  
• At the last anonymous protest on Dublin 12th, there was one thing the protestors didn’t count on - an angry passer-by. “Yeah, we weren’t really prepared for that. We’re trying to formulate some kind of protocol in case that happens at the next protest.”
• Some new litter by laws being planned by Dublin City Council: The new by-laws would mean that pubs and takeaways would have to ensure a 50 metre area around their premises was kept free of litter and stains.
• Why it’s better to be a man than a woman @ boards.ie. Unfortunately, all the real burning questions have moved to The Ladies Lounge where they ask does size matter, deal with the issue of men staring at women’s chests, and more.
• John Gormley has unveiled proposals to have an elected mayor of Dublin within three years. What do you think? Should Jazz Biscuit run? I think so.
• Little bastard expresses remorse at killing two while joyriding, but his bebo page is defiant.

Photo owned by pescatello (cc)

• The 15 Second Film Festival @ The Chancer.
• AOL are buying Bebo for $850 million in cash. That’s about €11.
• One day until the iPhone launch. And people are still posting about how much of a rip off it is. O2, clever chickens, will sucker the suckers at that price point, and then drop it to sucker the slightly less suckerish.
• Rick O’Shea says today is Ask ‘em Out day, where you’re supposed to approach that person you’ve had a crush on and just bite the bullet and ask them out. He has a four step guide up to take you through the whole process.

This youtuber is redubbing lost as if all the characters on the plane had come from Northern Ireland. Here’s the first one, go visit his user profile for more.

Surreal genius, or ice cream eating pointlessness? It’s performance art time at Jazz Biscuit.

Performance art piece by Claire Guerin from ‘Mother Lover Virgin Whore’ exhibition, curated by Sandra Minchen and filmed by David Grannel (August 2007) live in the Granary theatre, Cork city, Ireland. The audience were all given cameras to use during the show, and were a part of the performance

She talks about it at her Bebo page.

Elysium are a Northern Ireland band, and they have their finger on the pulse on modern teen bebo-angst with their excellent rock anthem, The Ballad of Bebo. Some choice quotes from the lyrics:

When you’re all alone
All day long
Tryin to write a song
And all ya think about
is Bebo

…Like a woman on drugs it’s my placebo…

It’ll burn out your eyes with a dial-up connection

It’s been a while since I’ve checked my profile…there’s no replies for me to read

Gotta break free
bebo’s got a hold on me
we believe it’s a government conspiracy

You can hear Ballad of Bebo at Elysium’s myspace profile. It’s also, shock-horror, available at their Bebo songs page.

There’s also a live version up on YouTube, but good luck being able to hear it properly: