US PGA TOUR:Tiger Woods took the clubhouse lead at the AT&T National but was still not happy with his play after a second-round 66 at Congressional Country Club.
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Ryan returns for Dublin
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Bohs extend their lead
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Harrington falls short of the mark
3 Jul 2009 | 2:40 pmPádraig Harrington's abysmal run of form continued when he missed the cut at the French Open, trailing 15 shots behind second-round leader Rafa Echenique of Argentina. He was joined on five over by Paul McGinley and Graeme McDowell who also shot 75s, but Shane Lowry made his first cut since winning the Irish Open as an amateur in May after avoiding a two-shot penalty for being late on the first tee by only 10 seconds. -
Irish woman seized in Darfur
3 Jul 2009 | 2:09 pmArmed men have kidnapped two aid workers, including an Irish woman, in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars
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Early morning surprise
3 Jul 2009 | 2:50 amIn my house to get to the bathroom I have go out the bedroom door, into the hall, open the door to the kitchen, go through the kitchen, open the door into the back hall, go down the back hall, and then into the bathroom to enjoy all the delights of my throne. I can do this in the dark, in the dark whilst as drunk as a lord, in the dark whilst as drunk as a lord and as stoned as a goat, in the dark whilst as drunk as a lord and as stoned as a goat whilst wearing my eye mask, in the dark whilst drunk as a … you get the idea. It’s a journey well travelled. One which holds no… -
Ned O’Keefe – prick
2 Jul 2009 | 11:06 amGavin has the story. I wish I could say it was unbelievable. The sooner we get a chance to kick these cunts up the hole in a general election the better. Similar posts No Related Post -
Irritants
2 Jul 2009 | 7:36 amAs much as I hate them reading texts out on the radio when the presenter makes a balls of reading it out because he hasn’t taken the time to read it beforehand is seriously annoying. Anyway, it’s just time-filling, cheap as shit radio. Also websites that have an article that makes you click three or four pages to read it all when it could easily fit on one. Click whoring sons of cunts. Similar posts No Related Post -
One day it’ll get me
2 Jul 2009 | 3:46 amOnce a week I go to a particular building to carry out some work. Yes, work. Anyway, as I leave the work area and head towards the stairs, which I must descend in order to get out, there is an attic opening kind of thing at the top of the stairs. From that attic opening pokes out a set of metal steps, which I’m sure turn into a handy kind of ladder when extended. However, each time I pass by I can see the steps extend of their own volition, extending, rushing towards the very centre of my forehead with which they connect at great speed and with a sound that I can hear clearly in my… -
All right then …
1 Jul 2009 | 8:41 am… seeing as people are bored and listless here’s something to pass the time. Yesterday on the old Twitter I opined that if I could do away with one celebrity in this world it’d be Jamie Foxx. I hate him, I hate his face, I hate his voice, I hate his two Xs, I get cross just looking at him. He is, unquestionably, history’s greatest monster. So, if you had a free one, who would it be? And no, I can’t think of anything more cheery to write about. Well I can but celebrities being killed is a lot more interesting. Similar posts No Related Post
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Woods sets the target in Maryland
3 Jul 2009 | 2:40 pmUS PGA TOUR:Tiger Woods took the clubhouse lead at the AT&T National but was still not happy with his play after a second-round 66 at Congressional Country Club. -
Ryan returns for Dublin
3 Jul 2009 | 2:40 pmTeam News:Anthony Daly’s Dublin side shows just one change from the side that beat Wexford in the Leinster hurling semi-final ahead of Sunday’s decider with Kilkenny at Croke Park. -
Bohs extend their lead
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Harrington falls short of the mark
3 Jul 2009 | 2:40 pmPádraig Harrington's abysmal run of form continued when he missed the cut at the French Open, trailing 15 shots behind second-round leader Rafa Echenique of Argentina. He was joined on five over by Paul McGinley and Graeme McDowell who also shot 75s, but Shane Lowry made his first cut since winning the Irish Open as an amateur in May after avoiding a two-shot penalty for being late on the first tee by only 10 seconds. -
Irish woman seized in Darfur
3 Jul 2009 | 2:09 pmArmed men have kidnapped two aid workers, including an Irish woman, in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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LRC convenes talks in electricians’ dispute
3 Jul 2009 | 1:05 pmThe Labour Relations Commission has convened talks for tomorrow in an attempt to resolve a dispute over pay in the electrical contracting sector. -
Firearms seized in Louth
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Man fighting for life after Dublin stabbing
3 Jul 2009 | 11:20 amA man is fighting for his life tonight after being stabbed in Dublin city centre. -
Unions asked to resume talks in electricians’ dispute
3 Jul 2009 | 11:01 amThe National Implementation Body wants electrical and engineering unions to re-engage with employers groups in a bid to avert this week's planned strike action. -
Missing boys located safe and well after boat capsizes
3 Jul 2009 | 10:44 amA search and rescue operation has been stood down, after two 12-year-old boys, feared missing in a river in Co Limerick, were found safe and well.
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Avoiding business blogging blunders
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Avoiding business blogging blunders
18 Apr 2012 | 10:00 pmEstablishing a successful business presence on the web can be tricky but if you fake it, the online community is unforgiving -
Federer powers past Haas
3 Jul 2009 | 8:01 amRoger Federer was all class as he made history by becoming the first man to reach seven consecutive Wimbledon finals. -
Cardinal Newman a step closer to sainthood
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Man given 12 years for murdering shopkeeper
3 Jul 2009 | 7:52 amThere were scenes of uncontrollable grief in a Belfast court today as a self-confessed murderer was given a minimum 12-year sentence for the stabbing of an elderly shopkeeper.
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Stalking accused kept love notes for years, court told
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'Debt trap' warning
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Primary school on high alert after pupil in swine flu scare
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Jury takes minutes to reject costly competition law case
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Mother toasting a second big win on Lotto
2 Jul 2009 | 4:00 pmA MOTHER was toasting an incredible second big Lotto win last night, picking up €500,000 just eight years after she won a €250,000 prize.
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Six die in London tower block blaze
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Irish aid worker kidnapped in Darfur
3 Jul 2009 | 3:53 pmA 32-year-old Irish aid worker, Sharon Commins, has been kidnapped by an armed gang in Sudan's Darfur region, according to John O'Shea from Goal. -
13 injured in train crash in France
3 Jul 2009 | 2:59 pmThirteen people have been injured, after a train derailed near the southwestern French city of Limoges. -
Palin to resign as Alaska governor
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Port workers strike over pay cuts
3 Jul 2009 | 12:39 pmWorkers at Marine Terminals in Dublin Port have gone on strike over pay cuts.
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Charity worker kidnapped in Sudan
3 Jul 2009 | 3:17 pmAn Irish aid worker with the charity Goal is kidnapped by an armed gang in Kutum in the Darfur region of Sudan. -
1,946 arrests for drink-driving
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Derry title hopes hit by defeat
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Chef case collapse sparks queries
3 Jul 2009 | 12:51 pmA man who was to be charged in connection with a break-in at Special Branch offices in 2002 will not be brought to trial.
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Ireland's Biggest Selling Political Weekly
3 Jul 2009 | 9:31 amTHE announcement at the weekend that the UVF and RHC had put their arsenals beyond use and that the UDA had begun a process of disarmament is to be welcomed. -
The search for Jews in Ireland
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Will IVF Work For A Particular Patient? The Answer May Be Found In Her Blood
1 Jul 2009 | 9:15 amDr. Cathy Allen, from the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology on July 1 that her research would help understand why IVF works for some patients but not for others. -
Microsoft to Open Two New Data Centers
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Dublin, Ireland: A Great Vacation
30 Jun 2009 | 6:05 amKissing the Blarney Stone is at the very least, good exercise! Climbing the 120 narrow, circular steps up the Blarney Castle to lie on your back and pucker up to the smooth, cool stone that supposedly renders you eloquent forever is a must if you are visiting Ireland.
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Review: One Wild Life (amazing stories of social entrepreneurs)
1 Jul 2009 | 2:35 amUnfortunately I still haven't gotten around to reading Clare Mulvaney's new book One Wild Life but fellow Social Entrepreneur Dara Hogan, project leader at Fledglings Childcare, has. And wrote a terrific review which he has kindly allowed me to reprint in full here -Review of "One Wild Life" by Clare MulvanyThis book is a “must read” for all social entrepreneurs! Many of us will remember Clare as the excellent photographer who shot us (the 2008 SEI awardees) in Maynooth last September. I must confess that I was surprised to learn that Clare had spent practically a whole year… -
We could build the Holodeck tomorrow
13 Jun 2009 | 11:38 amI got kind of excited when I suddenly realized how close we are to realizing a rudimentary version of Star Trek's Holodeck, so I duplicated our latest post on Daynuv below.Though some of these technologies are in the early stages of development none of them are in the realm of science fiction. Now all we need to do is put them together - Cybercarpet / Cyberwalk / omni-directional treadmill PLUSAirborne Ultrasound Tactile Display PLUSProject Natal PLUS3Dvisor PLUSOpensimEQUALSWorld Builder -
Of Grand Plans and smaller bytes 'n pieces
11 Jun 2009 | 4:25 am1) Congratulations to Ger Hartnett of CoClarity on winning the Innovation and Market Entry award at the LEAP Programme Showcase. And a big fat cheque!2) The same Ger Hartnett started colating Startup Ireland Ideas based around the debate ensuing from the publication of Patrick Collison's Irish Times article - The Grand Plan. My own modest little proposal went as follows - What I’d like to see too is more €6,000-ish grant schemes like the level 1 awards made by Social Entrepreneurs Ireland each year. I was one recipient of such a grant last year and it gave me the opportunity to invest… -
Limerick Open Source meetup was great, next up July 1st
5 Jun 2009 | 3:10 pmWe (at Daynuv) attended our first Limerick Open Source meetup on Thursday evening and had a great chat with a 'different' bunch of people to our usual circle. I guess I've been going to so many Barcamps and OpenCoffees for the last few years and mingling with like-minded entrepreneurs that it was a nice change to talk with a group of (mainly) employees on Thursday night.I don't know whether it's due to the recession or what but Limerick OpenCoffee has taken on a somewhat less relaxed tone lately so the Open Source meetup in the Marriot Hotel hit the right notes with me and I'm not just saying… -
New 3Dcamp talks: IBM, interactive art, DIY multi-touch haptics, teaching with Lego robotics
29 May 2009 | 2:11 amThe 3Dcamp site has more details now on 4 more great talks coming up on June 6th in University of Limerick. This is shaping into a really great event and you can still register (for free). Joanned Stanley from the IBM Innovation Centre on INNOV8 Stephen Howell - Developing Interactive Art with Processing Brett Lawless - DIY Multi-Touch Haptic Interfaces David Higgins - Teaching with Lego Robotics Get the details at the site.
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Office growing - 365
3 Jul 2009 | 9:04 am(July 3rd)I'VE been growing a lot of things this year not only my yarden but also on the windowsill in work. These four tomato plants seem to love our hothouse office, today I spotted the beginnings of tiny flowers. I was supposed to repot them about two to three weeks before I actually did, I just kept forgetting to bring soil, sticks and pots into work. When I finally remembered they shot right up. You can see their (sortof) progress in the bottom pics.Meanwhile my other tomato plants at home have lots of flowers on them (must remember to bring in tomato feed for the work plants on Monday),… -
Happy Honey - 365
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Martin and Miliband - 365
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Cut up first - 365
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It's Dragons' Den meets YouTube in a bid to connect entrepreneurs and investors
3 Jul 2009 | 9:56 amBilled as Dragons' Den meets YouTube, a new video-pitching website has been set up which aims to connect entrepreneurs with investors and help drive Ireland out of recession. -
Skill shortages continue in IT and science
3 Jul 2009 | 9:52 amDespite the rise in unemployment in Ireland, there are still significant skills shortages in the areas of IT, science, sales/marketing, health, accountancy, engineering and management, the Expert Group on Future Skills said today. -
Apple warns of overheating iPhones
3 Jul 2009 | 6:05 amApple has warned that its new iPhone 3G S gets hot during usage and has issued a warning against leaving it inside cars in hot weather. The new device will throw up a temperature warning if it overheats. -
Delta invests €2.5m in Near Field Communication venture
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Renewable-energy firm Airtricity creates 200 jobs
3 Jul 2009 | 3:34 amGreen energy supplier Airtricity has this morning announced that it is to create 200 jobs in the Irish market, as the company begins its drive to supply electricity to half a million business and domestic customers in the next three years.
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R&H Hall
3 Jul 2009 | 12:53 pmThe huge bulk of R&H Hall can be seen for miles around, as telecoms companies noticed too when they planted their dishes and aerials on top of the building. It’s a prominent building in Cork Docklands, and surprisingly, I’ve only posted photos of it once before, when it was on fire 3 years ago. I *have* to head down to the Docklands at some stage and photograph it again, apparently there are plans to redevelop it although I’m sure they’re up in the air given “the current financial climate” as they say. Shot from in front of the Clarian with a nice long… -
Waterford Glass
2 Jul 2009 | 1:45 amIt’s funny the things that catch your eye. On a corner on Patrick’s Street there are these 3 signs: “Seiko”, “Waterford Glass” and “HMV”. Related PostsMargi, of Ladywolf GlassChocolate through the glassMurphy’s -
Haircut, pint and hangover pills
1 Jul 2009 | 1:34 amSo, start off in the College of Hairdressing to tighten up that stylish hair of yours, then off to the “Hi B” for a pint (but turn your mobile phone off!) and then downstairs to Minihan’s Pharmacy for the Alkazelser. Actually, I don’t like the Hi B. Any pub owner who verbally attacks his customers is a pub I don’t want to frequent. Lovely people in the pharmacy though. Related PostsA pint of beer and a newspaperO’Keeffe Lounge and BarThe goold old days of cheap fuel -
Samskip Pioneer
30 Jun 2009 | 1:10 amSamskip Pioneer, a container ship, docked in Cork last weekend. We were down by the Marina in Blackrock on a blistering hot Saturday. While us Irish sat in the shade, Spanish students sat out in the 3pm sun, some wearing long sleeve tshirts! I know, I know, they’re used to the heat but the mind still boggles. I’m useless if the temperature goes above 25C. Anyway, I went searching and found aprs.fi where you can track the radio transmissions from shipping and found this map showing the location of Samskip Pioneer last Saturday. Login as “V2BT5″, the callsign of the… -
386
29 Jun 2009 | 10:11 amC386, a fishing boat in Kinsale, photographed just over a year ago. Related PostsNo related posts
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Lyrical
3 Jul 2009 | 2:17 pmOn Wednesday night, WHPR invited a load of bloggers over to theirs for beer and pizza to preview the new Budweiser commercial. Written by Dave Henderson and Richard Denney, and shot by award winning director Chris Palmer, it was shot over 5 days from an actual train on the metro-rail as it tracked around the city of Chicago. To be honest, I wouldn’t have known who Chris Palmer was before but it turns out he directed the Skoda cake ad and the one with the famous ex-footballers on the pub team (love that ad). We sat down, got comfortable and watched the ad through a few times trying to… -
Friday Photo – Bill Baile(y) Atha Cliath
3 Jul 2009 | 1:39 pmLast Saturday night myself and a few of the peoples went to see Bill Bailey in the Olympia. The guy is damn hilarious and I’ve been a fan for a good few years. At the end of the gig he encouraged punters to roam up on stage and dance about with him. The photo above was taken by Darren but my shoulder helped steady the camera so I’m claiming I contributed to its capture. Darren’s got the full set on Flickr here. -
The Game
3 Jul 2009 | 7:59 amReally like this short SFX film by Ross Costigan called ‘The Game’. The full story of how he made it is over on Ross’ blog so you can find out how they went about it. Really talented guy. -
Friday Photo – King of Pop
26 Jun 2009 | 9:32 amIt’s a departure for the Friday photo, in that it’s obviously not a photo of mine, but with the day that’s in it, I’ll go with it. Michael Jackson was an amazing performer and I’m sorry I never got to see him live. RIP. -
Pimped by the BBC
25 Jun 2009 | 8:52 amI followed @BBCEntsTeam on Twitter this morning. Turns out I was their 5000th follower so they decided to pimp me out.
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While we’re on the subject of big asks…
20 Jun 2009 | 10:21 am… this wonderful Greenpeace donation form on Sofii is worth a mention. Under the ‘give what you can afford’ section, the tick boxes start off at £100, then go £50, £25, £10 and then all the way down to £0.50 before finishing with £250,000 (their anticipated legal bill for the THORP campaign). The combination of the very low and very high amounts really drives home the message that no gift is too small - or too large. Even fifty pence can help. And apparently one donor did give £200,000. -
How to ask your donors for €10,000 in the mail… and get it.
19 Jun 2009 | 7:28 amYou probably have that nagging feeling from time to time that lurking amongst your run-of-the-mill donors are a handful of folk with lots and lots and lots of money who are dutifully writing cheques for €75 in response to your appeals. You may have profiled your database and done your prospect research, but that feeling won’t go away. Hiding in there somewhere are some quiet, low profile wealthy people who you just know could be giving you so much more. Like many non profits who have received a lot of statutory funding in the past, the current downturn hasn’t been kind to… -
Barretstown spring appeal income up by 42%
12 Jun 2009 | 3:14 amI thought I’d share some good news on the fundraising front. Income from our spring campaign for Barretstown is up 42% on last year. Which we think is pretty good. And it shows that when you ask them properly, treat them as individuals and make a compelling case, people are still generously supporting causes that matter to them. You can read more about the campaign in our WORK section. -
Giancarlo Ramaioli
27 May 2009 | 2:38 pmMany of you will have known Giancarlo, who passed away yesterday after a long illness. Back in 1989, Gian co-founded Graphiconies, which later became Public Communications Centre. Myself and Gian worked together in PCC from 1994 until 2001 and shared an office for much of that time. When I joined, Gian had the job of teaching me everything I needed to know about printing - now long forgotten curiosities such as output bureaux, film and cromalins. Way back in the last century, Gian was an online evangelist, seeing the potential of the internet for nonprofits long before most charities even… -
IFC Online just about to start…
12 May 2009 | 3:56 amThe world’s “first global virtual fundraising conference” is just about to start. Mari Tikkanen will kick things off with a session on Using social media to re-energize relations and mobilize support from government donors at 12.30 today. Some of the other highlights include, Obama-man Scott Goodstein talking about digital advocacy, Mal Warwick on Fighting the Recession with Online Tools on Nick Allen on how to build an email list. You can still register here. You can follow the liveblog here. And the twitter tag is #ifconline
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Ever thought about paying for a college essay?
14 Jun 2009 | 12:09 pmI wasn't the most organised of individuals during my college days. I'd often find myself scrambling to finish an essay the day before a deadline. In those situations, my first stop would usually be websites like Sparknotes or Wikipedia. I never failed to make make my deadlines, but when time was running short, one option that tempted me was to click on one of those flashing "Free College Essay" -
When is a secret ballot, not a secret ballot?
10 Jun 2009 | 2:29 pmSarah Carey has written a piece for the IT regarding the way the tally system works in many Irish constituencies. She writes:No one minds a dozen or so votes going astray. People are entitled to vote for whomever they want of course, but 42 is not free will – it’s a conspiracy. Forty two acts of betrayal which allowed a running mate to get too far ahead and put the weaker candidate at risk. In -
Bye-Bye Chairman Ganley
8 Jun 2009 | 10:38 amI was saddened to see that Declan Ganley looks set to fail in his attempt to become an MEP for the North-West constituency. Ganley, the leader of the new European super-party Libertas, was said to be "quietly confident" as the counting began, but this confidence seems to have been misplaced, unlike a wheelie-bin that never was. The next few days will be rather awkward for the honourable Chairman. -
RTE's exit poll & class
6 Jun 2009 | 12:56 pmRTE have released their exit poll. The report I linked to includes an explanation of the poll's design. I found the following pretty interesting:In the event of refusal at contact, the interviewer noted sex, approximate age and social class, and sought to replace that person at the first available opportunity with a person sharing similar demographic characteristics.So age and sex are easily -
At Last! Libertas reveal a policy
3 Jun 2009 | 9:05 amThings could be looking better for Libertas. Thanks to their selection of anti-semetic candidates in Poland, they find themselves the target of Nazi-hunters and more and more people find themselves wondering just what exactly Libertas' vision of Europe entails.While I can't speak as to whether or not Jew-hating is an official Libertas policy, I can tell you all that Libertas are in favour of the
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What if a blogger could be bound to the peace
3 Jul 2009 | 7:02 amTHE DISTRICT COURT in County Carlow heard a case involving a town councillor who addressed a colleague with a more civil demeanor than some Irish bloggers use online. The newly elected Fine Gael councillor has been bound to the peace for calling a fellow party member "a fucking scab." This is an offence under the Public Order Act because the comment was uttered on a public street. I doubt more than a dozen people heard the comment. So what should we make of Irish tweeple, Irish bloggers or long-time residents of Ireland who hurl profane invective into a public stream of commentary that is… -
EU Meeting Laid-off Dell Workers
3 Jul 2009 | 6:43 amEU COMMISSIONER for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Vladimir Spidla is in Limerick today to meet community representatives involved in the Moyross Regeneration Project and workers made redundant from the Dell plant. It would have been interesting to connect with the MP during Limerick OpenCoffee yesterday (at left). In an Irish Times report, Mr Spidla said he was "aware of how hard Limerick an dits region had been hit b the recession." He wants to get "a fuller picture of the situation on the ground" to help understand "what people are going through and the situation they…
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taking an axe to the National Theatre
26 Jun 2009 | 7:22 amdark days for abbey theatre Does this Govt. support the national theatre? While the Abbey gets cuts in funding from the Arts Council 25 jobs are to be axed if the director of the theatre gets his way. And what does the minister for the arts have to say? all spin spin spin. Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism says, “I welcome this exciting announcement today from the Abbey Theatre. I am delighted that the National Theatre productions of the calibre of ‘Terminus’ and ‘Ages of the Moon’ will now be seen by audiences in more venues both in Ireland… -
Precious Little Deal by Dr. Woods
16 Jun 2009 | 2:34 pmEleanor McEvoy - Precious Little on MUZU. “Shake your beads out Join your hands That still won’t make you right Those so-called sinners that you’re praying for Are standing by your side” (eleanor mcevoy © 1994 Blue Dandelion Publishing) -
Joe Higgins MEP
8 Jun 2009 | 3:26 amThe Great Anti-Theft Movement had a major boost, the workers movement has a Marxist MEP in the European Parliament. From Lispole Co. Kerry, The Dublin West Socialist Party (CWI) Joe Higgins was elected after 5am. Press Talk after declaration [audio MP3] Interview at 3am with Independent Patricia McKenna [audio MP3] -
vote #1 Joe Higgins Socialist Party
4 Jun 2009 | 11:33 amFinal election appeal of Joe Higgins - a fighter for workers, young people and the unemployed. Joe Higgins is standing for the Dublin Constituency in the Euro Elections to be held on Friday, June 5th, to give people throughout Dublin an opportunity to strike a real blow against this governments attacks on working people. Joe is well known as a fighter for working people for the last thirty years, and as being the real opposition when in the Dail from 1997 to 2007. Now more than ever we need to elect fighters like Joe. Two key reasons to vote Joe Higgins No. 1 - Wipe out Fianna Fail, &… -
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Andy Lee
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Karl Malden 1912 – 2009
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NASA Publishes New Terrain Map
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Anti-Gang Legislation Too Extreme, Says Council for Civil Liberties
1 Jul 2009 | 10:38 amCriminal Justice (Amendment) Bill published
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Caricatures Ireland
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Charlie Adley’s Double Vision: If UPC Support is a lottery, I’ve so many numbers I’ll be a winner soon!
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Charlie Adley’s Double Vision: “Are you eating your own hand, Charlie?” “No shanks, I’m fine!”
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Geekgasm.
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Johnny Massacre- I wonder where he got it.
28 Jun 2009 | 12:41 pmJulian Gough thought he saw Johnny Massacre in Berlin last night. Johnny was never one of the best buskers. He was the best. If you had to walk down Shop Street on a summer’s evening you’d want to give yourself an extra half an hour for your journey. Johnny would have brought the street to a standstill. I never caught up with him for that pint after he got back to Ireland from his travels. He was dead within a month of a quick chat in Easons. His funeral was one of the best day’s craic I ever had. The priest struggled to give a convincing eulogy as his inexperience with beds… -
50th birthday caricature
26 Jun 2009 | 8:37 amThis caricature was for a fiftieth birthday party last weekend. Caricatures are ideal presents for birthdays as they’re totally unique and can incorporate so much of the subject’s personality and interests. If you’d like to enquire about a caricature for a birthday or other event, drop me a line by clicking Contact opposite.
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Conor's Bandon Blog
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We declare our resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation
29 Jun 2009 | 2:35 amI woke up this morning to read about Brian Cowen’s “Innovation” Taskforce and have spent since then utterly enraged. In a time of crisis when men/women of vision and ability need to quickly agree a strategy and execute it with confidence, Brian Cowen assembles 28 people (plus the heads of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, the Higher Education Authority and representatives from the departments of Education and Science, Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and Finance). Yes my jaw hit the floor too. A 40+ person talk-shop and travel expenses generator. -
West Cork Literary Festival Update
22 Jun 2009 | 11:50 amJust in from the people organising the West Cork Literary Festival: PJ Lynch, one of the most celebrated children’s book illustrators, will give a special Children’s Talk on Monday 6th July, as part of the West Cork Literary Festival. He will also give a Public Interview with Robert Dunbar on the evening of July 6th. PJ has won numerous awards including the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal, three times, and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal on two occasions, first for “The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey” by Susan Wojciechowski, and again for “When Jessie… -
Ivan asks – Can we feed ourselves?
16 Jun 2009 | 12:29 amDeeply important piece by Ivan on food security and our future. Don’t just read it, leave your thoughts too. The ability of a country to feed itself and have a sustainable agri-business must surely have been a major motivator of Reddy Brennan and his team in Avonmore in the early 1970s. A man of great vision with incredible negotiation skills, he is one of the heroes of Irish industry. Our family will always be grateful to him. Reddy Brennan 1924-2009, RIP. -
We must never forget
26 May 2009 | 3:22 amVia Twenty. As he said, no words from us necessary. -
Systematic Evil
23 May 2009 | 5:56 amI can’t bear to read the report. It sickens me to think what those evil scum covered up over the years. I’m not a religious person but I take some comfort in imagining everyone involved in the systematic abuse of children in the 20th century burning in the eternal fires of hell. Some comfort in imagining every priest, every brother, every nun, every bishop, every arch-bishop, every cardinal, every papal nuncio, every pope who knew anything about what was happening in this country and DID NOTHING, being raped by satan every day for eternity. The Catholic Church in Ireland should…
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Grannymar
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A Room with a Loo
2 Jul 2009 | 10:19 pmThis photo appeared on Conrad’s blog the other day. The post was entitled It All Depends Upon How You Look At It… I tried to be polite with my comment… Well my mother did her best to make a lady out of me! Had Conrad asked us to give our very first thought on seeing the photo, mine might have been ‘Extreme Constipation’! The specimen roll of paper above appears to be embossed with hearts. It was a reminder to me of how this particular product has changed over the years and the uses to which it is put. Loo paper has almost a status these days. First off we… -
Thursday Special ~ Holy Holidays
1 Jul 2009 | 10:36 pmTwo priests decided to go to Hawaii on vacation. They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy. As soon as the plane landed they headed for a store and bought some really outrageous shorts, shirts, sandals, sunglasses, etc. The next morning they went to the beach dressed in their ‘tourist’ garb. They were sitting on beach chairs, enjoying a drink, the sunshine and the scenery when a ‘drop dead gorgeous’ blonde in a topless bikini came walking straight towards them.. They couldn’t help but stare. As… -
Handy Hints for Wednesday ~ 34
30 Jun 2009 | 10:05 pmHow about a Nancy pin-cushion? Since Nancy only had one bar of soap and needed it in the bath, why not try using steel wool to fill your pin cushion, it will keep needle points sharp. Wash sweaters inside out and leave them that way until finished ironing. Place a layer of muslin or an ironing cloth smoothly over the item to be ironed. For machine washing - use the wool cycle only. You can use certain fragrances to deter moths. Dried lavender blossoms in cotton bags or Cedar wood blocks hung in wardrobes or placed in drawers will do the trick. Did you ever try cutting a hot or warm… -
Flight of the Bumble Bee
29 Jun 2009 | 10:19 pmThe discussion had gone on for an hour, quietly, with both of us putting forward the reasons why the other should not be the one to do the job in hand. The sun was shining and the day calm. It wasn’t an argument - we didn’t argue, we discussed. The lid was removed and paint stirred, the brushes ready and the ladder extended, I stood with my hand out for the splash cloth. Slowly, very slowly Jack moved to relinquish it to me. The handing over of that cloth to me was the acceptance that his days of climbing ladders were over. Up until that point we shared in the decorating… -
Food Monday ~ To quench a thirst
28 Jun 2009 | 10:27 pmWith all the good weather about it is time for outdoor living and BBQs. There is nothing like a good punch to to get the party going. Gin Punch 3 Bottles of medium sweet white Wine 1 Bottle Gin 2 Bottles orange (dilute able) Mix wine and gin with one bottle of orange. Add extra orange to taste.Serve in a large bowl decorated with sugar and orange slices. (75 glasses approx) >*<+>*<+>*<+>*< Punch with Champagne and Cointreau 1 bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine 2 bottles white wine ½ bottle Cointreau 1 punnet of fresh strawberries, washed & halved. Mix…
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This is what I do.
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Could your thoughts help your financial situation? Sondra Ray thinks so
17 Jun 2009 | 1:34 pmI wouldn't normally put something like this up but it's a favour for a friend - and you never know, it might help someone:What Are Your Thoughts Worth? - Prosperity Consciousness seminar by Sondra RayYou'll learn how to create harmonic wealth in all parts of your life financially, relationally, mentally, physically and spiritually.The Prosperity Consciousness Seminar is designed to be powerful and effective for you.Sondra Ray is going to tune up your capacity to create abundance, prosperity, health and fulfilling relationships no matter what the “economy” and other outside forces appear… -
US expert in M.E, C.F.S and Fibromyalgia speaks in Dublin this Thursday
16 Jun 2009 | 1:40 amVia the comments:The Irish ME/CFS Association is delighted to announce that US ME Expert, Dr Derek Enlander, has agreed to speak in Dublin.Title of talk: "Current treatment of ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".Venue: Mount Herbert Hotel, Herbert Road, Dublin 4Time and date: 7.45pm, Thursday June 18Admission: €5. All are welcome.Dr Enlander grew up in Northern Ireland and studied medicine in Dublin in the 1960s before obtaining a fellowship to Stanford University; he has lived and worked in the US ever since.Dr Enlander’s practice in New York is devoted to ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia. He has… -
"I'm going to twitter!!" - the #darraghchute movie
12 Jun 2009 | 9:00 amWell, I did it. €2129.99 so far. Niamh and I made a very cheesy video of the day, which is below. Will try to do a higher quality version later. Also used footage from the Irish Parachute Club.I was nervous. VERY nervous. Of course it wasn't "the first live tweet ever from an aircraft". I love the "I'm GOING TO TWITTER" yell! There's so many DO NOT WANT expressions on my face, especially as the parachute opens, and basically, I was in bits for a while afterwards.But I did it.Once again, thanks to everyone who donated, blogged, tweeted and wished me well. As embarrassing as this video is,… -
What you've done
29 May 2009 | 7:00 amHere's what you've done.You've put a smile on their faces:The lady on the left? 102 years old. Beside her? Her Carelocal volunteer.You've got this woman up singing with a band:She lives in a nursing home. Loves to sing - sang all the time to her family as she got them ready for work and school, went out with her friends to dances and gigs and sang along with the band. Her voice may not be as strong but she still loves getting up and blasting out a bit of Joe Dolan.You've got these people up dancing:They don't get out as much as they used to. Either stuck in their houses or the nursing home,… -
Where the bad jokes come from...
28 May 2009 | 5:06 amBill had been getting progressively more bald at a very young age, and it was depressing him quite a bit.Eventually, he decided to get a wig, and the following evening he came into the pub looking 10 years younger, with a full head of jet black hair. The locals admired his new look, and complimented him on how realistic it looked. Eventually, Joe asked him for a closer look, and, though slightly embarrassed, he slipped the wig off and handed it over. However, as soon as Joe took the wig, he began to complain about everything: the weather, his job, the quality of the pint, anything and…
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Slugger O'Toole
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“a campaign of intimidation..”
3 Jul 2009 | 1:04 pmNo one has yet been charged in connection with the attack on the City Church in the Holylands area which sheltered Roma families after they left their homes. But, following the arrest of three men, including the law student son of a leading QC who appears to sit on the GAA’s Anti- Doping Hearings Committee, and despite the police reportedly saying at the time that there was “no indication of a racial motive to the vandalism”, Policing Board members are now apparently concerned about the accuracy of the initial reporting. From the Irish Times report.Sinn Féin… -
My first parade of the season
3 Jul 2009 | 12:14 pmTo get myself warmed up for our 12th outing I went along to an Orange Parade in my home town of Crumlin tonight. I lasted half of the 2 hours scheduled, mainly because I got bored. The occasion was the opening of the Arch in the Village which has appeared in recent days. I’ve never been a fan of the thing and it certainly isn’t a work of art being more designed to last than for any aesthetic quality. I fell in with a bad crowd at the outset, Parades Commission monitors, there because of concerns raised by local residents over the route and the fact last year one of the bands stopped… -
John Henry Newman: one step enough for me
3 Jul 2009 | 7:14 amPope Benedict XVI today recognised the healing of Deacon Jack Sullivan in 2001 as a miracle resulting from the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God John Henry Newman. So with that slightly bonkers preamble, Cardinal Newman’s progress to sainthood seems assured. The former Oxford don and Anglican rector turned Roman Catholic prelate went on to found University College Dublin, a role which the college handsomely acknowledges. His idea of a university valiantly tried to reconcile the teaching of Revealed Truth with open enquiry rather than creating a narrow theological… -
not in a position to make available all the relevant material to PPS for the purposes of disclosure”
3 Jul 2009 | 5:08 amAccording to the BBC report, Larry Zaitschek, the New York chef who was charged with aggravated burglary, assault and imprisonment of a police officer and of having information of use to terrorists following the Castlereagh burglary in 2002, will not be brought to trial. The theft of Special Branch files at the Belfast Headquarters of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and subsequent allegations of a Sinn Féin spy-ring, led to the suspension of the NI Assembly. Needless to say the Slugger archive contains useful nuggets, from an early note of the investigation in 2002,… -
Robinson backs Larkin
3 Jul 2009 | 4:18 amThe BBC are reporting that Peter Robinson has backed John Larkin for Attorney General. So of the “lot of things” that could happen, at least one seems to have gone. I wonder what was second on Ian Jnr’s list.
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Splintered Sunrise
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Could this man be the saviour of conservatism? The Hitch thinks so…
28 Jun 2009 | 1:45 pmNot for the first time, Peter Hitchens has a bee in his bonnet. Today, his column begins with this stirring cry: It is time David Davis left the Tory Party and urged others to follow. He is by far the most distinguished, experienced and principled conservative politician in the country. Yet there is now no room for him in David Cameron’s teenage Shadow Cabinet of Etonians, nobodies and Etonian nobodies. This glaring fact, set alongside the fawning support which the Leftist BBC and Leftist Guardian now give Mr Cameron, should tell us all we need to know about the Tories. Don’t hold… -
Very strange man dies
26 Jun 2009 | 4:31 pmTruth be told, Michael Jackson never really did it for me. I do like some of the old Motown-era Jackson Five material, but his solo work I can take or leave alone. On the other hand, I can well understand the reaction from people who were seriously into him. When Warren Zevon died, I was so upset I could barely listen to his records for months afterwards. So I’m not going to get into the whys and wherefores of Wacko himself. His musical work should be assessed by someone who’s got more of an interest in that sort of thing. All I know is that he was enormously successful, and he… -
Our multilingual Assembly
25 Jun 2009 | 7:17 amOnce in a while, I like to have a scan over Hansard, to see how our MLAs are occupying themselves. And, of course, to get a little sample of their wit and wisdom: Mr Hamilton: Looking at the sparsity of the Chamber, obviously it was not clear enough before the lunch break that I would be speaking — Mr Deputy Speaker: It was clear. Mr Hamilton: Oh dear. I am happy to delay, Mr Deputy Speaker, if you want to let in all of the screaming hordes who want to hear my contribution, but I will ably go on. Mr K Robinson: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it possible for the proceedings to… -
Area woman perturbed at Slavic invasion of SW19
24 Jun 2009 | 5:05 pmSo then, let’s get onto the tennis. I was disappointed to see Hackney girl Anne Keothavong go out early, after she’s had such a good run-in, but at least Elena Baltacha is still there, a gutsy player who’s had some terrible luck with injuries and who you can’t help warming to. But that’s not what I want to talk about. What caught my eye was this appalling column from Liz Hunt in the Torygraph, which sadly is typical of what we can expect from a certain breed of female columnist. You see, Liz is settling down to watch Wimbledon: I am not a year-round tennis fan. -
Tennis coach promoted to umpire’s chair
24 Jun 2009 | 3:09 pmIt’s Wimbledon time again, and whilst I had been meaning to write something on the tennis, I suppose John Bercow’s elevation to the Speakership is also worth covering. Which is kind of fitting, because he’s a well-regarded tennis coach and could have been a decent player if his health had permitted. I must admit that I quite like the guy. And a lot of this, frankly, is that he arouses such hatred amongst the Tories that, as Claude says, he must have something going for him. I notice, for instance, that the Daily Mail’s resident pervert, Harry Potter lookalike Quentin…
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Red Cardinal
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Today I Will Mainly Be Wearing…
10 Jun 2009 | 1:19 am… a suit, as I’m the trainer at tonight’s Digital Marketing Institute course in Dublin. My session is covers Site Architecture, and given that I’m very interested in the more technical aspects of SEO and site architecture I really enjoyed being part of the previous session. Hopefully tonight I’ll meet some more interesting folk, and have some great discussions around Online Marketing in Ireland. Next week I’ll be down to the Rebel Republic as the trainer of the Cork course. View Comments (2) Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | Digg this! -
Honest-To-God Product Names
3 Jun 2009 | 1:02 amI thought this was funny and interesting at the same time. I’m really in two minds though whether this honest-to-God product name will be a sales success: The Brown Corporation Homepage - The Home of the Amazing Shit Box It’s a risky marketing strategy for sure. It does look like an interesting product, and certainly a very honest marketing approach. I wonder what Paul Dervan would think of this? View Comments (6) Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | Digg this! -
Designing For Sign-up
2 Jun 2009 | 12:50 amStumbled on this very interesting presentation given by Joshua Porter of bokardo.com: Some really great thoughts in there, although I’d never underestimate the value of cleaning up forms and funnels to improve conversion rates. View Comments (2) Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | Digg this! -
Google Local Business Center & How to Rank for Local Search
25 May 2009 | 3:27 amIt’s been fairly interesting to watch, and I’ve been doing some more digging around to better understand both cause and effect of Google Local Business Center listings appearing in the one box area on Irish SERPs. A Brief Recap In November 2007 I first noticed that Google had added Ireland to it’s Local Business Center. At the time I thought this was big news as it seemed to indicate the imminent release of Google Local listings in Irish SERPs. As per Google’s online docs: You can check if it’s available for your country by looking through the drop-down menu in… -
Google Local One Box Listings Appear - Biggest Change to Irish Search?
20 May 2009 | 3:59 amThis could be rather big for anyone working in SEO in Ireland. It doesn’t seem so long ago, but in fact I had to go back to November 2007 to find my post about Google Local Business Center including Ireland. Well it took a while for anything else to happen, but finally it appears that Ireland is getting local listings in the one box listing (if you’re interested in what the “one box” is here’s a post I wrote in January 2007 explaining the one box [where does the time go??]). Cork Web Design Local One Box Listing Earlier this morning I received an email from Simon…
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Pat Phelan: Telecomms Disruptor
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Palm in O2’s hand
1 Jul 2009 | 12:12 pmPalm have all but confirmed that they have entered into an agreement with 02 for exclusive distribution of their much praised Pre. From pretty limited sources it appears that the Pre has sold 300,000 units in its first month in the USA, this is quite successful especially in a market where the Iphone has been an enormous success. The Palm will be a huge hit in Europe in my opinion but its really quite surprising to see O2 going for a second premium device and you would think that Apple may not be the happiest at this development. Hopefully this news will force Vodafone to start pushing the… -
Nokia Siemens and Iran, USA uses exact same technology to monitor its citizens
30 Jun 2009 | 5:29 pmI have been watching developments closely on this non issue around Nokia’s involvement in supplying Nokia Siemens switching for mobile communications equipment to Iran. I think Nokia’s behavior in the whole sordid issue has been exemplary given that the so called monitoring equipment (intercept) is supplied by every Mobile switch manufacturer at every installation on the planet. U.S. Government Has Same Wireless Monitoring Ability as Iran (businessWeek) Now that we have the usual rent a mob who know zero about the technology starting a fucking dumb campaign with an anti Nokia… -
Zero mobile, whats the real story?
30 Jun 2009 | 11:58 amZero Mobile launched with a blast at CTIA Las Vegas and immediately won an award for its $69.95 unlimited Voice/data/sms package in the USA which hadn’t even launched at the time. I have been hearing fishy stories regarding Zero ever since and decided to have a look around. 1. There appears to be no update or launch date on the Zero site. 2. A new player has now appeared on the horizon, Buzzirk Mobile is now an official partner of Zero and will resell it services, terrible website, cue customary celebrity pictures and a main site that has a Plesk control panel in place. 3. Sign-up to be… -
Magic Jack hits the magic 100 million
27 Jun 2009 | 6:12 amOn March the 12th 2007 I wrote that Magic Jack would be a winner. A couple of days later they sent me the device Now we hear that Magic Jack will hit $100 million turnover this year. “The company is selling about 9,000 to 10,000 MagicJacks a day, according to Borislow, and customers are using about 500 million minutes a month. The company will do more than $100 million in sales this year, Borislow says, and is cash-flow positive” I had a chat a few years ago with the founder Dan Borislow and told him how I loved the product, Dan has had a very successful business career and is one… -
iPhone Paddy Tax still alive and well in O2 Ireland
20 Jun 2009 | 7:51 amIts like the team the never learns at O2 Ireland Its beyond disgraceful and they just don’t seem to give a damn about the Irish consumer on the Iphone 3GS launch. Check the UK prepaid pricing out here Check the Irish prepaid pricing here Retail for 8GB iPhone 3GS Ireland €519 UK €522.77 (Equivalent) Packages Ireland: free wifi roaming-Data roaming 99c a day, capped at 50mb UK: free unlimited wifi and data usage for no cost. Its really quite incredible, cost of purchase and ownership of the device for one year costs the Irish prepaid consumer AN EXTRA €361.35 if they use the data…
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The Cedar Lounge Revolution
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John Waters on queues, Ireland, Rome, whatever…
3 Jul 2009 | 9:15 amAn odd piece, but no more than all the rest as The Three Johns used to sing, but still odd, from John Waters in the Irish Times. Our scribe has decided that… INVITED TO appear on the last Questions and Answers , with a brief to review the 23 years of Irish life since the programme first aired, I went around last week looking for signs of the deeper human trends that emerged in that period. Most changes are obvious: immigration, the fact that murder reports on the news are more likely to be from Dublin than Belfast, mobile phones and so on. But unless you happen to be married to a… -
McCreevy redux
2 Jul 2009 | 11:49 pmAs an addendum to the piece last weekend about Charlie McCreevy I very grateful to the person who sent me this interview in Hot Press from last year with the man himself… The economy… JASON O’TOOLE: Are things going to get worse? CHARLIE MCCREEVY: We are in for a period of lower and slower economic growth worldwide. I hope the big tsunamis of the financial sector that have occurred – I would like to think that the worst of that is out of the way. I can’t predict that better than anybody else. But the consequences of all this – no matter what’s going to happen in… -
Job subsidies redux.
2 Jul 2009 | 11:48 pmFurther to yesterday’s thoughts on the Irish Times and job subsidy programmes and Sarah Carey’s piece on same, here’s a riposte from David Begg of ICTU which further demonstrates some of the fallacies implicit in the original piece – not least that the unions haven’t signed up to the government proposals. And here is an assessment of the issue by Donagh on the Irish Left Review which I think is very useful in exploring the overall terrain of what we might dubiously term a ‘debate’. Oh yeah, and as one person on Progressive Economy noted, and something… -
My Supper with Brendan… At the Aubane Historical Society…
1 Jul 2009 | 4:14 pmMany thanks to “An Interested Party” for the following… While I was in Dublin on the 9th of May (staying with a relative), I decided to attend the Aubane Historical Society’s launch of the “Notes on Eire” book in the Teacher’s Club, out of curiosity. I’d heard about them on websites like Politics.ie and Indymedia-the former Unionists-turned-Nationalists. I was interested and wanted to discover what they were like in person. I arrived at the Teacher’s Club at about 7.25 and there were several people waiting outside the entrance. As I was… -
Job subsidies… the media and the left response. Or…taking on the unions but, oddly, ignoring ISME…
1 Jul 2009 | 4:13 pmIt’s interesting how a political viewpoint will stick, as it were, forcing the writer down particular conceptual paths. I’m as guilty of that as anyone, and I guess it’s not necessarily a bad thing, at least if it’s understood what the viewpoint is from the start. But it can lead to problems, a certain narrowness of focus, a tendency to not see the wood for the trees, and what finer example of that is in yesterday’s piece by Sarah Carey, now establishing herself as a sort of popular economics maven for the Irish Times. She has dipped her toes back in the…
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le craic
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Spice Burger is back
3 Jul 2009 | 2:07 amThe big Friday news today is that the Spice Burger is back. Due to the publicity surrounding the demise of the chipper’s favourite, Walsh Family Foods have received enough orders to justify production again. See, who said consumer power didn’t work Nobody will have to make their own now. (ht/ jonathangrimes) -
Scenes from a mall #999112911
30 Jun 2009 | 2:48 amUsually they collapse in the public toilets. First sign of any trouble is when legs are spotted sticking out under the door of the cubicle. The only way for paramedics to get in to assist is for the security team to remove the door from the hinges. I’m talking about the victims of drug overdose by the way. To my knowledge, the OD’s that security have dealt with in this shopping centre have all turned out well. When I say well, I mean the drug addict is saved to continue smoking / shooting heroin. It’s very easy to spot them. Eyes sunk into the back of their head, glazed… -
This week’s header image on le craic
28 Jun 2009 | 5:08 amWas sad to hear the news of Michael Jackson’s death this week. I had a Twitter client running on Thursday and deliberately logged out when I started to see the news filter through. Not interested in participating in vulture like behaviour on the communication channel “du jour”. Makes me sick actually. And yet, here I am, a couple of days later adding more bits and bytes of data to Michael Jackson’s electronic cloud in the sky. Back in August last year I posted a photo of how Michael Jackson might look at 50. It was originally published in the Daily Mail. I wrote a little about… -
Culchie Calendar for 2010
24 Jun 2009 | 2:48 amSurprised no one has thought of this before – a Culchie Calendar. No, not a Culch.ie one, an honest to goodness milk bottley, freckly, red headed, ham sandwich eating version. Organised by Tracey Clancy in Tipperary, the calendar is being sold in aid of Aware. Great cause, great twist on an old theme – hope it sells loads. Don’t know if they are available online or anything, but if I find anything out I’ll be sure to update this post. [Photo above from The Irish Sun] -
Lotto or smokes?
23 Jun 2009 | 3:13 amImagine that your daughter has a dream that you win the lottery. The dream is so specific that she rings you the following day with the winning combination urging you to buy a ticket. You head out in the morning with the intention of doing the numbers. You go through the day’s work and the numbers are on your mind. Deadline for buying a ticket is fast approaching. You head to the nearest newsagent to get a ticket. Reaching into your pocket you find you only have enough money to buy a packet of cigarettes or a lottery ticket. What would you do? Buy the lottery ticket or buy the…
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victorbarry: Good first night in the bodega methinks. Well according to waving arms and clapping hands it was.
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colmtroy: Heart attack in a tray http://yfrog.com/0wo7uj
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junecaldwell: Nettle tea at 02.33
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giolchairithe: @LisaR1991 Dairire Píre? Cool Beanz! Bhí mé sa "Holy Faith" (?) 'til '08! (Too tired to type coherent .. http://tinyurl.com/movkch
3 Jul 2009 | 6:24 pmDairire Píre? Cool Beanz! Bhí mé sa "Holy Faith" (?) 'til '08! (Too tired to type coherent .. -
giolchairithe: I wish Twitter was available i nGaeilge. Beadh sé go freakin' hiontach, like. http://tinyurl.com/mkhnwc
3 Jul 2009 | 6:24 pmI wish Twitter was available i nGaeilge. Beadh sé go freakin' hiontach, like.
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Sour Grapes
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Pairing wine with music: win some music
1 Jul 2009 | 1:56 pmThere are some classic wine and food matches and they’re arguably overly discussed online. Some are sublime, others subjective. What about pairing a particular piece of music? David Brubeck’s Take Five with a St. Emilion anyone? Have a listen and suggest what wines you’d put with what music. Winner gets CD and a gift certificate from Americanwinery.com. -
Guest blogger series: Christopher Gifford on wine from the US
26 Jun 2009 | 9:25 am“If anyone orders any Merlot I’m going home!” said the rather fanatical Miles in the influential film from 2004, Sideways. This fanaticism, though comic and for some a little strange, is a common aspect in the production, consumption and critical analysis that surrounds the wines of much of North America. In particular focus, however, is one place and in North America it is the USA and in the USA it is California. California Here, the rest of the world has watched researchers at esteemed universities develop new theories, agricultural programmes, uncover long forgotten vine… -
Riesling, the second coming. Dublin, Friday 19th June
4 Jun 2009 | 7:28 amIf you’re someone who shudders and thinks Blue Nun when you hear “Reisling”, then this could be the event for you. Riesling & Co. brings what will be the biggest ever German wine tasting in Ireland. Auf wiedersehen, Blue Nun. Herzlicken wilkommen, Riesling. What, when and where? 23 winegrowers from Germany will present more than 100 wines at Riesling & Co 2009, the biggest ever German Riesling wine tasting in Ireland on Friday, 19th June. The event will be hosted by Wines of Germany at the Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2. The tasting for wine lovers and… -
Competition: Win a magnum of Laurent Miquel Viognier
28 May 2009 | 5:22 amLaurent and Neasa Miquel had great success at the London Wine Trade Fair this year with Laurent Miquel’s Viognier Nord-Sud 2007 awarded the 2009 Viognier trophy at the Top 100 tasting. But hey, that was London, what about us in Ireland? Well to celebrate, there’s a prize of a magnum (a double bottle) of delicious Viognier. Just pop a comment below. Competition closes 10th June. What’s Viognier? The white Viognier grape prefers warmer environments and a long growing season, but can grow in cooler areas as well. In France, it’s the single grape permitted the appellations of… -
New Zealand Wine Tasting Cork 5th June
26 May 2009 | 2:04 pmIf moping around the house still wondering how the hell Leinster beat Munster in the European Cup semi, let alone won the damn thing is getting tiring, then you should really consider the Curious wines New Zealand wine tasting event on Friday, 5th of June from 7.30pm. All the details are over on the curious wines website. Worth going to, if you’re in the neighbourhood and want to drink some very decent wine from New Zealand and hear all about it from their New Zealand wine expert, Joyce Austin, from New Zealand Boutique Wines.
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Head Rambles
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An offer of a job
3 Jul 2009 | 3:10 amI received an offer of a job yesterday!! Our company offers you an excellent possibility to earn quickly. It is a good chance to earn easily 2.000 – 5.000 EUR in a month, and it will not take more than 1 hour a day. For this you should have one or several bank accounts. More accounts you have more will be your gain. The procedure is following. We make a transfer on your account, usually it is around 5.000 – 8.000 EUR. As soon as money comes, you withdraw it in cash. For your service you take 20 percent of the amount … -
A week in the life
2 Jul 2009 | 2:29 amThings have been a bit chaotic here in Head Rambles Manor of late. You may have noticed a passing mention of computers going belly up? That was just part of it. For some reason, every time I start a day, which I seem to be doing now on a daily basis, something conspires to thwart my efforts at a quiet life. I actually managed to allocate myself a quiet afternoon the other day. No sooner had I sat down than the place was invaded by a K8, two grandchildren, an idiotic dog and a kitten. Actually, the kitten was fun. It decided that it didn’t like guinea pigs for some reason,… -
Sweeping things under the plywood
1 Jul 2009 | 10:13 amI had to go into town today. I was wandering around getting damp, as one does, when I saw I was about to pass a newsagent. I have been in the shop before. It’s a nice colourful place lined with magazines and sweets and things. This time though there was a great big fuck-off sheet of plywood behind the counter that looked awful. ‘Aha!’ says I to myself. ‘They have broken a window.’ But I immediately realised that there was no window there. What had been there was the cigarette display. And then I remembered. The fucking Nanny State is at it again. As and from… -
How to throw away money you don’t have
30 Jun 2009 | 2:22 amOver two and a half years ago, I wrote about our idiotic Council. I told how they had managed to destroy a perfectly good stretch of road. It was one of the most attractive roads in the neighbourhood, with its mossy stone walls and birch trees. It was narrow and winding, which meant everyone had to drive at a reasonable speed, allowing them to enjoy the beauty of it. The arseholes in the Council spent a fortune on it, removing a bend or two and adding a couple more. They resurfaced it, and widened it. The old stone walls are now gone, and are replaced with massive,… -
Benefits of the recession
29 Jun 2009 | 3:38 amI’m back. Sort of. I managed to rob the other laptop when Herself wasn’t looking. Heh! My own laptop finally died the death. And before any of you dumbfucks with Linux or Macs start shouting, it was a hard disk failure. Got that? Hardware. Nothing to do with whatever software I was running. And don’t tell me a Linux or Mac has never had a hard disk fail. Now I have to run the gauntlet of the shop where I bought it. Doubtless they will try to shift me to the manufacturers, but I know my Sale of Goods Act!! Wooops!! As I type, I just had a call from the shop [I…
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hidden-dublin.com
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Clubs in Dublin: Good crowds and best music
(1.7.09). Andrew Quin kindly presents a review of a very unusual club in Dublin, hidden from tourists and full of locals. -
Irish Sayings
(1.7.09). "How's she cuttin?" explained. -
About Hidden Dublin: The editorial and contribution team
(1.7.09). Andrew Quin kindly presents a review of a very unusual club in Dublin, hidden from tourists and full of locals. -
Irish Sayings
(2.6.09). A new guest saying, "A dumb priest never got a parish" - for the meaning see top right of this page. Also: the flowery metaphor "Like a ton of bricks" and what's the origin of the 'spur of the moment'? -
Home page
(1.5.09). Time-saving tip; how to get value for your airport-city journey and also save time.
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Everyone's Journal Posts - Diddlyi Irish Dance and Music
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The Latest Diddlyi Poll Results
Below are the results from latest five Diddlyi Polls. The polls are still open, so it's not too late to cast your vote or share your opinion in the comments sections. Thank you to all who have participated so far! ___________________________________________________________________________ Wigs - Love Them Or Leave Them? 52 %Love them. 30 % Leave them 9 % I'm indifferent. 9 % Other (Check out the comments section on the poll page) Click here to vote and/or leave a comment on this poll. ___________________________________________________________________________ Is Irish Dancing Traditional? 16… -
3rd teacher's/dancer's workshop.
Hi, I will be hosting the 3nd open teacher's/dancer's workshop. This workshop is open to all teachers, and teacher candidates from any organization or from no organization at all, along with dancers with your teacher's permission. The workshop will run two days, Dec 12,13 for four hours each day here in Houston, T.X. The cost is: $100, non- For more information, please email me, Richard Tew at rttew@yahoo.com. Thanks, Richard Tew -
Dance classes suspended because of influenza A
La Plata, June 2nd 2009 After watching that the cases of flu-influenza A grows, the Argentinian government declare the state of sanitary emergency for which colleges, cinemas, theatres etc. will be closed for one month until the end of the winter vacations. In our group of Irish dance, "Emeraldance" we have decided to suspend the classes until we concidered safe to return. We expect to be able to overcome this health crisis so we can return to dance as soon as possible... Emeraldance Irish Dances - La Plata Argentina emeraldance@hotmail.com http://emeraldancelaplata.blogspot.com/ -
North American Irish Dancing Championships. Ready?
On Friday, the 4th of July, Dancers from all over North America and beyond will celebrate the birth of the USA and also the start of a great week of Irish Dancing. The North American Irish Dancing Championships are being held once again in the vast surrounds of the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. This place is massive - many halls, vendors, restaurants and even a full river with a barge floating through it. Last year, Diddlyi had the pleasure of spending the week there and we met many wonderful dancers, teachers and parents. This year promises to be just as exciting and grand an… -
Shane's Blog - 34hrs of flights in 6 days... Gotta love the Riverdance flying squad! PART 1
Hi there! So, what a weekend! I am not going to write a very lengthy blog post right now as I am absolutely wrecked! I got home to Munich last night at about 8.30pm after having a fairly hectic but amazing couple of days in China with the Riverdance flying squad. We went out to Beijing last Wednesday afternoon. I flew to London from Munich and met up with the rest of the lads for our flight to Beijing. There were only 6 troupe dancers and one male lead travelling along with the Flying squad coordinator, Oran, without whom we would all be completely lost! It was great seeing the lads again in…
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Maxi Cane
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July’s Filthy Butt Fun
1 Jul 2009 | 3:45 pmIt’s that time of the month again. You all know the deal by now, but if you think you know someone who might appreciate some free sex toys, be sure to let them know how. Anyway, this month it’s going to the ever beautiful and talented and sitting right beside me Jelly Monster. She wrote this and made me hope that I never question my morals for progression in life. Congrats Jelly, your prize is on it’s way. As always, big thanks to the ever generous sponsors www.sex-toys.ie , head over and check out their site. Huge selection of everything you could imagine and some stuff… -
Wank of the week
30 Jun 2009 | 2:44 pmIn a new installment that shall happen once a week, as determined by the title, I answer the huge amount of 1 email who asked me about the contents of my wank bank. We all have a wank bank. Women may deny they have one, but they have one. Men update theirs more frequently than they care to mention. In fact, the concept of Top of the Pops on the BBC years ago was born from the charting of a man’s wank bank. It was more commercially viable as a music chart, plus with the full bush culture of the 70’s, the wank banks needed to be trimmed a bit. Leaving it again to the music… -
Anybody got Aunt Sally’s number?
29 Jun 2009 | 2:13 pmI had a dream last night, it was a weird one. They usually are. It started off with me going for a simple walk in the country. I live in the country, so there’s nothing strange in that. I turned down a small country road with fields either side of it and as I walked I just took in the scenery. The various birds chirped and fluttered about the trees. Bees bounced from flower to flower. The smell of cow shit hung in the air and offensively filled my lungs. Grass sprouted up from between the cracked road and patches of dirt told the stories of road tax poorly spent. Blackberry… -
Shallow? Moi?
28 Jun 2009 | 3:59 pmIn work today and someone needed a little first aid. The hotel is surrounded by loose pebbles and stones instead of paved walkways so when some cunt nugget in flip flops decides to go for a leisurely sprint with no other purpose than to try to get a laugh from her cunt nugget mates, they get cut. Some of those stones are sharp, sharp enough to have Chuck Norris tip toeing like a bitch on hot sand, even in the testosteroniest lumberjack boots. Bad idea – Sprint in flip flops on the sharp stones to get a laugh. Good idea – Cry like an impotent man at a peep show when you get cut and… -
Take me to your reader
27 Jun 2009 | 5:43 amMy feed reader is getting very light these days. Blogs that were once so prolific are now posting once in a blue moon. Blogs that started with great promise disappeared without trace and others just gave up. Plus I’ve become very comfortable in my little routine of checking the same blogs each morning. But there seems to be something happening in blog world. People are either running dry on what to write about or just finding that they’ve no interest in it anymore. I can’t complain as it’s free entertainment and you can’t really demand it. Plus,…
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Gruvr.com: Ireland Concerts
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Map of Ireland concerts
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Sunday July 12th: Bruce Springsteen tickets Dublin at RDS Arena
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Friday July 10th: Oxegen Festival tickets Kildare at in Kildare
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Saturday July 11th: Bruce Springsteen Dublin at RDS
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Friday July 10th: 50 Cent tickets Cork at Live at the Marquee
3 Jul 2009 | 7:30 pmLive at the Marquee Cork
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Skin Flicks
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Ireland's debt clock
1 Jul 2009 | 10:07 amTicking down to the midnight hour when the IMF turn us all back into peasants, I bring you...Ireland's debt clock! -
The Once In A Blue Moon
28 Jun 2009 | 3:45 pmRecipe:Take one bottle of traditionally illicit Antrim poitin, matured three months to six, and into it macerate some fresh seasonal blueberries for nine months.Serve two fingers of the resulting fruit poitin in a Slim Jim with fresh mint leaves, muddled.Add ice to the top, then dilute with quinine tonic water to the brim.Citrus slice optional.The best summer cocktail ever. -
Pervert dies, America mourns
25 Jun 2009 | 5:22 pmMichael Jackson, who wrote and performed some shit songs, is dead.One feels sorry for his offspring (assuming they are actually his), only some of whom he has held off three storey balconies.However, they live and their putative father is dead. And one should speak well of the dead, except of course for the small issue of child abuse.Jackson shared his bed with little boys. That's neither normal nor right, but in keeping with the way of justice on this planet, being rich meant he never faced charges relating to his admissions of sharing beds with small boys.In one sense, I have sympathy. He… -
Some questions about Monica Leech
25 Jun 2009 | 1:29 am1. The court has found Monica Leech was not libelled by an Evening Herald article which said she travelled to New York with a ministerial delegation and did not attend the UN. So, what was she doing there and how much did it cost the taxpayer?2. You get a quarter of a million for a lost limb from the personal injuries board. What lunatics rate a married woman's virtue as worth nearly ten lost limbs?3. Monica Leech was hired in a process found to be flawed and wrong in which no one else was allowed to apply for the position, was paid well in excess of going rates, and has not been replaced in… -
Solidarity among bloggers
23 Jun 2009 | 3:24 amI note with interest that celeb gossip blogger 'Perez Hilton' has been allegedly assaulted at some Canadian music video awards show.'Hilton' is in reality an overweight gay Latino wannabe called Mario Lavandeira, and he has for a long time now been desperate to parlay his blogging nerdery into a place at the table with those he spins scandal about.Hence the bizarre scenario whereby this overtly gay man ends up judging the Miss America contest, which predictably results in controversy when he decides to get outraged because one girl's a devout Christian and doesn't agree with gay marriage.I…
