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  • Bohemians crowned champions

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Soccer:Bohemians were tonight crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions after ending this season's campaign with a 1-1 draw against relegated side Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.

  • Iseq ends week in positive territory

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Iseq: 2,971.96 up 6.67 pointsThe Iseq closed up today after what proved to be a volatile day on the markets, where early gains were wiped out by news of higher than expected jobs cuts in the US, only for stocks to stage a late come-back in the afternoon.

  • O'Brien off and running with Man Of Iron

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm
    Racing:Aidan O'Brien and Johnny Murtagh got the perfect start to Breeders' Cup meeting when Man Of Iron won the opening Marathon at Santa Anita tonight.

  • 25 wounded in search for US soliders

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm
    More than 25 Nato and Afghan troops were wounded during a search today for two missing US paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the Nato-led force said.

  • PSNI Reserve to be scrapped

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:49 pm
    The organisation representing rank and file police officers in Northern Ireland lashed out today after the new chief constable confirmed plans to phase out the Full-Time Reserve.
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    Twenty Major - Still smoking in Dublin bars

  • Soaraway

    Twenty Major
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    The Sun gives you the news you just can’t get anywhere else: ONE in 20 British schoolkids thinks war-mongering dictator Adolf Hitler was a German football coach, a shock survey has revealed. It’s not that shocking. Most football coaches are genocidal dictators bent on world domination and fascism. Frankly, if you asked me to choose between having a pint with Hitler or Sam Allardyce I’d go with the Nazi who at least doesn’t look as if he suffers from body odour problems. That said, Hitler never shuts up about his favoured formation, 4-4-Jew. Similar posts No Related…

  • Now that’s what I call something something

    Twenty Major
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:12 pm
    I backed away slowly. This was not right. The voice was not right. Hair stood up on the back of my neck. “What do you mean ‘Why am I talking like that?’”, he said. “That’s not your voice”. “We all talk like this now, Twenty”. “No. It can’t be”. “It is. And you know it is”. “Fuck you”. “It’s your turn next”. “Never. I’d kill myself before I let that happen”. He laughed. “Have you noticed the subtle change?”, he asked. “From insistent and…

  • Serial killers

    Twenty Major
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:35 am
    Just reading about this serial killer in the US. Is there some link between size of population and the propensity for killers of this type? Maybe it’s because the more people you have in your country the more likely you are to have mentalists like that. Or maybe it’s because the size of the country means it’s easier to operate in a kind of isolation. I don’t know. We’ve never had a serial killer, have we? That said the numbers of women who have gone missing in Ireland, especially in Leinster, over the last few years would strike you as not particularly random. I…

  • Swine Flu vaccine

    Twenty Major
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    I’m not taking it. No fucking way. When Mary Harney wants me to do something I’ll do the opposite. And I’m still to be convinced that Swine Flu® isn’t just a huge scam of a conspiracy of a machination to bump up profits of drug companies and to allow them to inject us with a ‘vaccine’ that is probably some kind of mind-control thing or which inserts a permanent tracking device so we can be monitored from on high. I’ll stick with hot whiskey and the sweats. Similar posts April 30, 2009 — It’s here, it’s here! (37) April 28, 2009…

  • The suitcase man

    Twenty Major
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:46 am
    Did you ever know anyone whose luggage came out on the conveyor belt first after a flight? I did. His name was Malcolm. A tall man with impossibly dry skin. Every time he got on a flight his luggage was first out when he got to his destination. He would tell me this every time I saw him and I had to admit a certain amount of jealousy as my luggage was never first, or second, or even in the top 10. I’d say my bags came out somewhere between 93rd and 145th. Always. Not Malcolm though. He’d position himself somewhere in the middle of the carousel and when the bags started coming he…
 
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  • Bohemians crowned champions

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Soccer:Bohemians were tonight crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions after ending this season's campaign with a 1-1 draw against relegated side Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.

  • Iseq ends week in positive territory

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:26 pm
    Iseq: 2,971.96 up 6.67 pointsThe Iseq closed up today after what proved to be a volatile day on the markets, where early gains were wiped out by news of higher than expected jobs cuts in the US, only for stocks to stage a late come-back in the afternoon.

  • O'Brien off and running with Man Of Iron

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm
    Racing:Aidan O'Brien and Johnny Murtagh got the perfect start to Breeders' Cup meeting when Man Of Iron won the opening Marathon at Santa Anita tonight.

  • 25 wounded in search for US soliders

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:21 pm
    More than 25 Nato and Afghan troops were wounded during a search today for two missing US paratroopers in western Afghanistan, the Nato-led force said.

  • PSNI Reserve to be scrapped

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:49 pm
    The organisation representing rank and file police officers in Northern Ireland lashed out today after the new chief constable confirmed plans to phase out the Full-Time Reserve.
 
 
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    RTÉ News

  • G20 ministers meet ahead of climate summit

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:54 pm
    Hosts Britain told the G20 it had ‘no reason to give up’ on a new climate change deal, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.

  • Four injured in Red Cow collision

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:34 pm
    Four people have been taken to Tallaght Hospital following a crash involving a garda patrol car in Dublin.

  • Obama cautions against speculation on shooting

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:34 pm
    US President Barack Obama has cautioned against making hasty assumptions as an investigation was launched into a shooting by a Muslim army psychiatrist at a Texas military base that left 13 dead.
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    Ireland News

  • Ireland: Ribtec Freeway

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    Evinrude 90 Ficht with less than 80hrs use. Full cover, Snipe Trailer. One owner from new.

  • Trust and Reliability in Cloud Computing

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:17 pm
    Vordel, a provider of governance products for Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture announced at VordelWorld, its annual user conference in Dublin, Ireland, the release of the Vordel Cloud Service Broker.

  • Economic crisis-hit migrants in Ireland may get - Bridging Visa'

    5 Nov 2009 | 6:11 am
    DUBLIN, Ireland The government of Ireland recently allowed an extension to the residency visa of migrant workers who lost their jobs due to the global economic crisis.

  • Two die in Louth C Diff outbreak

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:54 am
    Two patients who died in a Louth hospital during the week have had their deaths referred to the Coroner in an effort to determine if a contagious bacteria outbreak at the hospital was responsible.

  • PokerStars Announces U.K. and Ireland Poker Tour

    3 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm
    PokerStars is at it again, placing another poker tour on the map and entrenching itself as the leader in international live poker tournaments.
 
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  • Outvesting now seeking startup applications for €5,000 gift

    jcorbett
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:27 am
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOnline campaign seeking start-ups for €5,000 donationNEWCASTLEWEST, CO. LIMERICK - OCT 30, 2009: Outvesting.org, the online campaign which has raised a €5,000 fund through donations on Twitter is now seeking applications from Irish entrepreneurs. The entire fund will be gifted, no strings attached, to one lucky start-up after a review and voting process."We simply asked people to pledge €50 each in the hope that one hundred others would do likewise.  Those pledges came rolling in and in the space of four weeks were converted to donations amounting to the target…

  • €2.5m giveaway to Irish Social Entrepreneurs

    jcorbett
    12 Oct 2009 | 5:40 am
    From the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland website -As I’m sure most of you have heard, the Arthur Guinness Fund is currently taking applications from Social Entrepreneurs around Ireland as part of the Guinness 250 Celebration. Guinness & Co. has partnered with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland to implement the initiative, which will support projects that deliver lasting social, community and environmental benefits. It will seek to identify, support and empower social entrepreneurs who have projects and initiatives that are innovative, impactful and sustainable, and make a real difference to…

  • Over 100 pledges to Outvesting - now collecting

    jcorbett
    12 Oct 2009 | 2:16 am
    Two weeks ago, when we made the initial pledges to donate €50 to an Irish startup, we weren't quite sure what to expect. Would the fund drive get the necessary momentum to reach the target of 100 pledgers? Or would it fizzle?Happily it didn't fizzle and within a few days we'd actually exceeded the target. So now we're collecting and would like to invite all pledgers to submit their donation to Outvesting.org. Thanks again.

  • Outvesting - raising €5,000 for an Irish startup

    jcorbett
    23 Sep 2009 | 6:04 am
    A blog post by Pat Phelan ignited a fresh wave of conversation around the subject of startup funding in Ireland. Anton Mannering came at it from another angle and both discussions reminded me of a similar one a few months ago sparked by Joe Drumgoole's post to Web2Ireland.While each debate has thrown up a number of good ideas there's a certain level of frustration with the realization that these discussions tend to go around in circles, often ending up with a consensus that the government needs to do more/better. While I can sympathise with that point of view I really think it's time that…

  • Dublin Hub co-working space finds a home

    jcorbett
    14 Sep 2009 | 12:27 pm
    Here's a message I received from Erik van Lennep of Dublin Hub - If you haven’t yet checked out the activity around co-creating a new co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-ups, now is the time. If you have been following us…well, now is STILL the time :). We need all hands, heads and hearts on deck to get this launched now. We have had two co-creation and ideation workshops over the summer, and now we have a building available. On Thursday this week, our third co-creation workshop will bring everyone together for a fun evening and brown bag or “pot luck” supper. We will be…
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    THE LIMERICK BLOGGER

  • What did he do?

    A Twist of Fate
    5 Nov 2009 | 1:58 am
    One story on the local papers caught my eye this week. The Limerick Leader carries the story of 233 complaints being received by Limerick City council concerning local authority housing. Arising from those complaints, just one person was evicted. At a meeting of the city’s joint policing committee, housing official Donal Moore informed those present that a total of 233 complaints have been received to date in 2009. 185 of the complaints had been resolved. Arising from those complaints over 300 people,  have been interviewed by council staff during investigations of the complaints.

  • “Nearer my God to Thee”

    A Twist of Fate
    3 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    I drove by the Gaelic Grounds this evening and could swear that I heard the strains of “Nearer my God to Thee” coming from within. With continued unrest in the Limerick Senior hurling squad, has the band has struck up that fateful tune for Manager Justin McCarthy? A quick recap for those not afflicted with the pain of being a Limerick hurling fan. Sporting Limerick has not been very successful in hurling over recent years/ decades. Our county boards solution to this problem has been to change managers with alarming regularity. Richie Bennis, Joe McKenna, Pad Joe Whelahan, David Keane,…

  • TV3’s “Ireland’s Crime Capitals” touted long debunked “Murder Capital of Europe” claim

    Squid
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:48 pm
    The documentary, “Ireland’s Crime Capitals” broadcast on TV3 on 29th October retransmitted the claim that Limerick was once Europe’’s murder capital despite the fact that the claim had been debunked over twelve months ago. In fact, Limerick has never been the murder capital of Europe. The original claim was furst used by the Irish Independent, but was quickly proven to be false. The assumption was reached by the paper after they calculated that in the period of 2007-2008 there were seven murders in Limerick per 100,000 people. Limerick City has a population of…

  • Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t

    A Twist of Fate
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:46 am
    Doom and gloom abounds in this weeks Limerick Post. Cllr Diarmuid Scully, chairman of the Economic Policy committee here in Limerick has warned that “an increase in commercial rates would be an economic disaster for the city centre” Borrowing from Bart Simpson’s “you’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t” Cllr Scully warned that “If we want to maintain jobs in the city we cannot raise rates. Yet, if we don’t raise them, we cannot maintain the same level of service”. Cllr Scully is suggesting creating  a vision for the future development of the city…

  • Teenage Girl Found with Pipe Bomb

    A Twist of Fate
    27 Oct 2009 | 9:40 am
    A teenage girl was caught carrying a viable pipe bomb through St Mary’s Park at around 8.20pm yesterday. Army bomb disposal experts were called in and carried out a controlled explosion on the crude home-made device.A Defence Forces spokesman said: “It was found in her possession… she was carrying it. “These things are all unstable, they’re all dangerous. They all have the potential to kill or maim.”Do these people not understand how dangerous and utterly stupid doing something like this is? Explosive devices are hardly safe at the best of times but carrying a home made pipe…
 
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  • Flying back to Cork

    Donncha
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:48 am
    On the way home from Quebec I flew to Heathrow first, before hopping back home via Aer Lingus to Cork. I’m pretty sure this was over the UK somewhere, but really, it could just as easily have been the south coast of Ireland too. Related PostsThe Flying DolphinMini skips flying highFlying Skateboarder

  • Moonlit Arizona

    Donncha
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:36 am
    The moon shines down on the Arizona desert, January 2008. Related PostsThe faraway hills of ArizonaThe Moonlit ShipyardsIt even rains in Arizona

  • Watch out! Duck! I said, “duck!”

    Donncha
    4 Nov 2009 | 12:50 am
    Geese at The Lough feeding on the ground near the water’s edge. Most have their heads down pecking at scraps but one stubbornly kept a look out .. Related PostsThe Thieving Duck PhotoshootFeeding The DuckDuck: “Who’s that then?”

  • Heavenly Cakes

    Donncha
    2 Nov 2009 | 11:52 pm
    Some of the delicious cakes in Heavens Cakes in the English Market. Deeeellliicious! Related PostsCork St Patrick’s Festival MarketTourquoise Doors

  • Take off from Quebec Airport

    Donncha
    1 Nov 2009 | 11:51 pm
    Quebec Airport has all you might need: free wifi, free power at some seats and even a children’s toy area for the kids to play in! Nice sunset too! Related PostsNight Over QuebecA whale of a time in QuebecThe old town of Quebec
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  • Friday Photo – Halloween 2009

    anthony
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:11 am
    Went over to Gav & Ciara’s last Friday for a rocking Halloween party. I went as Marty McFly from Back to the Future, not a random lumberjack as someone thought. Pictured too are: @bngr, @nationallottie and @brenflakes

  • Friday Photo – IWA09

    anthony
    23 Oct 2009 | 9:28 am
    I’d mentioned the IWA09 night in advance but it really was top (great mates, free sweets, crisps and beer). Snapped above by Darren Byrne is host Mr Rick O’Shea.

  • Cybercom’s 10th birthday celebration

    anthony
    21 Oct 2009 | 2:23 am
    I didn’t get a chance to talk about Cybercom’s 10th birthday celebration which took place in Dublin a few weeks ago. It took the form of an afternoon conference entitled ‘2010: A defining moment of change for marketing?’ featuring talks from John Dunne – Intune, Matt Harding – Creator of ‘Where the hell is Matt?‘, Richard Colwell – Red C Research and Mike Walsh – Digital Futurist. John Dunne talked about creating a new type of network for Ireland utilizing fibre optic cabling. To be honest, I’m no networking guru but the…

  • Between Two Ferns

    anthony
    20 Oct 2009 | 2:36 pm
    It’s Zach Galifianakis and it’s damn funny mock interviews: More here

  • Friday Photo – Kevin Smith, Vicar St

    anthony
    16 Oct 2009 | 6:19 am
    Went along to Vicar St with Darren, Lottie and Fergal to see the legend that is Kevin Smith on Wednesday evening. I didn’t really know what to expect other than that he’d be talking about his life/career and answering questions from the audience. I’m struggling to even explain it now. I’ve re-written three different versions of a sentence but can’t quite sum it up. It was: hilarious, refreshingly honest, crazy and raucous. I’ll definitely be going back to see him when he comes back.
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  • Almost as good as being there… #29thIFC

    damian
    21 Oct 2009 | 3:15 am
    Sadly, I’m not enjoying the wonders of Nordwijkerhout and the International Fundraising Congress this year (although our Edwina is there). But I have been able to pick up on some of the buzz… and some of the key tips and ideas by following the twitter feed from the event. I’ve set up a column on my tweetdeck to track all mentions of #29thIFC. You can also follow the live feed at Howard Lake’s UK Fundraising site, or you can simply search twitter for the IFC hashtag: #29thIFC. There’s also a twitter billboard at the IFC, so that delegates and those not there can…

  • Have you asked your donors to cancel their direct debits yet?

    damian
    17 Sep 2009 | 6:23 am
    OK, maybe actually asking them to cancel is going a bit far. But you should ask if they’d like to. Seriously. Times are tough. Some of your donors will have lost their jobs, others will be getting by on a lower income than before. Most will be feeling uncertain and fearful about the future. Show them that you understand where they’re at. Next time you write to them, let them know that if they feel they need to cancel, or reduce, their direct debit that’s OK. And make it easy for them with a nice big tick box to that effect on the donation form. Of course, while you’re…

  • Some words of wisdom from David Ogilvy

    damian
    29 Jul 2009 | 1:28 am
    I emailed Sean Triner last week, but he was on his holidays, so I got his very entertaining out of office reply. After thanking his clients, providing alternative contact details for his colleagues, and plugging his blog he finished off with: Still reading?  Well I guess you have time to spare - so if you haven’t already, take this time to order “Ogilvy on Advertising” - you can get it from www.amazon.com. I know I shouldn’t admit it, but I haven’t read said book - even though it’s been on my list of books to read for ages. So, inspired by Sean, I dropped…

  • Ten ways to start a fundraising letter to your donors

    damian
    23 Jul 2009 | 2:15 am
    1. By saying thank you. 2. By saying thank you for their recent gift of €x in response to your last appeal. 3. By thanking them for their generous support for your organisation over the last x many years. 4. By telling them how crucial their support has been to the success of your cause. 5. By telling them that they truly are a generous and special person who is making a real difference in the world today. 6. By telling them how many people / families / children / dogs / cats their last gift helped. 7. By telling them that their support makes them one of the few people who really understand…

  • While we’re on the subject of big asks…

    damian
    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.
 
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  • man attacks Begg on Congress march

    Brian Greene
    A man attacked the heads of the trade union leadership at the start of the march on Friday. He asked David Begg to take a pay cut from his massive salary. The man was able to taunt the leadership for about 6 minutes. Finally the Gardai arrested the the man and removed him for using the words 'ass holes' this trigger word prompted 2 Garda to swoop.  </object> Posted via email from web lab

  • Congress march Dublin 06/11/09

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  • sorry Santa I said xbox 360 not 360 egg boxes

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  • BBC Washington Bureau

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    video stalls on BBC 1 news @ 10 with this still  Posted via email from web lab

  • International Week of Solidarity Against the Apartheid Walls in Palestine & the Siege of Gaza

    Brian Greene
    The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be taking part in this year’s International Week of Solidarity called by the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (www.stopthewall.org). They have called on international activists to launch a week of global mobilisation against the walls of apartheid in Palestine from November 9th to 16th 2009. The IPSC intend to use this opportunity to highlight the necessity of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, with specific reference to the ongoing role of Irish construction company CRH (formerly Cement Roadstone…
 
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  • Good Things Cafe should be called Awesome Things Cafe

    Conor O'Neill
    31 Oct 2009 | 8:23 am
    The Good Things Cafe Fish Orgy Course, Ahakista Road, Durrus, Cork, Ireland Two days of fantastic fish recipes by a wonderful teacher in a perfect setting. Not much more to say than that. But I will. Three years ago I did a cookery course down in Good Things Cafe with Carmel Somers. It was honestly two of the best food days I’ve ever had. The relentless pressure of start-up business life meant I didn’t get to return until this month. Now I can’t wait to go again. Durrus is a gorgeous little village just at the start of the Sheep’s Head Peninsula. Good Things is just…

  • Bandon Farmer’s Market now has a web-site

    Conor O'Neill
    25 Oct 2009 | 3:08 pm
    I’m always happy to see local initiatives get an online presence to extend their reach. My attempt to create a blog for Bandon Farmer’s Market three years ago fell flat due to my lack of consultation with the standholders to ensure buy-in. So it is great to see the new site launch with all the details you need. Check it out here and don’t forget it is on every Saturday morning.

  • Bandon.ie revamp

    Conor O'Neill
    16 Oct 2009 | 2:26 am
    Trevor and crew have done a big revamp of the bandon.ie. Tons of useful information about the town and area and the beginnings of a local business directory. You should definitely be subscribed to the blog if you want the latest news. I push all their blog updates to Twitter here too. The best way you can help the site is to make sure you let them know about everything that is happening in the town. It’s a resource by the community for the community.

  • Chambers Organic Pork from West Cork

    Conor O'Neill
    15 Oct 2009 | 10:34 am
    I haven’t tried their meat yet but the thought of locally-reared organic pork has me salivating. They sell directly to the consumer and are based in Teadies near Enniskean. The pigs are a mix of Old Spots Gloucester & Saddleback. Give Liam a call on 086 604 1208 if you want to order. More details on their web-site. Rough location here: View Larger Map

  • Michael O’Leary is my hero

    Conor O'Neill
    12 Oct 2009 | 5:23 am
    Just watch him take apart this Panorama interviewer. It’ll be impossible for me to take the show on the BBC tonight seriously. He is not only hysterically funny but completely accurate too. Flying Ryanair is simple, you make yourself aware of the rules and work within them. I don’t think I’ve ever paid more than €60 for a Ryanair return flight. Treat it as a bus, set your expectations correctly and you’ll find them the perfect short-haul operator.
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  • How to iron a shirt

    Grannymar
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm
    On Tuesday, rather stuck for an idea to post I mentioned my task of ironing. Alice from My Wintersong has challenged me to give instructions for ironing a shirt.  I warn you I do it exactly like my mother did! Way back… when I was little more than the height of the ironing board, I was taught to use the iron.  First it was the handkerchiefs. it was back in the days before boxes of tissues became the norm.  From that I graduated to my brothers pyjamas!  A pyjama jacket was in fact a dress rehearsal for ironing shirts.  Back then shirts were worn by all men and boys; all day every…

  • Up in the clouds

    Grannymar
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:00 am
    Maryrose drew my attention to a lovely quote the other day by Euan Semple: There is something else going on here that is to early for an ism but that is really interesting. It is not grandiose enough to support an ism. It is about small people loosely joined. It is small and personal in essence but powerful in combination. It is not about people being insignificant but about being unassuming.It is not about being individualistic but about being loosely joined. Somehow that brought to mind the Loose Blogging Consortium.  Today members: AshokConrad, Gaelikaa, Helen, Judy, Magpie 11,…

  • Boasting!

    Grannymar
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm
    I wonder what he did to earn this: I saw this the other day on Dublin Taxi Is it yours? I am off to calm down…. See you this afternoon. UPDATE:  LBC Post will go live at 15.00 GMT from today.

  • Thursday Special ~ World’s Shortest Fairy Tale

    Grannymar
    4 Nov 2009 | 10:09 pm
    Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl ‘Will you marry me?’ The girl said, ‘NO!’ And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and did whatever he wanted. The end Thank you Cynthia for this weeks story.

  • Art with My Needle ~ Week 11

    Grannymar
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:10 pm
    The short series loosely called ‘Containers for Special Objects’ finally comes to a close. There were five containers in total.  Each one had been inspired by a shell. The trinket Box An Egg A basket Parasol & Holder Miser’s Purse There were some scraps left over so I couldn’t resist trying to see what way I could use them up. I had been looking at a magazine in the hairdresser’s earlier in the day while waiting my turn to be made beautiful…  The article that caught my eye was about Royal HATS.  The late Queen Mother was centre stage with a typical…
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  • Vote for your favourite Irish social networking site

    Darragh
    2 Nov 2009 | 4:21 am
    That's what the Golden Spiders want you to do. They've just announced their shortlist for the Best Social Networking site and now it's up to the public to vote.They are:http://www.IGOpeople.com http://www.irishabroad.com http://www.kotalk.com http://www.lonely.ie http://www.nimble.iehttp://www.politics.iehttp://www.thumped.com and the www. free http://pix.ie .From the press release:Members of the public are invited to cast their vote for one of the shortlisted websites by 6pm on Wednesday, 18th November 2009.Votes can be made by sending details of your chosen website to info@goldenspiders.ie.

  • Golden Spiders 2009 shortlist announced today...

    Darragh
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:15 am
    The shortlist for the 2000 Golden Spiders Awards was announced today.All available on a Google Spreadsheet right here.Congratulations to everyone nominated. The awards are on November 19.Seats are €300 and table of 10 costs €2,900. Ex VAT.For the win.

  • All Together Now stop frame animation - Budweiser tribute

    Darragh
    22 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
    Because I was one of the people at the Budweiser Lyrics preview evening in Dublin earlier this year thanks to the lovely (and I mean lovely!) people at WHPR, and uploaded the ad to YouTube, I still get the odd notification of new videos being made as a tribute to the ad.Like this new one by You Tube user ijbellehy1981, which I adore. The creativity is astounding.The original ad:And all for http://www.alltogethernow.ie. Lovely stuff.

  • Sometimes a press release says it all: the mysterydates.ie twitter singles night

    Darragh
    22 Oct 2009 | 6:32 am
    Subject line: "A complimentary Invitation to Ireland first Singles 'Twitter' party with mysterydates.ie"Saturday October 31st will see the official launch of mysterydates.ie in a twitterparty. Ireland’s premier events dating company will launch Ireland’s first twitter party in Kobra Bar, Leeson Street at 8 pm.Daters will be given twitter addresses if they do not have their own so their personal identities will not be revealed to other daters.Daters can then flirt virtually on large television screens in the bar via their twitter accounts with other daters. If the flirting on screen goes…

  • Good morning to you #1

    Darragh
    22 Oct 2009 | 1:00 am
    For Stephanie.Take on me:Stained glass window, KilkennyStarlings on Ot MoorA comic by SeánI took this photo around this time last yearI searched for "smile of the day" for you and found this:Via Joice Maduka
 
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  • Does the DUP understand the TUV?

    Turgon
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:41 pm
    Fair_deal has recently written an excellent article on Open Unionism on things the DUP should do to minimise further damage at the Westminster and Stormont elections. I would disagree with very little of it, though (I suspect like fair_deal) I would like the DUP in addition to move its political stance. The DUP’s discourse about, and attacks on the TUV have always been fairly vitriolic as indeed have the TUV’s on the DUP. It sometimes seems as if the DUP feel that the TUV have no right to exist and that that is what helps breed the vitriol: the TUV’s hatred of the DUP is…

  • Time for the Republic to remember

    Conall
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:40 pm
    There are no McDevitt’s on Menin Gate (Belgium) but there are thousands of other Irish names amongst the 58,000 for whom there is no grave. The Irish Peace tower stands on a hill over the final battleground where the 16th and 36th divisions pushed the German lines back in June 1917. There are some wonderful inscriptions as you walk in. They say different things but have a single message best summed up in the words of Tom Kettle: To dice with death, and, oh! They’ll give you rhyme And reason; one will call the thing sublime, And one decry it in a knowing tone. So here, while the mad…

  • “Democracy can be frustrating at times..”

    Pete Baker
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:58 am
    BBC NI political editor Mark Devenport reports the DUP leader Peter Robinson’s response to the threatened sulk by his party’s partner in OFMDFM. [Full statement here].  From the BBC report[Peter Robinson] said his party will neither submit to blackmail nor negotiate in a climate of blackmail. “I know it is hard for Sinn Fein to come to terms with the new circumstances in which they can no longer bully and browbeat in order to get their way,” he said. “Past governments and the UUP may have caved-in to those tactics but the DUP will not yield to threats about…

  • House of Lords: No happy Christians here please…

    Mick Fealty
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:03 am
    Nice spot in Hansard from Jeff Peel… Lord Kilclooney: My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate, but having heard some of the contributions, I find it very interesting. I speak as a happy Christian, an Ulster Protestant and a great friend of Islam. The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Colwyn): My Lords, I think that the noble Lord has missed the opportunity to speak in the gap, which was before the noble Lord, Lord Taverne. I stand open to suggestion. Lord Kilclooney: I was going to be very brief. Perhaps the humanists still want to hear my contribution. Noble Lords: No.

  • It’s the way they tell them

    Gary Kent
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:26 am
    There was a strong turn out at a grand dinner this week in the Lords to celebrate the achievements of the integrated education movement. The feed was sponsored by Frank Carson and attracted a glittering array of supporters ranging from Peter Hain, Peter Brooke, Owen Paterson, Brian Mawhinney and Jane Kennedy to stars such as Frank Carson, Adrian Dunbar and Barry McGuigan - plus me and Mick. All hosted consummately by May Blood, a stalwart campaigner for the cause, accompanied by two Principals with powerful principles – Mary Roulston from Millennium and Nigel Arnold from Glengormley…
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  • Not coat-trailing but fleece-trailing…

    splinteredsunrise
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:01 am
    This picture almost speaks for itself, doesn’t it? This is the story that’s been convulsing Tyrone – or at least providing an opportunity to sound off on the phone-ins – about a Protestant farmer out by Ardboe who got up in the morning to find his sheep had been spray-painted in a tricolour scheme. God help me, I couldn’t help a chuckle, although the farmer, who now can’t sell his sheep, is entitled to be annoyed about it. On one level, I suppose, this is of a piece with the sort of low-level sectarianism you get a lot of in north Antrim, Coleraine and such…

  • He gets knocked down, but he gets up again…

    splinteredsunrise
    1 Nov 2009 | 4:07 pm
    What does John Rees have in common with Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor? On the face of it, not very much. And on the face of it, there’s nothing much to be said about Pope Benny’s appointment of Cormac to two positions in the Roman Curia, at the Congregation for Bishops and at whatever Propaganda Fidei is calling itself these days. If you’re willing to take the statement from the Catholic Communications Network as the last word on the matter, this is quite simply the Holy Father registering his esteem for a distinguished prince of the Church by giving him these…

  • Two poor saps fight for world’s most thankless job

    splinteredsunrise
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:45 pm
    It beats me why anyone would want to be leader of the South Down and Londonderry Party. And yet, incredibly, two people do want it, with both social development minister Margaret Ritchie (South Down) and incumbent deputy leader Alasdair McDonnell (South Belfast) now having declared themselves. What’s even odder, as Brian Feeney points out in a pithy analysis, is that the SDLP has been in existence since 1970 and this is the first time it’s ever had a contested leadership election. Gerry Fitt was leader at the foundation (had anyone chosen to challenge him, they would have soon…

  • The Daily Tottygraph goes to university

    splinteredsunrise
    29 Oct 2009 | 7:18 pm
    The British press do like their hardy perennials, don’t they? Every year when the A-level results come out, the Daily Telegraph has a big photo feature on the front page. And every year, Private Eye runs a spoof item where the Telegraph reports the shocking news that attractive young blondes are doing well in their exams. While the Eye’s humour is a bit frayed at the edges these days, that one works because of its deadly accuracy. Well, the season for A-level results is long past, and Liz Hurley seems to have been keeping a low profile of late. But a picture editor’s work is…

  • Reggie and his malcontents

    splinteredsunrise
    27 Oct 2009 | 5:48 pm
    So, the Official Unionist conference was on at the weekend, and I know readers will be agog to hear about it. This was the second party conference since the Forza Nuova lash-up with the Tories was agreed, and of course the big initiative was at the centre of things. Last year, Rankin’ Dave Cameron himself turned up; this year’s guest speaker was William Jefferson Hague, which might seem like a bit of a come-down, but then this is a party that’s used to the devastating charisma of Michael McGimpsey. There’s no doubt about it, the UUs are in better spirits than…
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    Red Cardinal

  • Can Video Comments Explain Why Phone Numbers Matter in Local Search

    Richard Hearne
    3 Nov 2009 | 2:12 am
    Something odd happened yesterday. Well I thought it was odd… odd in a very positive way. Something happened that made me really realise that in future we’ll rely less and less on the written word online, and instead consume content like this blog post as video. So yesterday I was delighted to receive 2 comments on my recent Google Local 7 Pack post. So what’s so odd about that? I’m generally very lucky that people do comment on my posts, but these comments were different: Richard and everyone else, Anyone have any ideas how this happened????

  • What Google SERP Reload Error Messages Say

    Richard Hearne
    2 Nov 2009 | 3:54 am
    For sometime now I’ve noticed some sort of message flashed on my screen when hitting the back button to a Google SERP. It doesn’t happen all the time, but certainly enough to have me wondering exactly what it says. The message normally disappears instantly (you only see it flash), but today one of those messages got stuck: Google SERP Back Button Error And the text reads: An error occurred. This page will be reloaded shortly. Or press the “reload” button now to reload it immediately. Yep, a piece of useless trivia, but it’s been bugging me for ages to know what…

  • Enterprise Ireland Podcast on SEO Search Engine Optimisation

    Richard Hearne
    28 Oct 2009 | 3:19 am
    Two weeks ago myself and John Ring were invited to discuss SEO for a forthcoming Enterprise Ireland Podcast. Ralph Averbuch was our host for the day guiding the conversation from topic to topic, and I have to say Ralph did a lot of homework which really made things easy on the day. Both John and I had a great time talking with Ralph, and while we really only touched on basic high level issues I think the discussion is useful for any SME considering Organic Search as a marketing channel. You can listen to the Podcast by visiting this page: Enterprise Ireland SEO Podcast. If you do listen…

  • Cross Browser Testing Just Got Easier – Adobe Browserlab

    Richard Hearne
    22 Oct 2009 | 3:17 am
    Adobe have released Browserlab, a great tool that allows you to test web pages across a number of browsers/platforms. When you enter an URL Browserlab will grab the page on the required browser/platform combo and show you how the page looks inside your current browser. You can check out the tool here: https://browserlab.adobe.com Have thoughts on this post? Head over and leave a comment on the blog: Cross Browser Testing Just Got Easier – Adobe Browserlab Follow RedCardinal on Twitter! Want to read more?Google GlobalSerious About Keywords? Wordze Coupon InsideCheck Website Layout in…

  • Interesting Case Study: rel=canonical Google Fail

    Richard Hearne
    19 Oct 2009 | 12:46 am
    Michael Wall has written about a short test he ran on a small site using the rel=canonical tag. Very interesting, and certainly one test does not a trend make, but I’d have expected more of Google… This is why I’ve tried to tell people that rel=”canonical” is simply a bandaid, and the best solution is prevention not cure – publish content on one, and only one, URL. Have thoughts on this post? Head over and leave a comment on the blog: Interesting Case Study: rel=canonical Google Fail Follow RedCardinal on Twitter! Want to read more?Google Webmaster Blog…
 
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  • Twitter lists, I am not bothered

    Pat Phelan
    1 Nov 2009 | 2:58 am
    Lists, Lists and Lists It appears to have set the world on fire, me? I am not bothered Maybe its just me but I really don’t understand the excitement over lists, I have the feature and played with it a few times and that’s it. Scoble makes a lot of sense, Chris Brogan makes no sense and Todd Zeigler is of the opinion that the more lists you on on the more important you are, I have just added him to my “people that make no sense list” This is just going to be another circle jerk in my opinion, can you hear it now? How many followers do you have? Well you beat me, How…

  • Donal Óg Cusack out of the closet and into the clover

    Pat Phelan
    21 Oct 2009 | 4:10 pm
    As a sports addict who would support any type of game I could not help but hear the story of Donal Óg Cusack over the last few weeks. Donal is the goalkeeper for the Cork Hurling team if you didn’t already know that and has just told the world that he is gay, I admire his decision 100% and fair play to him. It stops there though. In what I see as an incredible cynical move Donal timed this announcement with the launch of his book “Come what may” and thus ended Cork’s worst kept secret, I mean in fairness lads the dogs on the street knew Donal was gay (not that it mattered a jot to…

  • Free money here

    Pat Phelan
    13 Oct 2009 | 11:45 am
    I have a friend whom I haven’t heard from for a while, a fantastically decent chap, we soldiered together when neither of us had a bean between us. His business is gone slow and he has been looking for other “opportunities” I should add that he has zero internet and computing experience. He has been hanging out with these “nice folk” and now these “lovely people” are going to help him get rich or should I say help him to get them rich. These fantastically talented human beings are going to make him rich beyond his wildest dreams in fact one of them…

  • UPC Broadband, wonderful service unless you want to work at the weekends.

    Pat Phelan
    11 Oct 2009 | 9:52 am
    I switched to UPC Broadband a few weeks ago and was at first thrilled with their service, 17 megs downstream out of a possible 20 megs, always on, no download limits but it has now become possibly the worst broadband service I have ever used. I again have no connectivity for the last two hours and yesterday no connectivity for 3 hours (just back up 8hrs downtime) I am now on almost first name terms with their customer service team who appear to have the knowledge of gnats regarding broadband. 3 weeks in a row I can now almost guarantee it will be down again next Sunday as the company appears…

  • MAXroam goes Dutch, Spanish and WiFi

    Pat Phelan
    1 Oct 2009 | 7:47 am
    These multiple releases are now part of our strategy moving forward with lots more to come next qtr. We are delighted to announce a number of new partnerships today. MAXroam Spain is now open for business in conjunction with our partner Dr Sim a fantasic company which helps Spaniards reduce their mobile bills. A special word of thanks here to my friend Loic as I first met Dr Sim at Le Web last December. (Highly recommended event) One item that is constantly requested by our users is WiFi deals, we examined a number of options provided by global companies and went with Trustive. They have been…
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  • The latest IMC Report

    WorldbyStorm
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:03 pm
    A few aspects of the latest IMC Report jumped out at me… 2.8 Second, it remains our view that there has not been effective strategic collaboration between the main dissident groups, though all direct their attention to attempts to kill members of the security forces and their families as well as attempts to intimidate and control communities. There also continues to be ad hoc tactical co-operation between individuals from different groups and backgrounds. This form of tactical co-operation involves personal and social networks rather than the organisations themselves and has been…

  • OECD Economic Survey of Ireland… compulsory reading? Ahem. The rich truly are different.

    WorldbyStorm
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    I had another laugh today, rereading Finfacts overview of the OECD Economic Survey of Ireland. The OECD’s Economic Survey of Ireland was launched in Dublin today by Angel Gurría, Secretary General of the Paris-based OECD, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – - the think tank for 30 mainly developed countries – - and the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan. The Minister welcomed what he termed the OECD’s fair and balanced assessment of the Irish economy and said it should be “compulsory reading” for understanding the challenges the country…

  • Latest on Irish Election Literature Blog…

    WorldbyStorm
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    As AK of IELB notes: Some old and new here and a bit of a bumper week for the left. ‘We Buy our homes and the developers buy the big parties’ Eamon Gilmore 1989 Tom Crilly and Andy Smith 1987 campaign letter regarding the closure of Sir Patrick Dunns Hospital. John McManus from the 1985 Local elections. Tony Gregory -Voice Against Heroin -1999 Phil Kearney Green 1985 LE Ballybrack… The Green Alliance wanted to ‘Stop and Reverse the Growth of Dublin’ ,Kearney had a spell at the Bishopscourt peace camp too. First four pages of the Irish Socialist Network Newsletter…

  • MTL Update – Dublin Port Workers’ Support Group

    WorldbyStorm
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:59 pm
    Message from the Dublin Port Workers’ Support Group: To all supporters/contacts A very brief update . The strike has ended over 2 weeks , and nobody has got back to work yet ! The Labour court recommendation left a number of key issues unresolved, to be negotiated or to be subject to binding arbitration. The negotiations were slow, to say the least. It has now reached a stage where arbitration is necessary , due to failure to reach agreement on issues that central to the dispute . No suprise to find that MTL has not changed it’s attitude , and is still looking for an unacceptable…

  • Well fancy that… It’s the OECD(s)…

    WorldbyStorm
    5 Nov 2009 | 10:59 pm
    Amazingly the OECD, an organisation based in Paris has announced that: The Government should increase secondary school class sizes and introduce university fees to reduce public spending… Amazing, you ask? Why yes, because an organisation also known as the OECD, and also based in Paris, in 2008 in the run up to the Budget argued that: IRELAND IS close to the bottom of the international league table on education spending relative to the country’s economic wealth, according to an authoritative OECD report published today. The report – which highlights relative underinvestment…
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    le craic

  • Samantha Fox getting set for the jungle

    aj@lecraic
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:47 am
    Have to love the Sun headline for the news that 80’s Page 3 model Samantha Fox has signed up for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! She’s getting £60k to appear and there’s bound to be big interest in seeing her in the jungle. Funny comment on the Sun’s website as well : “I liked Sam fox and was a shame she went lesbo, but she once was a worthy celeb and she is right for the job. Osbourne on the other hand is an idiot!.” What would John Waters say about that I wonder?

  • Old Time Irish just isn’t the same

    aj@lecraic
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:55 am
    Not relishing the oul cup of tea and toast as much any more. Not since Fruitfield quit manufacturing in Ireland and moved production to the UK. Old Time Irish marmalade just isn’t the same – they have definitely changed the recipe/cooking process. It’s not chunky enough and doesn’t have the same orangey tang as before. They say on the website that: The Fruitfield Jam & Marmalade recipes can be traced all the way back to 1853 when the Lamb Brothers started making Jams & Marmalades for the Irish market. At the time, their slogan was “Greater purity means finer…

  • Mr. Tayto – The Man Inside the Jacket

    aj@lecraic
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:11 am
    Thought this video was a spoof until I spied a packet of crisps with the book cover on the front. Now I just have to have Mr. Tayto’s book – The Man Inside the Jacket. Actually, this is genius marketing from Tayto – I passed by the local bookshop last night and they had two big posters in the window advertising it. This will sell in huge numbers for Christmas as it is priced at €5.99 and perfect for a stocking filler. Available from all good bookshops countrywide. Had a glance to see did Amazon.co.uk have it – and they do too. Thought it was funny to see the list of related…

  • Christmas Pudding Bin Bags

    aj@lecraic
    5 Nov 2009 | 8:11 am
    I may have said this before but “I think I’ve seen it all now”. Available from Suck UK. Note: If you buy these, please have someone give you a good kick up the arse.

  • Back of fag box book review – Tickling the English by Dara O’Briain

    aj@lecraic
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:58 am
    Tickling the English by Dara O’Briain – Book Review Text of review reads: The successor to the crown of England’s favourite Irishman will surely be taken by Dara O’Briain when the time comes for Terry Wogan to take a permanent lie down in a darkened room. The English need a funny Irishman as much as their stiff upper lip. O’Briain’s book sheds a bit more light on a country and its people from the point of view of a comedian on a countrywide tour. His account is fast paced, witty, intelligent and informative. We learn a lot about Dara and the craft of…
 
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    Sour Grapes

  • If Jamie Oliver and Gary Vaynerchuk had lovechildren, in Australia…

    Lar
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm
    …they’d look and behave like this pair from Qwoff (but dudes, where’s the RSS feed at?).

  • Centra does fine wines

    Lar
    4 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
    Wine morketing experts the world over are busy little bees figuring out how to get us to trade up to the next price point towards an aspirational fine wine nirvana. However, Centra (equivalent to 7 Eleven for my many many US readers) have used the interpretation of the Irish exasperated female expression “I’m fine, okaaaayy” to describe their range in a bid to get more trade from WSET Diploma students.

  • John Wilson’s Favourite Australian Wines, 24th November, Fallon & Byrne

    Lar
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:59 pm
    John McDonnell of Wine Australia is hosting a consumer wine event with John Wilson, wine writer for the Irish Times on Tuesday 24th November in Fallon & Byrne in Dublin. During the summer John Wilson was given the enviable task of drawing up his selection of favourite Australian wines. The task wasn’t to draw up a list of Australia’s finest wines, but as John says, “My first criteria for choosing these wines was very simple; would I be happy to share a bottle of any of them with my friends? The answer had to be yes. The list is certainly not a definitive gathering of the…

  • Twitter to launch wine brand

    Lar
    23 Oct 2009 | 1:53 am
    Missed this on Mashable last week, but social media platform, Twitter, is launching their own social wine for a good cause. The good cause is Room to Read, a San Francisco-based non-profit whose aim is to improve literacy rates in some of the world’s poorest countries. Fledgling Wine The project is called Fledgling Wine and you can read the full story and buy the wine (US only) over on fledglingwine.com At the moment, there are two wines, a Pinot Noir and a Chardonnay, retailing at $20 a pop but they’re not yet bottled – they’re en primeur or “futures”. The…

  • Wine of the week: Eternum Viti 2007, Toro (Bodegas Albanico)

    Lar
    22 Oct 2009 | 11:11 pm
    The Eternum Viti, a red from the Toro region (near enough to Ribera del Duero). Old vines The Eternum Viti is made from vines with an average age of over 50 years (the older, the less grapes are produced, the more concentrated the flavours). Tinta de Toro: It’s Tempranillo, Jim, but not as we know it The grape variety is “Tinta de Toro”, what they call Tempranillo in these parts. Nothing like a Rioja Tempranillo, though, this one is much, much bigger. Oak barrels The wine is aged in a mix of new and used French and American oak for 10 months, giving it vanilla, leather and…
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    Head Rambles

  • Rampant sex every hour

    Grandad
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:30 am
    Through an unfortunate series of circumstances, our family has grown yet again. Where once there was one guinea pig, now there are two. Fizz is an orphan, and was pining for her mammy who died last month.  So in a fit of utter foolishness I agreed to let her move in with Minnie. Minnie is used to having friends who are ten times her size, and she is having some difficulty with a peer who is the same diminutive size as her.  She’s not quite sure what to make of Fizz. When they were first introduced to each other, there was quite a racket as each thought the other was a predator or…

  • Get a life

    Grandad
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    What the fuck is it with you lot? I explained yesterday that the head was a bit fuzzy, and while I wasn’t looking for any sympathy, I at the very least assumed you would understand if I didn’t write anything. But no.  It’s coming up to four in the afternoon and I’m starting to get the snarky comments about the fact that I haven’t written today. Are your lives so pathetic that you can’t last a full day without reading my stuff?  Are your lives that empty?  Are my musings that important in the scheme of things? Have you tried doing something else instead?  Like…

  • No sympathy

    Grandad
    3 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    I have a bug. I haven’t mentioned it before, because frankly it’s none of your business, and the only reason I am mentioning it now is that I AM PISSED OFF WITH IT. It has been lurking around in my head and chest for the last three weeks or so, and if it doesn’t go away soon, I am really going to get annoyed. I am sick of the stuffy head and the headaches and the cough and the aches.  I am tired of sweating when the central heating is off, and shivering when the heating is on.  Worst of all, I can’t think straight. No.  On second thoughts, that’s not the worst part.

  • Mu ing

    Grandad
    2 Nov 2009 | 6:43 am
    Her elf ha  gone and fu ked up her keyboard. he went and  pilled  ome of her gin on it whi h wa  a bit  arele  . It i  a  trange thing, but gin and keyboard  ju t don’t mix very well, a  wa  obviou  by the wee  loud of  moke that aro e. Lu kily it didn’t do mu h damage. The laptop  till work  a  well a  before ex ept of one  mall matter – the letter  ” ” and ” ” don’t work any more. Thi  will be fine a  long a   he doe n’t u e any plural  and  ho e  all other word   arefully. In fa t, I’m u ing her laptop…

  • Trick or Treat

    Grandad
    31 Oct 2009 | 6:14 am
    In my day, we went around the houses collecting apples and nuts on Halloween. Nowadays it’s all this fucking “Trick or Treat”.  Another ghastly American import. In my day, we made do with an old sheet thrown over our heads. Now it’s all Star Wars costumes. *sigh* I was thinking of laying on something special for any kids who dare to call tonight. I think I’ll invite Great Uncle Josh around. He’s an amiable bloke, and he likes children. He can answer the door to them, and show them what Halloween is really all about. He’s been dead this last fifty years.
 
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  • Irish Sayings

    (1.11.09). Two types of 'grinds' (actually three, but this is a family website!); when somebody is 'waltzing around the place'; what 'doing a line' means, depending on your age, and how you can 'play your cards right'.

  • Dublin and Irish Links

    (1.11.09). We're delighted to link to lookaroundireland.com, who provide a lot of information about travel Ireland.

  • Irish job visas and applying for work

    (1.10.09). Advice for non-EU residents on applying for work in the Republic of Ireland, and how to get a work visa.

  • Irish Sayings

    (1.10.09). Who is the fool? See the guest sidebar on the right-hand side.

  • Driving tips for Ireland 2

    (6.09.09). Explanation of the pedestrian crossing in Ireland for road users; what is looks like and how it operates
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    Everyone's Journal Posts - Diddlyi Irish Dance and Music

  • an commision

    Ariane
    ive moved schools and commision looks harder but i cant wait for my first feis

  • Diddlyi Article Wall

    Rebecca @ Diddlyi
    As most of you may be aware, Diddlyi has has a sister website, the Diddlyi Magazine, which houses all of our original stories about Irish dance, music, and culture. We haven't officially launched the Magazine (December 1st is the launch date) but there are already 100s of articles available to read now. Paul has set up a great new page where you can scan through the most recent 100 magazine articles and click on whichever may interest you. Click here to see the Diddlyi Article Wall. We've been working hard to provide content specifically for you. Please let us know if you have any thoughts…

  • Русскоязычная группа.

    Alexey Paponov
    Нужна ли она?

  • If You’re Determined to Be a Better Irish Dancer, You Will Be

    Rebecca @ Diddlyi
    The Magazine has so many great new features on Irish dancing. This week Shelly Hathaway* talks about the importance of determination and where it can bring you with your dancing. Click here to read If You’re Determined to Be a Better Irish Dancer, You Will Be. *Shelly Hathaway is an Open Championship Irish dancer from the Shelley School of Irish Dance in Utah. This series will cover her training for the 2009 Western Region Oireachtas. Shelly is also a graphic designer and enjoys photography, music, and film. Visit ShellyHathaway.com ____________________________ ♣ Related Links Shelly…

  • There’s Room For Adults In Irish Dance

    Paul @ Diddlyi
    Christy Dorrity has just added two great new posts in the Diddlyi Magazine on getting started with Irish Dancing and Adult Irish Dancing. We would love to hear your comments!
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  • Fuck it

    Maxi
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:12 pm
    That is all.

  • Spamtastic

    Maxi
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    I get spammed quite a lot, most blogs do.  It’s rarely a problem as we have spam filters and blockers to catch them and stop them clogging up our comments. I get worried about the kind of people who spam me, and their spam content. Of course I get the usual 72 question mark spam, the people who say they love my site and link back to their web cam site and as always the gay sex sites who mistake my use of reference to Twink. But I check in my spam folder every now and again just to make sure no normal people have been trapped. Here’s a few of the more interesting messages that…

  • I don’t seem so weird now, do I?

    Maxi
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:07 pm
    I’ve got a bit of a rep for being a filth monger.  The descriptions of this here site on some other people’s sites and blogrolls warn of the content here.  That’s fair enough I suppose, even if I do have a get out of jail free safe button there on the side, just in case someone looks over your shoulder. It’s no secret that I’m quite partial to the odd fetish.  Lesbians, stockings, strap ons (watching or receiving, the red heads choice), red heads, and feet. I love feet.  You all know this.  I love toes, socks, strappy shoes, anything to do with women’s…

  • Things not to say at the moment of penetration

    Maxi
    3 Nov 2009 | 5:18 pm
    Over the years, I’ve penetrated many a female.  I’ve also got a habit of not keeping my mouth in check when the glorious moment of penetration is upon us.  Being the ever generous person that I am, I’m going to share some such verbal gems so that you can store them in your memory banks and not use them to cock block yourself. You’re welcome: 1.   Can you try and tighten up this time? 2.   No way, yer ma has the same mole! 3.   Jesus, you’re drier than a camel’s nuts in a sand storm. 4.   This is what a big boy does with it. 5.   Are you sure…

  • Wank of the Week

    Maxi
    2 Nov 2009 | 8:36 pm
    She’s from England, I think.  She speaks with an American accent, which is weird.  Although she used to sound like Justin Lee Collins, so it’s not all bad I suppose. She’s madder than a bag of psyche ward shite, but she’s also partial to a bottle of red hair dye.  Which is nice.  But being nuttier than a monkey turd in a monkey nut factory means she also dyes her hair pink or blue of purple or baby vomit green or unicorn spunk turquoise.  But who doesn’t love a mad bint who is two drummers short of a doobie brothers?  You could fuck her all day if you…
 
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    Skin Flicks

  • The Big Bollix

    20 Oct 2009 | 5:12 pm
    I was in the queue at Ben Gurion airport when the Israeli security forces finally caught up with me. Probably, I should have listened to that little voice telling me to exit via the West Bank and Jordan, but I simply didn't have the cash to hand to do it.So I risked exiting as I came, and they pulled me aside.First, I was taken to a side room and strip-searched. Then they went to remove my bag. I protested, as images flashed before my eyes of getting fitted up for heroin smuggling or the like. Eventually, unable to remove my hands from the bag, they agreed to let me dress and search it in…

  • Stephen Gately RIP, but let's not pretend he was Gandhi

    18 Oct 2009 | 10:36 am
    Stephen Gately was a moderately talented singer and disco dancer.He was not Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, or Jesus Christ.The cult of celebrity that led to firstly the virtually state funeral he had yester with thousands outside the church and secondly the wall-to-wall coverage of his death is to me sadly symptomatic of a society in thrall to fame.Let's not forget, another man was buried yesterday - a man who was a talented athlete, who volunteered at his local scout troop, who was immensely talented at his job, training our air corps pilots and who tragically died last Monday.Yet on RTE's…

  • Cliftonville FC 3 Glasgow Celtic 0

    13 Oct 2009 | 7:02 pm
    No, that's not a typo. It really happened.North Belfast part-timers Cliftonville wallopped mighty Glasgow Celtic 3-0 last night and it could actually have been easily 6.Few things on Earth are likely to unite the loyalist denizens of Ibrox and the Irish republicans of Ardoyne. But this astonishing victory by Ireland's oldest club over the famous Glasgow Celtic just might.Fair enough, it wasn't quite Celtic's first XI. But there were numerous players on display for the Scots whose individual alleged values far exceeds that of Cliftonville's entire team, and Solitude stadium too.My suggestion?

  • The tricky task of finding a Ceann Comhairle

    12 Oct 2009 | 3:13 pm
    The Irish parliament needs a speaker, after the last one was caught swanning around the planet like Marie-Antoinette at the taxpayers' expense.This is a problem for Fianna Fail, because while the ideal would be for a member of an opposition party to take the chair (thus boosting the government's slender majority), it's unlikely that anyone from Labour or Sinn Fein can be bought off, and Fine Gael will have those who might be tempted on a tight leash in the hope of forcing an election or change of government.Hence we're seeing some strange names popping up. The latest is Trevor 'I won't lead…

  • Let's ditch England

    5 Oct 2009 | 6:28 pm
    As I wandered around the sunny squares of Glasgow today, I couldn't help but recall that once upon a time Belfast sort of looked like this, before it all got blown up.As I wandered the redbrick Victorian squares and terraces, I remembered that Belfast has much in common with this town, just as Dublin and Edinburgh architecturally are so reminiscent of each other.Outside the Buchanan galleries, laden with bottles of whisky, I overheard a lost Japanese tourist ask two smoking old dears how to get to the Holiday Inn.'Sure we wouldn't know,' they told him apologetically. 'We're not from this part…
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  • Jenny Greene and The Electric Disco Album

    McAWilliams
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:51 pm
    Ok I am not going to say what a bad blogger I am or anything, but when you forget your password to your blog it is a worrying thing! Anyhow even though I may not have posted much lately I have been out and about taking pictures. The day after Damiens superb web awards, I was asked to do a photoshoot by Jenny Greene, 2fm DJ and all round great mate. She has an album out this Friday called “The Electric Disco” its a 2 disc compilation of some great auld tunes, but the main reason to buy it would be because one of the many images I took has made it onto the album sleeve. I am well…

  • This is Damien Mulley and my Irish Web Awards Post.

    McAWilliams
    12 Oct 2009 | 3:21 pm
    So the Irish Web Awards were on last Saturday night and I would like to convey some opinions I have of the event itself. This is its second year running and to be honest, I found the whole evening awfull, I shall go more into that in a while, but it may help to know more about the preceeding weeks beforehand. The guy above is some guy called Damien Mulley, he runs a blog (click the link if you are bothered) and seems to organise awards too, one for his mates in the blog world called the Irish Blog Awards and then this crap the Irish Web Awards. It seems anyone who wants can be nominated for…

  • Vodafone 360 and Dita Von Teese

    McAWilliams
    24 Sep 2009 | 3:38 pm
    Well what a day, busy in work but the excitement for me was at 2pm today, where I was invited as a blogger to the launch of Vodafone 360. What an amazing device it seems to be, totally down my road since it is a social media whore on a very nice samsung phone. But as a photoblogger why would I be excited, well Dita Von Teese was going to be there too. Happy days for my camera, or at least that wa the plan, its a shame though that one of the PR companies for Vodafone did not want me to take any photos of the event itself which for me as a photoblogger took all the fun out of it. Ah well I got…

  • Mondello Park Japfest Photowalk

    McAWilliams
    9 Sep 2009 | 5:18 am
    Well where did all my August posts go, oh thats right I hardly touched my webpage during August, due to the fact as many know I was busy decking the whole of my garden by myself, but anyhow you dont really want to know about that since you are here for pictures. So from one photowalk picture to another photowalk picture, this time with an incredible story to boot. Over the past year or so I have been followed on Twitter by John Fair who is the corporate and sales manager of Mondello Park, Irelands national motor racing track. Now I dunno why he followed me initially but over time I found out…

  • Scott Kelby Photowalk Dublin 2009

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    19 Jul 2009 | 4:29 pm
    Well after all the planning across the world, Scott Kelbys 2nd worldwide photowalk got underway yesterday and I had the honour of leading a fantastic group of 46 people for the Dublin event. Rather then telling you all about it, everyone has been putting their images up on Pix.ie, many thanks to Marcus for allowing us to use the site for the event. Looking though those photos will give you much more of an idea of what the day was like and can be found at this very handy webpage. Thanks again to everyone for coming along and making the Dublin walk such a success. (Photo above taken by Elliot…
 
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  • Ireland - Back to the Arsehole of Nowhere

    4 Nov 2009 | 6:53 am
    My bloggy friend Thrifty posted a link on Facebook -'Ireland is a disaster . . . leave now and enjoy your life'which is an article from the Irish Times about the recent HUGE exodus of Irish people from the Emerald Isle. I've ranted about my love hate relationship with Ireland before -> here. When I first read the stories I thought to myself, shite - this is identical to my own set of reasons for leaving Ireland in 1988. I felt sorry for the new generation who would have to retrace my steps to find a better life. Ireland is fucked yet again - despite being the strongest economy in Europe only…

  • Siquijor, Island Paradise, Visayas, Philippines

    28 Oct 2009 | 2:04 am
    I realise it's been a bit quiet in this bloggy corner recently but for good reason. We managed to notch up another country (Philippines) on our quest to conquer the world.It was a bit of a roll of the dice since it's typhoon season in these parts and Northern Philippines just got hammered hard by 2 typhoons in the last 2 weeks.I am happy to report that the South was hot and sunny and spectacular. Getting to our destination (the island of Siquijor) was not exactly a walk in the park, but when you want to escape the crowds, you usually have to put in a little extra effort or in this case A LOT…

  • Hiking Stage 2 of the Maclehose Trail - Tai Long Wan

    19 Oct 2009 | 7:43 am
    Tai Long Wan, Sai KungHere are some pics from a recent 13.5km hike in Sai Kung. Strangely enough, this was a disaster and jinx free hike so no tales of woe to recount. Words cannot fully describe the beauty of this place, at least not my words, so I won't even bother trying - All this a stones throw away from one of the most congested cities in the world! - I love this place! - Enjoy!p.s. I know I need to invest in a decent camera!Tags: ..Hiking Stage 2 of the Maclehose Trail - Tai Long Wan..If you like what you've read, why not subscribe to updates click here Paddy in Buenos Aires

  • A Scarey HAIRY Tale

    14 Oct 2009 | 10:37 am
    I have to confess I have much more body hair than I am comfortable with. I am part hairy ape or so it seems. It may come to pass, I become bald someday and I'll regret these anti-hair words, but right now in my 'prime' things are getting out of control.As a teen, I foolishly decided to rid my myself of some newly formed but unwanted body hair. I shaved my arm pits and it was all grand until 3 days later when the stubble regrowth gave me such an itch and a rash that I was walking around for days with a bad ass body builder pose, so as not to have any friction on my tender arm pits.With the on…

  • F**K You for the Voodoo that You Do - Boo Hoo!

    9 Oct 2009 | 8:01 pm
    I seriously think I've been Hexed. It all started yesterday. I was supposed to go hiking with a friend, on a as yet unconquered picturesque trail and when I checked the weather the night before it was supposed to be clear and sunny.I awoke to heavy rain beating against the window. The forecast had changed drastically to cloudy and showers (the weather changes in an instant in these parts). I was bummed, but we had to postpone the hike for another day. Everything went arse over tits downhill from then on.So as not to write-off the day completely, I decided I had but 2 simple tasks to complete…
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