Just when you thought you were safe behind your PC from the various dangers of road rage, shopping rage and good old general rage – they bring you WEB RAGE! Yes, in today’s news from the BBC is a story about two men who exchanged insults in a chat room that resulted in one of… Read More »Web Rage
An unadapted subject line from The Register. For some reason or other the EU has decided to let Ireland away with not providing location information for callers to emergency numbers (e.g. 999 or 112). The national authority for Ireland has spoken and assured the EU that the service is now available – apparently this was… Read More »Ireland off the hook
No, it’s not another Douglas Adams inspired posting or anything remotely related to the greatest computer ever made until they made the earth… or does it? Recently I have been doing a lot of thinking about life, what it is, what it means and where it’s all going to. Must be that stage of life… Read More »Deep Thought
Just heard on the news this morning that tens of thousands of Smart Telecom customers have been disconnected due to a billing dispute between their service provider and Eircom who own the physical lines. This follows on from massive lay-offs by Smart Telecom in recent weeks and would paint a very dim picture for the… Read More »That’s not Magic!
As the crisis supposedly deepens for the Taoiseach regarding his acceptance of unclear payments, speculation is starting that the mighty McDowell may have to stand down and that the PD/Fianna Fail government is in danger. Sunny days are made of things like this. However, I doubt that the sun is about to shine… source: Irish… Read More »If Only…
It may have been Europe that seized the title at the K Club but the Ryder Cup firmly belongs to Darren Clarke – and I’m sure that nobody would disagree. Following a fantastic three days of competition, Clarke could not but break down when the title was finally claimed. Given the hardship that he has… Read More »Clarke’s Cup
C’mon Bertie give us a real answer. That’s the sentiment coming from the entire country at the moment with respect to allegations made about Taoiseach Bertie Ahern receiving payments that are being investigated by the Mahon Tribunal. The Taoiseach appeared defensive on radio interviews and stated that the disclosure of the payments was “unfair, unjust… Read More »Teflon Gets Scratched?
I’m a bit late with this breaking news due to not having done any reading in the last couple of days but after 4 long years of keeping the faith, Tom Murphy has decided to call it a day with PR Opinions. Tom’s blog was a very enjoyable read over the years and it will… Read More »Tom Shuts the Door on PR
ME! 🙂 Yup, another year ends or starts depending on your viewpoint. I may be getting older but at least from an insurance perspective, I ain’t getting any younger! Took the day off work to relax and enjoy the opening rounds of the Ryder Cup. Hopefully the weather will improve over the weekend and leave… Read More »Happy Birthday to…
It has been a week since the mighty McDowell took the reins of the party formerly known as Mary Harney and co. It would appear that in that week, the unshakable man who has behaved like a bull in a china shop in recent times, has been shaken. Out of nowhere, he is now chanting… Read More »The Aggressive Democrats