Permission has just been granted for a 32 storey tower to be built in Dublin (near Heuston station). Deemed to be an “expression of outstanding 21st-century architecture”, me thinks the only outstanding thing is the 32 floors rising from the ground. The last thing Ireland needs is high rise buildings and the last thing Dublin… Read More »Ireland’s Monolith
A warming story of a DART passenger who was fined and accused of fare-evasion only to have the court find in his favour. The accused simply gave an account of the ridiculous tiket sales point and the huge queues involved in order to catch a DART when he was under extreme time pressure. The judge… Read More »DARTing Pains
The wonderful OECD have come to the amazing conclusion that competition in the market might help to curb inflation. Hmm let me see, decreased monopoly in certain areas, reduced prices, lower consumer spending (assuming excess demand for superflous items is not an issue). Now how did they ever come to that conclusion??? source: Irish Times… Read More »Competition Will Deflate You!
Well exactly one month to the day that Siân and I tied the knot. Just about have all the photos together now from the various… Read More »28 days (well, 1 month) later
A new study has supposedly shown that the quality of life enjoyed by Irish people ranks highest in the world. I’d love to know how this study was conducted and exactly how many people outside of D4 were surveyed. To me the gross divide between rich and poor, the spiralling cost of living and the… Read More »Irish Life – The Best in the World?
Well I’m back to general life after a few weeks break enjoying the sites of Cape Town on our honeymoon. Fabulous place and well worth a visit if you can hack the long flight. Anyway I say the essence of guilt, essence being the French word for petrol and no other reason. It has come… Read More »The Essence of Guilt
I laughed yesterday when I heard this; the e-voting machines in the Florida voting area for the presidential election have crashed causing a wee bit of excitement amongst those interested in challenging the outcome of the election. It’s not the first time that something strange has happened in the Florida area. I sincerely hope that… Read More »US Voting ‘Glitch’
Articles like this are great. Somebody has made a mistake but doesn’t want to tell anyone about it and then the story leaks without all the details making the whole fiasco sound really bad. Anyway the basic story is that NTL are calling upon all phone customers to disconnect their NTL service due to possible… Read More »The Danger of Phones
Sadly today marks the passing of a great comic, Rodney Dangerfield. Maybe not everyone’s cup of tea but as an appreciator of one-liner genius he’s way up there in my opinion. Many movies, shows and guest appearances decorate his career. Including an appearance on The Simpsons as Mr. Burns’ long lost son Larry. I leave… Read More »Alas Poor Rodney