Category: Life in General


  • Liverpool have just won the champions league in a bizarre match that saw them return from 3-0 down. Go on the pool!

  • This weekend saw the passing of yet another European curiosity. Yes, one cannot but applaud the manifestation of sheer enthusiasm, national pride, and musical annihilation that is the accidental entertainment […]

  • Looks as though the international space station will be visible all over Ireland this week. Keep watching the skies… source: Irish Times Note: Irish Times article may require login

  • This morning it was announced by the Minister for Transportation that there would be a move to partly privatise the driving test. In an attempt to decrease the backlog of […]

  • Heard this story on the Last Word on Today FM while driving home last evening. The banking sector in Ireland is set up for a bit of competition by the […]

  • Overheard on the radio this morning and read in the paper: It looks like Waterford Crystal are to shut up shop in Dungarvan after 30 years of working in the […]

  • Just listening to the news and having read an earlier report today about the EU action against Ireland with respect to our appalling waste management. I applaud the EU for […]

  • Just poached this snippet from Bernie G’s blog. A bit of humour on how Irish only road signs will confuse the hell out of anyone in Gaeltacht areas. All because […]

  • Scenario: man is victim of Garda corruption, man is punished for a crime he did not commit and man’s life is made miserable because of corruption. Man cannot afford huge […]

  • Saturday night saw the passing from this life of Pope John Paul. An event touching so many across the world with compassionate grief and remembrance. The news of the death […]