Category: Life in General


  • 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 […]

  • DARTing Pains

    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 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, […]

  • Well exactly one month to the day that Siรขn and I tied the knot. Just about have all the photos together now from the various sources but still a few […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Wedding

    Well, Siân and I got married and the whole day was great. I think I managed to keep face with the speech but I’ll have to wait for the video. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]