I’ll say it now before I get used to it. Seeing a customs declaration on a package from the UK is really weird, and disappointing. #brexit
Ireland
50% of our energy came from renewables
In the last 24 hours just over 50% of the electricity generated in Ireland came from renewables. We even exported 4% of our electricity. Of course the wind isn’t blowing this hard every day, or it’s blowing too hard, and over the course of the last month the portion of […]
Ireland
Putting Accents on Characters on Mac
Accents, everyone has one but some characters have more than one, and writing them on a Mac can be hard unless you know how. I really only need one type of accent, the “sine fada” in Irish that goes over the vowels. They look like this: á, é, ó, ú […]
Ireland
Signs of the Pandemic
I can’t imagine going into a restaurant or pub for a long time still. The lockdown in Ireland has managed to reduce the infection rate of Covid19 in the country dramatically compared to levels last month but it hasn’t gone away. Unfortunately the lockdown itself has decimated many businesses and […]
Ireland
How many cars are on the road?
If you go along to the Transport Infrastructure Ireland website right now you’ll find a map of Ireland with lots of green dots. These are the locations of cameras recording the volume of traffic on the road. It’s been interesting looking at some of the roads around Cork during the […]
Ireland
Anyone for Takeaway Pints?
Along with what seemed like a large portion of the country I stayed in Dingle recently. The town was packed. We stayed in a B&B on the edge of town and every day around noon the road outside was a traffic jam of cars snaking through the town. Most people […]
Ireland
Some Good News
I have to say, Some Good News with John Krasinski is a breath of fresh air in this time of quarantine and isolation. John picks up on good news stories from around the world and you’ll have to have a heart of stone not to laugh or cry or both […]
Ireland
The Price of Petrol
The price of petrol in my local filling station in Blarney now stands at €1.259/litre. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it that low here before. The Blarney station isn’t the cheapest in the area but I haven’t visited anywhere else in almost a month. I’ve been told the price […]
Ireland
Is Ireland prepared?
The next few weeks are going to be absolutely awful for Ireland. Of course we’re not prepared. The HSE is doing everything they can but they’ve been underfunded for many years. This is what it’s like in Italy right now. If you’re not scared you should be. There was a […]
Ireland
I was in a crowded room
A few weeks ago I was. Just thinking about it now fills me with dread. I think the last time I was in a crowded room was at the last Blarney Photography Club meeting and that’s when I first heard that a case of COVID19 was reported in Cork. Following […]