My Commodore 64 is in my home office. How did they know?
General
Why do you do it?
I might miss something that makes my blood boil or make me feel sad that the world is so messed up. I’m better off giving this little guy a cuddle. đ Thanks Reddit.
Health
The new normal
A month is a long time, an advert on the February 27th Naked Scientists podcast was run by the Local Enterprise Office here in Ireland for “Local Enterprise Week” at the beginning of March to “help local business grow in 2020”. I wonder will people become wary of meeting others […]
Ireland
Ballintemple on Sullivan’s Quay.
If you go over to Google Maps and click on the location of the now demolished IDA building you’ll be told that you’re in Ballintemple, somewhere that is a few km to the east. A neat way to quickly get home if you happen to live in that area, but […]
Donncha
Why is our car all dusty?
I have no idea. It’s only parked outside our home, where it’s always been. Yeah, that’s where it comes from. When you live across the road from a building site. Where trucks queue on the road. Where they blast their horns on the main road to alert the crew on […]
Ireland
CervicalCheck Protest in Cork
More than 800 people marched through Cork on Saturday to protest the CervicalCheck scandal where 209 smear tests were misread and 18 women have died already. Terminally ill Emma Mhic MhathĂșna appeared at a protest today in Kerry. In a poignant protest in Tralee town centre on Monday evening, the […]
Photos
St. Patrick’s Day 2018
The 17th of March this year was a very cold day. It was overcast and dreary. A bitterly cold wind blew. Ireland were playing England in rugby at the same time most parades were taking place, which makes it all the more extraordinary that people turned out at all to […]
Ireland
Snowpocalypse Day 1
The snow has arrived! The #BeastFromTheEast is upon us! In Blarney snow fell this morning for about 40 minutes and left the ground looking lovely and white when you're inside. It was awful if you had to go out in it though! The snow fall didn't last long. Getting back […]
Ireland
Liam RuisĂ©alâs To Close
I used to work in Liam RuisĂ©alâs bookstore more than twenty five years ago. I still remember sorting through books upstairs while Everything I Do I Do It For You played every day at 1pm as it sat at the top of the charts in Ireland for nine long weeks. […]
Ireland
Clearing the Road of Fallen Trees
The trees that fell on the Waterloo Road were cut down and cleared off the road surface this evening, observed by Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy. A fire engine illuminated the scene, with a wood chipper at the side of the road, a small lorry and […]