I used to be able to swim well. At a stretch I could do 50*25m lengths of a pool in about an hour. I’d be wrecked after it for days on end, but I did it. And at the time I managed to hold my breath and swim the whole […]
In the news
Luciano Pavarotti has sung his last
Luciano Pavarotti died in the early morning of September 6, 2007 at home surrounded by his wife and four daughters. I got a bit of a shock this morning looking through my feeds when I saw Pat’s post that Pavarotti died. The Wikipedia page on him has already been updated […]
Humour , In the news , When-in-Ireland
News from the beaches of Cork
Following the news that €105m worth of cocaine was recovered from the waters off West Cork over the last 2 days it appears that some people have been down to the beaches helping Gardai with their investigation.. Thanks Derek for the image, anyone know where it came from originally?
Apple , In the news
Whither the outcry?
Bombs were defused and a disaster avoided in London and Glasgow yet I hardly hear a word of it online. Strange. The terrorists must be Apple users who knew that everyone would be talking about the iPhone. Mark reminds us it wasn’t the police who noticed the bomb outside the […]
In the news , When-in-Ireland
I voted today in the Irish election
Thanks Celine for taking care of Adam while we went and voted! I can’t remember who I gave all my votes to but the first two went to: John McCarthy, an independent standing on health issues, including mental health. (yes, that is a pony tail!) Noel O’Flynn, a Fianna Fail […]
Humour , In the news , When-in-Ireland
Take a hint Mary Harney!
I’ve previously written at length about Mary Harney and my distaste for what she’s doing to the health service in Ireland so this image posted to Blogorrah made me smile. There’s a general election on May 24th but I thought Harney would be retiring after her disgraceful stint as Minister […]
In the news
One giant leap for starman Hawking
The Sunday Times reports that Steven Hawking is going to take a trip in the “Vomet Comet” to experience up to 25 seconds of weightlessness! I think that is simply the most wonderful thing that could happen to a man who has studied gravity and physics all his life. He […]
In the news
Eva Herzigova is loving pregnancy
Today’s Sunday Times reveals that Eva Herzigova loves being pregnant. She is 7 months pregant by long term boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj. “I’m just so happy. I want to be pregnant for the next 10 years,” she declares with a beatific smile. Pregnancy, she says, has changed her life. “I feel […]
Donncha , When-in-Ireland
More fun at the hospital
We spent over 2 hours this morning at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH). Little had changed since last week. Appointments were still impossible to make so Jacinta was told to come in early and wait. It was crowded last week, but if anything, it was worse today. Most seats were […]
Health , In the news , When-in-Ireland
Harney forces Cork midwives to resign
The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, has a lot to answer for. Nurses, midwives, consultants and other staff in the newly opened Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) are stretched to the limit coping with the pressure of expectant mothers and babies from the original three maternity hospitals in the city. […]