Just a short post on the Irish Blog Awards 2010 – my first time to attend and Liv came along too (which was great, she got an insight into my online life). As ever, it’s great to catch up with …
This was my big cycling project of the year and truly was fun. I’m debating putting an internal gear hub on it in 2010 but currently being advised against it. Well worth reading the set of posts I did recently …
I was home in Roscommon over the weekend and was reminded about just how great it is to visit my parents. I grew up in Roscommon but feel no affinity to the county. Except for this place that my parents …
This is probably ignorance on my part more than anything. I’m finding my RSS stream a little overloaded from tech news which is interesting but not necessarily impacting me in the context of being Ireland based and focussed. For this …
Had a good laugh this morning (via Redmum): http://redmum.blogspot.com/2009/03/tax-dodging-365.html
Tis surely hard to find anything nice to say about our government at the moment. Just as disheartening is the state of the opposition which offers no hope through change. As much as the economic system is broken, we surely …
This time last year I was busy complaining about the state of recruitment agencies here in Ireland. Of about 8 or 9 different agencies only one came through for me with professionalism and they also managed to place me with …
We’re all watching the carry on over the FÁS expenses and obviously everyone is outraged. No doubt lots of people will be going on about the government and civil servants ripping us off. What will probably be missed is that …
I haven’t been participating in the Tuesday Push, not because I have anything against it but because I’m still feeling my way around to some extent and getting comfortable (yes, it’s taking a long time but that’s me). However there …
Fantastic win for Connacht having suffered the ignominy of defeat so often. Fantastic win for the fans who turn out for these games. An inspiring game that makes you stand and applaud what these players do for those of us who invest …
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