Posted in Irish journalism, Irish housing, Property on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The Irish Independent has one of its usual pieces about rents in Dublin rising by 10%, so I’m going to have one of my usual pieces giving evidence to show the contrary.
Talking about rising rents probably has more to do with trying to convince investors back into the market than anything else.
There’s a […]
Posted in muppets, Media on May 31st, 2008 6 Comments »
I met up with a friend of mine this evening and we headed into the Hut in Phisboro. While we were sitting and talking the topic of the WII fit came up. I was telling him that I was walking through the ILAC centre yesterday and there was a demonstration of the WII Fit going […]
Posted in Irish journalism, Media on May 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
A friend sent me this little tidbit from the Irish Times today(sub req).
MAGPIE: A SWEDISH woman with a fetish for inanimate objects has revealed that she’s been married to the Berlin Wall for 29 years. Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer (54), whose surname means “Berlin Wall” in German, says she wed the concrete structure in 1979.
“I find […]
Posted in Irish Economy, Irish social history on May 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
Thus the main factors driving this strong growth performance relate to the consolidation of a strong competitive position in an increasingly global international market augmented by a sizeable expansion in the supply of labour. Furthermore, the latter had been rendered significally more effective by sustained investment in education and training over a long period, especially […]
Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
While looking into the Jim Flavin resignation and his connections to the McCann family of Fyffes fame, in order to update my History Repeating itself as Larceny post about the McCann acquisition of the Oldbridge Estate months before the State announced that it wanted to acquire the site, I came across this from a SBP […]
Posted in memory on May 28th, 2008 6 Comments »
This is for Linda Howard, who would have been thirty eight today. I was going to put up one of her favourite songs, but Linda, God bless her, had bloody shite taste in music, so I’m afraid she’s going to have to put up with this instead.
In blessed memory.
Posted in TV, Media on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
As everyone knows the Irish health system is in crisis. It is the responsibility of every right thinking citizen to be as informed as possible about the nature of this crisis and to campaign both individually and collectively to have the problems corrected by our slovenly self-serving government. At the very least, every Irish person […]
Posted in music on May 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
Have to start off the week with a Munsterman that’s probably fiercer than the 17 that took to the pitch in Cardiff on sat. night to tame Toulouse - the great CC. In terms of musical generations, early Microdisney and Go-Betweens probably go back about ten or so - so apologies to Donagh that I’m […]
Posted in History, music, Politics on May 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I should say, It’s Friday, Let’s Boogie to the History of Communism in China, but that would be to much of a rip-off of Counago and Spaves legendary Friday afternoon music spot (Hi John!!).
The above is Jeffrey Lewis doing exactly what it says on the tin: providing his hip, indy audience with a history […]
Posted in Comedy, FAI, football on May 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
RTÉ have been kind enough to bung up an Après Match sketch depicting Trap-a-tony’s bedding in period with the FAI. Judging by their own account of the recent U-23 encounter with Norn Iron (which ‘Trap’ attended) : Norn Iron 0 - Sodden Iron 1 the sketch may not be far from the truth […]
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