What national emergency?
I received my 80 page booklet today from the Office of Emergency Planning. Half of it is written in Irish and the second half is in English. In the foreword, our Dear Leader writes, “there is no reason to think that a major emergency is likely in the immediate future“. Most of [...]
NTL Ireland sucks
It’s been a while since I posted here because I honestly can’t think of a single noteworthy thing to say. But tonight, I was messing about, and to my surprise, discovered that NTL Ireland were…well…I’ll let the picture do the talking.
The law of unintended consequences! (wiki)
I’ve written two posts (one, two) previously complaining about NTL [...]
Children are the new must-have item in Kerry
No adult will be permitted in a playground unless accompanied by a child
It will be an offence for anyone other than a child to use playground equipment
Only families are allowed to take photographs in playgrounds
Kerry County Council have introduced new byelaws regulating the playgrounds in their county. Introduced because of concern that the playgrounds [...]
Loony Louth
A taxi driver called Friday drove me to my hotel last Saturday from the pub. And, indeed, he was a very good driver.
A friend needed a passport renewal form and called into Drogheda Garda Station for one. She couldn’t get one because the Superintendent (or Sergeant) had the key to the stationary room and [...]
Losing it
Ireland lost the rugby and I’ve lost my memory.
Against my better judgement, I watched the Ireland v Argentina rugby game this afternoon. In the final quarter of the game, the Setanta commentator made a pithy comment that ultimately was a damning judgement on Ireland’s performance. ‘Oh’, I thought to myself, ‘I should write [...]