London is a Spook Country for me
Nerd alert: I’m a big fan of William Gibson and I collect signed first edition books of his. Yeah, I even collect the regional versions with different front covers… William Gibson has a new book out called Spook Country* and he’s doing the rounds at the moment doing book signings. Of course, he won’t be [...]
LE Ciara docking in Dublin
The LE Ciara (P42) docked in Dublin on Thursday and I caught a few photos. The ship prefix LÉ stands for Long Éireannach, or “Irish ship” as Gaeilge. (source: wiki). Naval service vessels are all named with traditional Irish female names, taken from history and Celtic mythology. LE Ciara is the fastest ship (of eight) [...]
North Wall car crash
I arrived too late to see what actually happened but I guess it happened after the Disney on Ice show in the Point Depot. Putting on my Sherlock Holmes hat, it looked like a navy blue renault pulled out in front of the ‘Paddywagon’ bus’. Somehow the blue renault ended up on the wrong side [...]
Liffey water taxi
Watch yer back. By order
Years ago, when the carnage on our roads was really, really bad as opposed to the just really bad situation we have now, everybody felt something had to be done. County Louth, I think, had the worst statistics, partly because (a) the locals were really bad drivers and (b) our Northern cousins drove like demons [...]
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