Mercat de La Boqueria de Barcelona
I’m in Barcelona for the weekend and thought I’d share a few pictures (and thoughts) from the main market in Barcelona (starting with El Raval, finishing on La Ramblas). El Raval. I lived here for six...
View ArticleCobh: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I was going to just tweet about our day in Cobh yesterday but so much happened I felt the need to write a blog post instead. I could wax lyrical about the beautiful town of Cobh and the wonderful...
View ArticleNAMA loaned €3bn to IBRC without taking out credit insurance
Reblogged from NAMA Wine Lake: The “nod and a wink” culture that is coming to symbolise Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan’s way of doing business becomes clearer with each passing week. We are...
View ArticleReply from CER re Irish Water
Below is the text of an email reply I received today to a comprehensive list of questions and concerns I raised with the CER. I’ve included my reply in bold. Dear Mr Dolan, Thank you for contacting the...
View ArticleEmail from Irish Water
Below is an email I received from Irish Water after CER ‘provoked’ them into a response to my many questions (which Irish Water refused to answer). As you can see even the higher echelons of Irish...
View ArticleUPC Ireland WiFree
Despite opting out online last month and telling UPC by phone and opting out online again last week we received a letter this morning saying it has just been enabled (again) and we should go online to...
View ArticleĒostre – Real Goddess or Bede’s Invention? [#Easter as pagan]
http://carolynemerick.hubpages.com/hub/ostre-Germanic-Goddess-or-Bedes-Invention I decided to post this because of tweets doing the rounds that are dismissing other tweets that link Christianity’s...
View ArticleCensored: L’endroit à éviter au Cap-Ferret : Il Giardino
The following negative review of of Il Giardino restaurant in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France was banned in a French court for being too highly ranked in search engine results. I’m...
View ArticleAbsinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
I’ve been really ill this last week. Spent three days in bed, didn’t leave home for six days. I had lots of time to listen to current affairs programs on TV and radio – same ol’ same ol’ – plus I did a...
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