Articles tagged ‘drink driving’
Daily Dose - 11 April
By Seán | April 11th, 2007 |
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ooooo, Irish news in a DAILY DOSE!
Just about then I realised I was getting the auld DDs,
When the child of Prague began to dance around the mantlepiece . . .
Irish youth have ‘disregard for life?’: Read here
Subsidised bottled water for Galway: Read here
New funding for Irish historical buildings: Read here
Drink driving arrests on the increase: [...]
The breathalising moment of truth
By Seán | April 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well, it was a rough morning. The munchkin, having no knowledge of her parental units’ hyjinks the night before, called for her breakfast a leeeetle before 8am. Having finally put head to mattress at 4am, it was a very bleary blogger who came downstairs with the delighted munchkin this morning.
At some point I recalled that [...]
The breathalising device
By Seán | March 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Well, I said all in the name of science, but doesn’t that thing look like someone’s high school science experiment?
Well, that or someone’s stash.
Alchohol tester?
By Seán | March 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
We all remember when I was breathalised, don’t we?
The poster there to your left is capitalising on the fact that Irish garda are breathalising morning commuters and people are afraid that if they have any amount of drink the night before, they could fail a morning breathaliser test.
It’s not too much of a concern [...]
Daily Dose - 20 March
By Seán | March 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
ooooo, Irish news in a DAILY DOSE!
Just about then I realised I was getting the auld DDs,
When the child of Prague began to dance around the mantlepiece . . .
St Paddy around the world: Read here
Paddy’s weekend road deaths: Read here
Weather cancels Dublin Paddy’s fireworks: Read here
Irish president visits pope: Read here
Galway water testing continues: [...]
Rural Ireland dying?
By Seán | January 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Just over a month ago, I mentioned that many rural Irish communities may be facing extinction. As it turns out, recent news stories are reporting that is exactly what is happening.
Galway East TD Joe Callanan reported last week that a third of rural pubs in east Galway have closed since the new drink driving laws [...]
Daily Dose - 15 Dec
By Seán | December 15th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
ooooo, Irish news in a DAILY DOSE!
Just about then I realised I was getting the auld DDs,
When the child of Prague began to dance around the mantlepiece . . .
Cliffs of Moher surfers fight with rescue workers: Read here
RTE 60hrs of podcasts online - Ireland’s largest: Read here
More than 100 Northern drink drivers a week: [...]
Daily Dose - 24 Nov
By Seán | November 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
ooooo, Irish news in a DAILY DOSE!
Just about then I realised I was getting the auld DDs,
When the child of Prague began to dance around the mantlepiece . . .
No cheap online drinks for Ireland: Read here
No cheap online anything, it would appear: Read here
70% of Irish want Corrib pipeline to go ahead: Read here
Cohabiting [...]
Daily Dose - 9 Nov
By Seán | November 9th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
ooooo, Irish news in a DAILY DOSE!
Just about then I realised I was getting the auld DDs,
When the child of Prague began to dance around the mantlepiece . . .
Irish racists?: Read here
Bord Gais says no gas for parts of Mayo: Read here
Limerick feud puts 5 year old in hospital: Read here
Top cop ain’t a [...]
How not to impress the Gardai
By Seán | November 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This weekend I had the opportunity to witness firsthand the fruits of the new garda anti-drink-driving campaign. As has been in the news here quite frequently lately, gardai nationwide have been equipped with breathalisers and they have been making random stops to check people’s blood alchohol levels.
So there I was, stowing the last of the [...]
