Articles tagged ‘politics’
Daily Dose - 14 June
By Seán | June 14th, 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 . . .
Flash floods in Northern Ireland: Read here
Green party enters Irish government: Read here
Irish Computers for Africa: Read here
Galway water deadline slides into June: Read here
Irish internet [...]
Daily Dose - 6 Dec
By Seán | December 6th, 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 . . .
Hundreds protest at hospital: Read here
Politician disses shrinks on Irish TV and is asked to resign: Read here
25% of Irish prisoners re-offend within a year: Read [...]
Daily Dose - 25 Oct
By Seán | October 25th, 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 . . .
€55,600 for Irish suicide project: Read here
Will Sinn Fein back Northern police?: Read here
Young Irish miscreants “left to rot” in institution: Read here
De Valera resigns: Read [...]
Breastfeeding in McDonalds
By Seán | October 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I recently posted about breastfeeding in Ireland.
I spotted the sticker there on the left at the local McDonalds. Whoever runs the Irish McDonalds spends a lot of time “Irish-izing” their marketing campaigns.
There are a lot of businesses lifted from the UK and placed in Ireland with their British-tinged advertising and marketing strategies intact. [...]
Garda reserves?
By Seán | September 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Welcome to the Garda Síochána. As their website says, “We do hope that you like it.”
This is not the welcome that new garda reeserve recruits will be having when they show up for training.
Gardai (pronounced “gahr-DEE”) is the Irish name for policeman, in case you were wondering.
There are numerous instances of crime here [...]
Who are The Rossport Five?
By Seán | September 26th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Today there was another protest about the proposed Shell gas pipeline up in Mayo.
A bit of background, for those who have never heard of the Rossport Five. The Rossport Five are five Mayo farmers who stood up to Shell oil when they tried to plough a pipeline through their farms. The farmers parked their [...]
Celtic Tiger Golfing Porn?
By Seán | September 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This weekend is the Ryder Cup; the biggest event in a sport invented a stone’s throw from Ireland. I suppose it makes sense, Ireland presents an ideal environment for it - gently rippling landscape covered with perpetually green grass. There are at least five golf courses that I’m aware of just here in Athlone.
The [...]
The Athlone IRA Statue
By Seán | September 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well, my posting on Northern Ireland has spawned a lot of conversations out here. I mentioned that Athlone has an IRA statue and it was pointed out to me that not all of the readers of this blog may understand that the IRA statue was erected for is NOT the modern IRA terrorists we [...]
