Category Archives: Ireland

Stuff related to the Emerald Isle

No Place Like Dome 2010 (NPLD)

Posted on June 27, 2010 by colly

I’m finally recovered from what had to be of of the best little Irish festivals ever. No Place Like Dome or NPLD is a very small music and arts festival in Sligo, this was its second year ever and it … Continue reading →

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Laughable Irish Speed Limits

Posted on April 14, 2010 by colly

I was just on a weekend away down south, and here are a few photos I took: On this tiny little dirt road, apparently our often overprotective government, think its perfectly ok to do up to 80kph while driving on … Continue reading →

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Electric Picnic 2009

Posted on April 29, 2009 by colly

Enough of all this recession bullshiiiiit – let’s concentrate on the FUN things coming up. It’s now (apparently) summer so tome to get out in a field with a tent and get messy with your mates to comer quality tunage. … Continue reading →

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A true sign of the times…

Posted on April 27, 2009 by colly

This is the queue last week on Stephens Green when the convenience store Londis advertised some jobs for some new stores opening this year, and had an open interview day. Applicants were forces to queue on the street outside which … Continue reading →

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Why are taxi’s such bad drivers?

Posted on January 18, 2009 by colly

Taxi men in this country get a pretty bad rap. There is never a shortage of people complaining about them on the various radio stations, or on one of the many message boards in Ireland. Sometimes I think a bad … Continue reading →

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The Irish Property Market in 2009

Posted on January 14, 2009 by colly

About 9 months ago I watched a fascinating documentary on RTE1 called “Future Shock Property Crash” – a frank and honest report by an Irish Journalist called Richard Curran, about what he saw as being an impending properly crash – … Continue reading →

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The Jobs Market in 2009

Posted on January 13, 2009 by colly

I think this video sums it all up… A fantastically simple yet effective piece, not exactly what you’d call politically correct though! I love it though – kinda South Park Esque… I’m very happy and thankful to say that 2009 … Continue reading →

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Fantastic deals on TV’s right now…

Posted on January 12, 2009 by colly

I remember the day i saw my first ever flatscreen TV. It was upstairs in the old electronics division of Brown Thomas, where they had all the best and most expensive (ripoff) new products. It was a 42″ which may … Continue reading →

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