The new County Council office for Kildare, Áras Cill Dara, opened a couple of years ago. You can see pictures of it here. Hailed as a monument to environmentalism, it has solar roof-panels to heat the water for the kitchen and washrooms. The air conditioning is by means of computer controlled louvres on the widows [...]
The mast has broken. I am drifting aimlessly. There is no chance of rescue for another week at least. Supplies are running low. I am unable to send up flares. I fear for my life.
So the inevitable happened. The ISP I have been with for nearly 3 years now got into difficulties. I mentioned this [...]
Only recently moved into the area he didn’t realise who he was dealing with. With a lopsided grin he remarked on old Bill Drennan’s ample beer gut – If that belly was on a woman you’d think she was pregnant.
It was. And she is.
Of all the characters I’ve known, Bill is the most colourful. Not [...]
It was 1989. The year two walls came down – the big one in Berlin and the small one Pat Gleeson built for his mother. I wasn’t around to see Mrs. Gleeson’s collapse but I was in Germany for the other one. I will never forget that day as long as I live.
On the afternoon [...]
There are a couple of new blogs on the block which are worth keeping an eye on. MacKozer has set-up a new photoblog to cater for his non-Irish work. Don’t go rushing over there yet though – he needs time to upload stuff. In the meantime, you could have a look at his current photoblog. [...]
It rained today. Nothing new there. This is the 44th consecutive day of Ireland’s monsoon season. It rained heavily as I walked up the street and within seconds the road was flooded. Irish drains weren’t designed for a monsoon. Still nothing new. A white van sped by and soaked me from the waist down. I [...]
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