It is not all that long ago that Ireland’s farmers were showered with grants for hedgerow removal. The reasoning was simple: taking out the hedges, filling in the ditches and laying new drainage systems meant larger field size and more arable surface area. Tillage farmers could use bigger, faster and more efficient machinery, and they [...]
All the media carried news of the EU’s decision to abandon plans to finally end the use of imperial measurements. It was lauded as a victory for the so called Metric Martyrs in the UK. (Surely that should be Imperial Martyrs as that is their cause not the metric system. Who ever heard of Roman [...]
A school in Co. Mayo has banned students without a full driving licence from bringing cars onto the school grounds. It makes sense when you consider that few, or more likely none, would be on their 2nd provisional licence – for a learner permit to drive a car in Ireland you have to be 17 [...]
A Chinese business man with a sense of humour. (Even if he is colour blind) At last some witty graffiti. (Bear in mind, this is on a mass concrete bridge)
MacKozer has been writing about racism lately. In his latest piece he recounts the story of a Polish man in the UK found guilty of rape and murder despite evidence to the contrary. (The John Cornwell reference in the article can be found here). Prior to this, he wrote about the growing number of homeless [...]
Yesterday took me to a town south of here I hadn’t been to in a long time. A pleasant drive. Fine weather. Good roads. I seen very few idiots, which means I have no new stuff to post on ShiteDrivers.com. But that’s a good thing. I just had to pick up a cheque. Collecting cheques [...]
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