Kildare, unlike the west and south of the country, was relatively unscathed by the recent flooding. Some small pockets, most notably Johnstown and Sallins, were hit and hit badly. Even then the damage was confined to particular housing estates.
I was visiting a client, a farmer, in one of those areas the other day. Small talk [...]
Shortly after mid-day on Saturday the below Tweets showed up on my screen.
So what, you say. Some dude’s sitting in a plane, says thanks and links to a picture. Big deal!
Well it was a big deal.
Here’s the picture Darragh took.
Yep. The picture was taken and the message sent from his phone while making his first [...]
I haven’t posted in a few days. It’s not that I’ve been overly busy or anything, but when you’ve nothing to say it’s best to say nothing.
And anyway, nothing of interest happened. Until yesterday, when I (got) volunteered to count and bag the proceeds of a street collection. Doesn’t sound interesting? The thrill of handling [...]
The EU has an E-number for everything from calcium carbonate (chalk) [Source: Wikipedia] to Mycoxafailin (Viagra) [Source: OBB News]. I propose a system of W-numbers for those employers who are wankers to work for. Here is a small sample from my own past experience to illustrate this.
W101: I was 14 years old. Myself and Tom, [...]
In 2002, an Irish property developer founded the Niall Mellon Township Trust with the aim of providing the poor of South Africa’s townships with housing. You can read more about it on the website.
The way it works is unlike most charities. Rather than providing money for housing, the trust actually provides the housing itself. Each [...]
Back in March I wrote about some of my experiences volunteering with a charity and how some recipients of aid expect, and take, more than their fair share to the detriment of the genuine. Without fear, I called them wheelchair-wankers. Go read that post if you don’t remember it.
The day I wrote it I was [...]
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