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Irish Language ‘Alive & Kicking’ despite Éamon Ó Cuív

January 4, 2007 – 9:38 am

The Irish Independent , Breaking News.ie and others reported on Saturday that more people attended Irish language courses in the Gaeltacht in 2006 than ever before.
According to Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (and sometimes, the Islands), “Irish is alive and kicking”. Ok. Agreed.
Then he went on to credit [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Also posted in Gaeilge | Comments (7)

St. Stephen’s Day Traditions

December 29, 2006 – 8:10 am

At this time of year our thoughts always turn to the important things in life. Like pubs.
For the last twenty odd years, and they were indeed odd, I’ve been frequenting the same one. A place where everyone knows your name and they’re always glad you came. An Irish Cheers. A Howyagettingon.
In the course of those [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Also posted in Local | Comments (0)

Rules of the Road

December 23, 2006 – 1:02 pm

Foggy Conditions

Do not use dipped headlights. As long as you can see, that’s fine. Dipped headlights should only be used by other drivers so that you can see them.
Where possible, drive closely behind other drivers. You can safely navigate by following their tail lights. Oh, and feel [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Also posted in Driving | Comments (3)

Unused Port Hole

December 22, 2006 – 9:10 am

It seems the truckers are not using the new tunnel from the M50 to Dublin docks.
RTE News: Hundreds of Trucks avoid Dublin tunnelThe Irish Independent: Tunnel teething woes slow down truckersBreakingnews.ie: Traffic chaos at opening of Dublin Port Tunnel
The main message from all those interviewed for the above stories is “we don’t understand why the [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Comments (0)

Irish KC is coming home

December 8, 2006 – 6:01 pm

It seems Irish KC is returning to the old sod from Kansas pretty soon. Here is a heads-up for him to ease the transition.
What’s the same:-

Gillian Bowler still wears sunglasses … atop her head … in all weathers. Maybe she’s hiding a bald spot. [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Also posted in Fun | Comments (2)

Moving house? Listen to Mary.

October 30, 2006 – 12:07 pm

Education minister, Mary Hanafin, provoked a storm last week when she said “I really wish parents who are choosing to move house within term time would make arrangements for their children to be in a school at the beginning of the term”.
She dug herself in deeper by saying “parents moving house are more concerned with [...]

By Primal Sneeze | Also posted in Local | Comments (2)