On New Year’s Eve 2009 I made the 25 minute trip to a friends’ house to wipe their kids’ noses, change nappies, read bedtime stories and other fun New Year’s activities, while they went out to do something involving alcohol, singing and hugging strangers.
It was freezing as I left home. The roads had not been [...]
Pubs to serve high visibility jackets, read Tim O’Brien’s piece in Friday’s Irish Times.
Members of the Vintners Federation of Ireland will loan out 30,000 hi-viz jackets, presumably paid for by FBD (Insurance), in 4,200 rural pubs nationwide. Mr. O’Brien reports that 10% of pedestrians killed in 2003 were drunk and lying on the road.
This latest [...]
In the early noughties I worked for International Bungling Morons, or Big Blue Dolphin as I called them. You know the drill – six hour conference calls resulting in the decision to take the issue off-line; more off-line one-on-one meetings; 7 minutes actual work done.
Luckily I wheedled my way out of that and into Asia-Pac [...]
The morning show on local radio is always good for a giggle. While the host and his guests are of a standard are of a standard akin to The Last Word on Today FM, some of the callers and texters drag it down to the level of RTÉ’s Liveline – Johno has lived here all [...]
In early July, the Road Safety Authority announced the release of a consultation document on the use of agricultural and works vehicles on public roads.
Head of the RSA, Noel Brett, said among the problems identified is that a 16-year-old can drive a tractor and trailer weighing more than 30 tonnes without a driving test and [...]
Ladies and gentlemen of the brewery, I give you, the N-C-T. The National Car Test. Taaa daaa!
A test introduced in 2000 offering us safer, cleaner motoring. It appears from the NCT website it also offers whiter teeth and prettier children. That’s what we all want, right? To be able to drive our beautiful offspring around [...]
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