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The Irish Independent doesn’t measure up

September 13, 2007 – 8:30 am

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 [...]

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The nameless ones

September 7, 2007 – 10:30 am

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 [...]

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Nicknames

August 26, 2007 – 7:40 am

In the town where I was born, bred and buttered, you were nobody unless you had a nickname. Lack of a nickname meant you didn’t stand out from the crowd in any way. Nicknames derived from your job, your hobby, your appearance, your family background, something totally stupid you did at some stage, an infirmity. [...]

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In Britain they …

August 24, 2007 – 7:30 am

Now some crowd called the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association (MPSA) in London have gotten into the should Gardaí be permitted wear turbans debate. They say the uniform policy was 40 years behind the United Kingdom and accused the Gardaí of racial discrimination.
Well lads, do you know what you can do? You just go fuck off! [...]

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Nás, Nas, Nais - Yet another naming debate

July 20, 2007 – 6:05 am

The county of Kildare, sometimes referred to as the land of the three S’s (sheep shite and soldiers) is more widely known as the short grass, due to the grazing of sheep on The Curragh plain. Her residents are known as Lilywhites. Or at least we were. The Central Statistics Office has just reported that [...]

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Rain

June 18, 2007 – 8:01 am

A cool creamy pint of Guinness. You can’t beat it. I suppose that makes me a stereotype Irish male.
A cool creamy pint while watching your horse win. Better still. That makes me a stereotype Kildare man. A love of national hunt and a disdain for the flat means I’m a north Kildare stereotype.
But here’s the [...]

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