UPDATES: 09:05 15 Jan – News coming in that the figures quoted by Donal and the media are lower by €15k than the actual cost of junkets. 10:00 KFM radio crediting the Leinster Leader as the original source, not Donal Corcoran. 10:35 Update from Donal in comments here. 12:55 Full tabulated figures on Donal’s blog [...]
This was taken from my back window on New Year’s morning. (Click image to enlarge. Hi-res full-size version available to download from Twitpic)
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 [...]
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 [...]
Of all the bars in all the world I go to one in particular. The reason is simple – the world is too far away – this bar is nearby. A local local we call Grandad’s. See bar staff are like grandparents – they get lonely and it’s your duty visit them now and again. [...]
In the shop Me wallet’s as empty as me grandfather’s grave. Good fek! Don’t say grave robbers! No. He’s not dead. In a neighbour’s kitchen I wrote on it with an indisputable marker by accident. You mean indelible marker. Yeah. But if you can’t rub it out it’s indisputable too. Right? When the starter at [...]
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