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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Santa ® ™
For marketers everywhere… (click on the image for full document)
Christmas in Dublin
Strolling down Grafton Street… Pints in Peter’s Pub… The Christmas lights… The bizarre Moving Crib… Wouldn’t be anywhere else!
Posted in Christmas, Dublin, Ireland
Tagged Christmas, Christmas lights, Dublin, Dublin pubs
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Tree some
On the subject of state assets, the government are hungrily eyeing up Coillte’s 1.2 million acres of public forest as easy prey in the Great Irish State Asset Fire Sale (everything must go, at knock down prices). While I’ve no … Continue reading
Posted in dail eireann, IMF, Ireland, Politics, Public sector
Tagged Coillte, deforestation, Ireland, Irish forest, selling state assets
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Electric Dreams
In one of their more enlightened (geddit?) moves, our frenemies across the water have tabled a proposal that would require energy providers to disclose their operating costs and profits on customer bills. In light of the recent price hikes from … Continue reading
Posted in Dublin, Media, Politics, Public sector
Tagged Bord Gais, energy prices, ESB, Ireland, rip off, sponsorship, transparency
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“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
she plans to sue the school because her girls were bullied and now they’re dead. the institution could have done more to protect her little angels. itz not lorraine’s fault the establishment failed to safeguard her innocents. sheez angry and numb, “all … Continue reading
Marketing fail
Courtesy of Simply Zesty
A nod and a wink
Irish society operates on inchoate principles of relationship and reciprocity. We look after our own, we scratch each other’s backs, we have jobs for the boys, old boys’ clubs and school networks. Anyone who hasn’t grown up with this model … Continue reading
Posted in dail eireann, journalism, Justice, Media, nanny state, Politics, socialism
Tagged Gardai, Ireland, Joan Collins, Penalty points, Robogarda, socialism
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Respect my Authority
So, it turns out that in 2011 the Irish RSA (Road Safety Authority) spent €38.3 million of your shiny euros. Seems like an awful lot of hi-vis jackets to me… In 2010 there were 212 deaths on Irish roads and … Continue reading
Posted in dail eireann, nanny state, Politics, Public sector
Tagged Gay Byrne, Quango, road safety, RSA
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Hounds of Hell
We just got two Beagle pups and can totally identify with this….
A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil
The law of causality states that each cause has a specific effect, and that this effect is dependent on the identities of the agents involved. Surely we need to consider the environmental and psychological factors that may have indirectly contributed to … Continue reading
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