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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Slightly confused sheep that thinks it’s a dog
Sheep-dog? Shog? Anyone?
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
‘Servant to the Public’ and I have been engaged in a heated debate over the past few months, as to whether Dublin is currently experiencing a property bubble. If this is indeed the case, it is particularly worrisome. The dictum … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Ireland, Politics, Property
Tagged austerity, celtic tiger, daft.ie, Dublin, Irish Independent, Irish media, Irish Times, myhome.ie, Nama, propaganda, property bubble, property market, recovery, vested interests
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and today, every other day’s quote of the day . . .
# 2) Heraclitus, pre – Socratic Greek philospher, from Greece. “A man’s character is his fate” . . . and because it’s Friday; Peter Flood, Irish athlete and cyclist . . . from Ireland. “He who hoots with the owl, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Education, Heritage, History, Poetry
Tagged Donabate, Dublin, Greece, Heraclitus, Ireland, Peter Flood, Socrates
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Rate my banker
The Central Bank of Ireland, along with the Banking Regulator, presided over the greatest cataclysm in Irish banking history. Even today, they purport to oversee a dysfunctional system that has effectively devolved into a duopoly with little competition and no … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Economy, Ireland
Tagged banking regulator, bonuses, Central bank, Holidays, Ireland, performance reviews
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Little dog kicks big dog’s butt
There was only ever going to be one winner of this fight…
Dodder Day 2
On Saturday, accompanied by our two furry friends, the Macs reprised the Dodder Walk. It was the perfect day for it with Spring finally making itself known. There was a sense of new life awakening… the buds forming on the trees, the … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Nature, Photography
Tagged Beagles, Dodder clean up, Dodder walk, Dublin, Firhouse, Milltown, Rathfarnham, River Dodder, spring, swans, walk, weir
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beginning today . . . someone else’s, quotes of the day . . .
# 1) A. E. Housman, English classical scholar and poet, from England. “The house of delusions is cheap to build, but drafty to live in” . . . and because its Wednesday i have one more from; Paul Beer, English … Continue reading
NYC – West Village/Chelsea
On our final day in New York we wandered across Greenwich Village, through the Meatpacking District and found the Highline Park. This is a fairly new addition to the city, a public park build on a disused industrial rail line. It … Continue reading
“The thermal treatment of household and industrial waste in waste-to-energy plants is increasing in popularity as it solves two issues in one – waste management and sustainable energy”
moast days in work i have the time to waste and i waste it in the best possible way, ie: reading crap on the internet such as the guardian, the irish times, the irish independent and of course broadsheet dot … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, journalism, Politics, Religion
Tagged abortion, Broadsheet, Irish Independent, Irish Times, NHS
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NYC – Uptown/Central Park
Day 3 and we finally ventured Uptown. It’s not my favourite part of New York but we needed a break from debauchery so a stroll in Central Park was just the thing to shake off the cobwebs. There was snow … Continue reading
big mac and whys 