Monthly Archives: December 2014

The littlest hobo

Posted on December 16, 2014 by rjmackin

Last night when we were out on our walk Bonnie disappeared. After a considerable period of increasingly frantic calls, whistles and searching, we spotted her… Let’s have a closer look at that… You’d swear we didn’t feed them!

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We’re back, baby…

Posted on December 15, 2014 by rjmackin

Well it’s official. Austerity is over… at least for the staff and friends at the Sindo who took obvious pleasure in announcing the return of their lavish Christmas Bash… Time to party like it’s 2006! Bit tasteless in a week … Continue reading →

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Down with that sort of thing

Posted on December 10, 2014 by rjmackin

Irish Water protests at Merrion Square today. Lovely day for a protest all the same!  

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Doggy dreams

Posted on December 9, 2014 by rjmackin

This dog is having a bad dream so his pal decides he needs a cuddle.

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Gripe of the Day #3

Posted on December 9, 2014 by rjmackin

When they ask your name in Starbucks (I don’t want to be your friend I just want my damn coffee) and still manage to get it wrong… (my name doesn’t sound anything like Lucy)…

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Austen spoilers

Posted on December 8, 2014 by rjmackin

Originally posted on Wrong Hands:
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The Dean Hotel, Harcourt Street Dublin

Posted on December 8, 2014 by rjmackin

The newest hipster kid on the block in Dublin is the recently opened Dean Hotel on Harcourt Street, sharing the strip with established institutions like Krystle, Coppers and Dicey’s Garden. It’s altogether a classier proposition, however, and its best feature … Continue reading →

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Champagne capitalism

Posted on December 2, 2014 by rjmackin

Michael Noonan’s pronouncement that some Irish people earning €70,000 are also struggling financially was met with vitriol and derision by the majority of commentators on the Independent.ie. How dare he suggest that this cosseted and entitled elite may have been … Continue reading →

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