Eircom broke one of my internets

Stupid Eircom (capital E to annoy them) have managed to create a whole new problem in response to a minor service call about something else. Basically we had a problem on our stupid annoying unwanted anyway fax. Turns out the fax is on the same line as the broadband. So we told them not to [...]

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And here is your host… John Kelly.

It fucking better not be Ryan Rubbery, the praying-mantis horse-in-a-suit Henry Kelly lookalike. Now that Pat Kenny has finally admitted he’s shite on light entertainment telly and better suited to current affairs, the quest is on for a new presenter. Now of course we all know that the inner circle of RTE has already chosen [...]

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You get by with a little help…

A friend of mine, let’s call her Britney (nyeh heh heh) is thinking of moving back to Ireland with her son and daughter after living away since the early 90s (well she lived in Belfast for a few years in that time).
Britney’s from Dublin but probably feels like a total foreigner now. When she left, [...]

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Simple things are the best

I just got this e-mail from a good friend of mine about bringing his four year old son to the circus tonight. 
“Off to the circus with Michael tonight….free tickets…just as well as they are 15 for kids and 18 for adults.  A couple of bottles of pop and packets of popcorn smuggled in under the [...]

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The Emperor’s Nude Pose

Every day that passes I become more saddened that our country is as I always suspected it was – run by a small circle of sinister and treacherous gombeen men who’ll set the local garda on you should you upset their plans. We are a banana Republic folks and the Garda really are the henchmen [...]

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Word Up No.1

Pudgy

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Did she say…. “I have a blog”?

7.01pm. We met at the Epicurean on Liffey Street. From Abbey Street, I saw her mauve, sorry, purple bag, I’m a bloke, I’m not supposed to know the shades. She’s tall. I’m one minute late due to waiting for the clearway to stop being a clearway. The Epicurean is closed now so we head to Yamamori. [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Montserrat

 
 
 
We’re not the only little island to celebrate this day. A littler island by the name of Montserrat in the Caribbean also celebrates St. Patrick. They celebrate their Irish Heritage which dates back to the 1600s when Irish Catholics were settled there. The influence of those people still remains today with many Irish surnames and [...]

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Insufficient Funds

Seems to happen earlier each month. *what mounting credit card debt?*

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Operation Holemaster – Post 15

6am, March 11, a date looming over me like nothing else can.
meep meep meep, snooze………. meep meep meep, snooze………. me.. wallop!
My sister called around at 7.15 to drive me to the hospital. It’s only a mile away but I wanted one of the family to drop me off for this. I pass that hospital on a [...]

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