Archive for the 'Irish Society' Category
My American shopping list
Monday, November 26th, 2007Before, we went to work. Now, we go to shop.
With Ireland’s booming economy and America’s flagging currency it has become a recent Irish ritual to make a brief trip State-side to stock up on bargains in time for Christmas.
This year, a few members of my family are joining the temporary exodus and heading to […]
Hurling’s insane, apparently
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007We Irish, despite our transformation into a modern and enviable country, are still a little self-conscious at heart and so love it when we get noticed on the international stage.
There’s no simple reason for this national neediness, but it probably has a lot to do with what we went through in the past and, […]
“As of yet we have no idea how terrible this story will turn out”
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Satire has always been one of the most powerful media for political and social comment, particularly when it comes to the media.
Chris Morris’ The Day Today and Brass Eye both lampooned the sensationalisation of news and current affairs coverage in the UK while simultaneously preying on the gullibility and egotism of minor celebrities and politicians […]
All miracle fixes are fictional. Except mine.
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Today’s Irish Times contains an article on comments made by Seán Brady (sub req.), Catholic primate Archbishop of Ireland, who has criticised people for turning to horoscopes, astrology, palm reading, and tarot cards to manage, predict and improve their future.
He says that Irish people have not so much abandoned their faith as they have become […]
Eoghan Harris gets his reward
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Eoghan Harris, Sunday Independent columnist and die-hard defender of all things Bertie, has just been announced as one of an Taoiseach’s eleven nominees to an Seanad.
Having originally savaged Ahern for his failure to promise stamp duty reform in the run up to the election, Harris became a convert of the Church of Bertie shortly before […]
The Roma at the Roundabout
Saturday, July 21st, 2007The endless immigration debate has taken a unique twist in Ireland lately with the bizarre developments on the M50 in Ballymun.
For the last few months a group of over 50 (32 adults, 22 children) Roma have been camping on the roundabout of an extremely busy motorway and numerous NGOs are calling for the Government to […]
Silly season starts with a bang
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Once the Dáil (Irish Parliament) rises for its Summer break, the Irish media enters what is known as its “silly season”. Silly season is basically the period of time where the media give more space to otherwise irrelevant stories; all because there’s little else to talk about. This year’s season will run from the 6th […]
Oxegen off to a bad start
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Word is getting through that this weekend’s Oxegen festival in Kildare is off to a bad start, with many attendees enduring a logistical nightmare as they descend upon Punchestown Racecourse.
Apparently much (if not all) of the on-site car park has been flooded due to bad weather and as a result campers who drove are being […]
How not to deal with unhappy customers
Thursday, June 21st, 2007I’m probably the last blogger in all of blog-land to mention this, but it’s worth reading up on if you haven’t already.
Long story, short:
Damien Mulley (formerly of Ireland Offline) returns from the Reboot conference in Copenhagen and arrives in Dublin Airport to find that his bag is lost. He contacts the company in charge of […]
Dealing with innovation, the Paddy’s way
Monday, June 18th, 2007As people up and down the country begin to quake at the thought of Ireland being left behind because of a lack of innovation, the people over at Paddy’s Valley seem to be doing something constructive about the problem.
While the aim of the project isn’t a purely economic one, it certainly has huge potential in […]
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