BENEFIT GIG – Supporting the struggle against water privatization in Bolivia

31st March 2006 8pm – €15/10 conc. with id Where: The Castle Inn, Lord Edward St, Dublin 2 (Opp. Christ Church Cathedral) Will be there: Rónán Ó Snodaigh and members of Kíla The Sick and Indigent Song Club and DJ ’til late Since the mid 1990’s the privatisation of water services has been championed as…

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BHG does BEBO

I don’t get it, well I do I get, that its not aimed at me. these people are 20 years younger than me. I don’t understand the friends thing, do you collect them or something? When I was 15, i met my friends set up pirate radio stations and made tapes of TOTPs (ok Top…

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD)

yesterday was World Down Syndrome Day. In Ireland see www.downsyndrome.ie this year the focus in Ireland includes.. Are there any specific myths about Down’s syndrome you would like to dispense with? This year we wish to dispense with society’s low expectations from people with Down syndrome. With the proper supports the majority of people with…

Ireland for sale

Irish Sugar Irish Steel Irish Life Eircom ACC Bank B&I ferries ICC Bank Cablelink TSB Bank Irish National Petroleum Company – what’s next? as Irish Sugar turns sour, think of the 500,000 people who lost on Eircom or the sale of Irish Steel for £1 where all the debt was paid by the tax payer…

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Brendan Gleeson should..

Brendan Gleeson should encourage others to speak out. in relply to Sliabh.net http://www.sliabh.net/?p=526 Is beaumont smaller than galway? 1980 (no tiger) 17,665 hospital beds for a population of 3 million 2005 (go tiger go; away) 11,000 hospital beds according to HSE; population 4 million all this while the stay in bed dropped from 9.7 to…

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waiting ages 4 google pagez

I got me invite off google today. or I’ve been taken out of the queue. It has crashed me FireFox 1.501 5 times, its a bit unstable, but I can’t help thinking why bother with pages when google has blogger. pages doesn’t rss your work or ping updates, mind you bloggers trackback system stinks. my…

latest version of FF

has anyone tried the latest version of FF with the PD plugin? it has this new auto apology feature that renders really well on large screen TV. the new system is rich in STML (short term memory loss), but sadly in is inconsistent with the trusted TD align=left tags.

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New Podcast Released

show 13 is now out. click here 2 hear SHOW NOTES Intro.. [00:00] Table of Contents [00:43] aljazeera international television [01:51] UK Podcast License Poll [06:30] Blog Round Up [12:36] briangreene.com Business Blogging Bin Charges [14:20] Radio Ulster 873 [15:36] Blogger Awards [17:03] iPod Amp [18:35] Podcasting News Ireland Young People switch Off TV [19:44]…