When Hillary Clinton came to Dublin in 2004 fund raising, she went shopping and purchased 3 CDs. One of the three was by Eleanor McEvoy whom Hillary had met in December 1996 when McEvoy warmed up the 80,000 strong crowd in a cold College Green before the Clintons took the stage. [the song is ‘Leave…
Month: January 2008
RTE 567khz to be axed
RTE press release on MW cut off dated today http://url.ie/8ag UK Irish / Maritime community Note: LW252 carries considerably further than MW RTÉ plans to axe Radio 1’s medium wave 567Khz service on 24 March 2008. expect a big backlash. 1278khz 2FM had none. no mention of DRM and the trials that RTE did on…
€3.50 per school child – water charges
thanks bertie ahern & Fianna Fail. “those buckets will come in handy for a whip around”
edros site amenity zoning gone
yesterday local councillors Cllr Healy Maher & Cosgrave supported the material contravention that gave way to development on the Edros site. photo taken in march 2003 at a previous rezoning attempt at the site. in November in the Irish Times cllr Healy having objected to the planning application said the following Watch this Space Opposition…
This town, is coming like a ghost town
One of the most enigmatic names in the story of 2 Tone, John Collins was drafted in to produce the label’s finest moment, Ghost Town, after Jerry Dammers lauded his production on Victor Romero Evan’s ‘At The Club’. Here is an interview with John plus excerpts from ‘Ghost Town – The Producers Story’ from Johns’…
more radar love
data from met eireann, animation by wxman smaller animation for mobiles ireland rain radar
Save Tara
Save Tara Valley protesters played dodge with TV crews on the morning of The Solstice 2007 (22/dec) and using spy satellites from space we can see how close they got. TaraWatch.org
when i’m older i want a big bike
From misc
School Principals of Ireland time to tell the Government where to stick it.
€3.50 per child water tax bin the bill Tens of thousands of litres of water leak from the mains water to the ground water every day. Children sit in drafty prefab rooms in need of repair, FF/GP/PD govt give nowhere near the cap grant they promised in May ’07 and class sizes promised to INTO…