old school days

when I was in primary school i can hardly remember getting days off, so much so they were special. Nowadays school kids need and use google calendars to track days off, holidays, in service days, half days, first fridays, parent teacher afternoons, mid terms, end of terms; bank holidays and summer hols. It would be…

outspan

[wikipedia] The company is particularly known for the lockout /strike from 1982 to 1986. Members of IDATU (the retail workers Union) refused to handle goods sourced from apartheid South Africa. Neither side would give way and the dispute only came to an end when the Irish Government made imports from South Africa illegal.

breakfast for 19

buffet breakfast full irish + coffee for two on Friday Alexandar Hotel D2 €38.xx (for 2) waitress  service full irish breakfast + coffee for three on Monday Carnegie Court Hotel Swords €26.xx (for 3) so €19 v €8.75

losing control

I only know what I’ve been working for another you so I could love you more I really thought that I could take you there but my experiment is not getting us anywhere I’m losing my favourite game btw the 1.2mega pix camera on the xda mini is shit, but I knew this and kept…

Talking to Terrorists

In Dublin Theatres from Weds 21st March – Sat 14th April 2007 [artwork not available due to copyright but flyer looks really nice; seen in local post office] interviews / reviews – Trish Murphy Dublin Event Guide / Gerry Colgan Irish Times Talking to Terrorists, the eagerly awaited Irish premiere from the award winning Calypso…

Mother’s Day Proclamation – give peace a chance

Mother’s Day Proclamation Arise then…women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: “We will not have questions answered by irrelevant agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, For caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from…