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Hairstyles are more important than politics via Skin Flicks, Sep 27th, 2007 at 14:16

image According to Irishwomen, that is. An Irish Times survey (subs required) has revealed that politics is the least important thing in my female contemporaries' lives. Only 9% rank politics as very important to them.Instead, financial independence was considered to be the most important thing to women. Hardly surprising in a society only half a generation from when women couldn't work after marriage in the state sector and when divorce was illegal.But the fact that hairstyles and personal grooming were considered more important, not only than politics, but also more important than friends is a bit of an eye-opener.Since men aren't considered worthy of polling in and of themselves, we won't get to see a similar poll of male attitudes. But I suspect that a similar poll would see men put family... Similar posts

It’ll grow back honey via The Newbrowne Blog: new.browne to new.born, Apr 24th, 2007 at 16:55

image A while ago I came to the conclusion that Lukas' long and disheveled hair was so last year andhat he needed a tidier cut for the summer. He also tends to sweat an awful lots from his head when he's asleep which made his hair look like a mop or Slash from Guns'n'Roses with his gelled locks. We had to get the job done before the holidays, and I thought I'd do it myself again since the first time was fairly successful.My hairdresser in Edinburgh had told me earlier that if a child is too young to sit still and not move his head, it doesn't make a difference if you're a top of your game hairdresser or not - the results will be appalling anyway - so I thought I'd rather give it a go myself first than pay a tenner for someone else to ruin it for me. And how did I do? This time I remembered to... Similar posts


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Today's Twitterers stats show who first twigged to the whole scene. You may say, "hang on a minute, @Blaine isn't Irish". Well although he's from BC, Canada and has lived recently... more...

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Emergency Services 5.30pm Update on Flooding in County Clare and Ennis    Today


The Gort Road and Limerick Road access to Ennis have been closed. The advice from the Gardai is for motorists to avoid Ennis. Many areas of Ennis are closed to traffic due to flooding... more...

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