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gaelick
16:51
Tomorrow, 8th March, is International Women’s Day (IWD). “Oh, but why does there need to be an International Women’s Day?” some may wonder. Well, really. When I hear questions like that – or, heaven forfend, questions ...
An Irish Town Planner's B...
14:05
Ireland met its targets for generating 15 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2010 in January, a conference in Dublin was told this morning.Addressing the National Summit on Renewable Energy at Croke Park, Minister for Energy Eamon Rya...
State Magazine
00:54
Adrian Crowley is the winner of this year’s Choice Music Prize. A panel of 12 music media professionals chose Crowley’s Season of the Sparks as 2009’s Irish album of the year ahead of last night’s presentatio...
Swear I'm not Paul
09:02
Something a little different from the usual far here on Swear I'm Not Paul, but just as important as posts about live shows, interviews or album news. The Science Gallery is looking for proposals for its summer exhibition, and has sent out the follo...
Simply Zesty» – SimplyZe...
10:51
It’s not often that I get to write about my great passion of sport on this blog but I have noticed something brewing around Manchester United and seen a few early signs that merit looking at it further. Without going in to too much detail Manc...
1169 and counting....
20:02
HUNGER-STRIKING GREEN ISLE FOODS WORKER TOLD BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE TO 'GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY...' Statement released today , Wednesday 3rd March 2010 by SIPTU: History of Green Isle Foods dispute.Workers in Green Isle Foods have embarked on a cour...
Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushi...
12:23
WordCamp Ireland 2010 wrapped up this afternoon, and at exactly 4PM as the last punter walked out of the amazing Set Theatre, I melted into an incredibly pleasant state of complete and total relaxation. Doing this again may be worth it just for tha...
Geary Behavioural Economi...
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Having had some time to digest the National Pensions Framework document , my overall impression is still that this is a very sensible and perhaps even groundbreaking document. I say "perhaps" because there are still many details left undecided ...
Inside View from Ireland
05:18
RICHARD BANEHAM, graduate of Ballyfermot College of Further Education, shares a well-deserved Oscar trophy with Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Andrew R. Jones. Richard earned the Oscar for Visual Effects for his work in Avatar and in doing so, ...
Style Guru
14:50
Okayyyyyy. Well, to be frank with all of you, I was not impressed with what everyone was wearing at the Oscars last night... a little disappointing. :-(But don't get me wrong, there were some celebs that were wearing some very.. um.. interesting dre...
ORGANIZED RAGE
01:52
Whilst I was not surprised about the way the British establishment and the mainstream media (MSM) dealt with the death of Michael Foot, I was a little put out by the soft ride some of the left gave to the death of this political scoundrel. There is ...
Geary Behavioural Economi...
18:43
1. How are college-grades determined? The economics literature points towards a simple answer: "by spending more time on study". I don't provide links here, but for evidence on the positive relationship between study-time and grades, see Arulampalam...
David Maybury | Blog
06:03
Happy World Book Day! Bookshops, libraries, schools, organisations, writers and readers are celebrating around the country today (and throughout March) with all sorts of shenanigans including bookcrossings!
St. Michael’s House are running a Bring a ...
The Cedar Lounge Revoluti...
10:34
28 ” leading economists, social scientists and economic analysts” have signed an open letter co-ordinated by TASC and printed in today’s Irish Times. It attacks the government response to the economic crisis, warning that it is a r...
Cllr Mary Roche
00:48
I listened with interest as Mr John Herlihy of Google Ireland (left above I think) spoke to Mary Wilson on Mondays 5-7 Live on RTE Radio 1. He was lamenting the fact that first class degrees in Ireland are being devalued (in his opinion) because too...
atoast2toast.com
22:17
I read with great interest in the Tribune last weekend that:
Some people date the decline of our economy to the moment we sent Dustin the Turkey, a national in-joke, to mock our European neighbours with a terrible novelty song.
In the past we took ...
State Magazine
14:25
The death has been reported of Mark Linkous from Sparklehorse, who apparently committed suicide yesterday, Saturday 6 March. Since 1995 Linkous has recorded as Sparklehorse as well as some producing stints with Daniel Johnston and o...
A Chick Named Hermia
11:29
I never ever ever take part in the usual “Let’s Post Every Single Dress Worn at Insert Event Name Here” craziness that ensues the day after an awards show or significant premiere….
…BUT…
I really want to make an...
Irish Taxi
15:19
Just received this from Frank Byrne, looks like they’re not leaving!
Rally outside the Commission at 4pm!
The Irish Taxi Council
Email: info@irishtaxicouncil.org
Ph: 087 1471818
Press Release for immediate Release
08/03/10
The Irish Taxi C...
Culch.ie
19:34
Do trees dream of electric sheep? Nope. That’s androids. Trees dream in algebra.
So say young Irish band CODES . It’s almost a year since I first saw then up-and-coming Dublin band play a set in Greystones Theatre where they completely ...
Leateds.com
17:43
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Today I had an exam in System Administration, and I definitely done really well in it . I am not usually this confident on my result but I just feel that it was fairly straight forward.
System Administration is basically setti...
Goldenplec
16:08
Only recently we were detailing how www.ru7up4it.ie were giving away tickets to see Ash and Republic of Loose in a Secret Venue in Dublin to be disclosed closer to the time.
Well courtesy of our friends at www.ru7up4it.ie we can now...
The Good Mood Food Blog- ...
10:38
After all the excitment over the weekend and the last few days on tour with JLS, I am just about back in the land of the living! It's these days, after the big highs, which are always the hardest, it becomes really important to pick yourself s...
John McGuirk
13:56
Take yourself back, in your mind, to 2006.
Imagine that a nobody Republican Congressman in the United States has resigned, suddenly, with no warning.
Imagine that that Congressman went on television to announce that he had been bullied into supporti...
17:01
One half of one of STELLAR’s favourite blogging duos, Stylebitches, the goigeous Blanaid Hennessy has been on to us about a new event she’s running that’s pretty darn exciting. The inaugural ‘Absolut Style at Set’ event takes plac...
Town Full of Losers
00:00
Today, lovers and sellers of books in Britain and Ireland have cause for celebration as March 4th has been designated World Book Day 2010 in the British Isles. The rest of the bookloving world will celebrate World Book Day on April 23rd. How come t...
Colm is ainm dom
11:30
@seanfee80 If Johnny Giles (or AN Other Irish/British manager) was managing Italy, you'd think they bother learning Italian? in reply to seanfee80 #
Really disappointed with the @VodafoneIreland pricing on the iPhone. Was expecting some kind of att...
HAILFAIRY
19:27
We’re one step closer to the release of ‘Tron The Legacy’, the sequel to 1982’s ‘Tron’, one of the most venerated Sci-fi movies of all time. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring newly Oscar-ified Jeff Bridges...
inuit panda scarlet carwa...
09:36
Oh yeah, non-Facebook readers may be unaware that the meeting to discuss Moby Dick is now down for Monday 22nd March. The venue is still undecided (possibly the Central Hotel, though I fear it might be too full and on that basis am thinking more of ...
YoughalOnline.com
23:18
The exemplary work being conducted through Foroige at Nagle House continues with a new youth club now being added to the many projects and programmes being conducted at the venue. Nagle House Youth Club caters for 12-15 year-olds and is being co-or...
“The first rule of fight club is: club membership fees are due first Wednesday of the month.” - Marcel T on...
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Are the kids all right at all?
THE principal of a secondary school has rejected claims that at least a dozen first-year students were running a “fight club” and organising fights on a regular basis.
Christ.
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