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Ireland

Conemara – Ireland – Photo

January 18, 2008

Just a photo from one of our visits last year to the West coast of Ireland. It can be a wild place – great for getting away from the city. I kinds feel like that kind of break could be due very soon again. Came across an interesting blog recently. The Rambling Traveler has been [...]

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Ikea Dublin

December 11, 2007

Ikea Dublin – afraid not folks, for a change our friends north of that line called a boarder get the chance first for something new. Don’t blame Ikea – blame the draconian protectionist laws here in the South of Ireland. Not being a native of these shores I quite happily point out its faults to [...]

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Vision Express Dublin

December 7, 2007

I bought reading glasses at Vision express about a year ago. And they were grand to start with, they look good and they are comfortable to wear. But they are hell to keep clean. The previous specs I had came from a small optician in Maynooth when I lived there. They were fairly cheap, not [...]

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Living in cities.

December 6, 2007

Currently I live in Dublin. I have had the opportunity to also live in Prague and Vienna, and I grew up in Glasgow. Life in many ways is much easier in cities. It has always been easy to meet people and make friends, it is easier than outside cities to find good work. However I [...]

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Temple Bar Dublin – My first YouTube Video

October 27, 2007

Since I’ve never done this before it will be interesting to see if it works okay. Enjoy. Anyway here are the crazies out in Temple Bar at only 5pm on a Friday night

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Nothing but a Good Time

August 16, 2007

I look forward to nothing but a good time for the next few weeks and there will be nothing here as I am off on holiday.  First to Prague Czech Republic then one of the islands off the coast of Croatia.  I am going to have three weeks away, three weeks without my internet – [...]

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Running for a Bus… A Dublin Bus, Ha

June 26, 2007

I had the good fortune to live in Vienna for some time, then Prague after that.  Someone said to me at the time that this experience would make me a more tolerant person, (did they think I needed to be, I wonder?).  And perhaps it has in some ways, however in others I notice tiny [...]

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Dublin Bay – Sea Safari

June 3, 2007

Sea Safari Dublin Bay. For a great hour in Dublin Bay try this. And they give you real pretty red suits – they do keep the rain off, as it did while we were out – however most of the water comes from the sea as the boat twists and turns across Dublin Bay at [...]

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Driving In Dublin

April 19, 2007

Two days this week I have had to drive what I consider fairly short distances. Out to rathcoole one day and the other out to Maynooth. The traffic, I can report, in Dublin does not get any better. After moving back into the city, I have used the car considerably less, preferring to cycle around [...]

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Cheap Hotel Ireland – No Such Thing

April 11, 2007

I work on the web, all day writing and building web sites. I see the adverts all the time for cheap hotels in Ireland or Dublin, and I laugh. There really is no such thing – the Celtic tiger is still alive and roaring. I just spent the weekend in Donegal. Having never been there [...]

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