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Life in Ireland

Summer Storage for Students

May 10, 2010

I was quite lucky while I was a student in that I did not have to stay around during the summer and work, I managed to get away every summer. However I had some problems with storage for my stuff and lost some of my precious books. I would move out of my apartment some [...]

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A Kinda Holiday

March 8, 2010

So the next two weeks I am having some time off work and staying away from the office. Life has been quite busy for the last year and I am tired. The tiredness is partly down to work and not making time for myself and looking after myself and partly down to UC which has [...]

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Where to become a Physiotherapist In Ireland

January 21, 2010

One of the places you can become a Physiotherapist in Ireland is the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) incorporating its Schools of Medicine, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy and Nursing. For over two hundred years, the College has played a role in Irish surgical and medical education and although the beautiful original building has stood unchanged [...]

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Irish Youtube Phenomenon Sophie Merry

November 3, 2009

I came across these videos on Youtube due to mail from DECB LINK. They are a great inturuption a to over worked Tuesday afternoon. The first video has had more than four million views on Youtube so far so it really does make Sophie Merry an Irish Youtube phenomenon. Enjoy Though I think this one [...]

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Long Weekend in Mourne Mountains

May 28, 2009

Hopefully next week I will be back to adding some photos here and writing more often again. I had moved web hosting for this a few other sites on the same server. It was a job I thought might take a day… Oh I wish. Anyway it is all done, but the transfer of the [...]

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Do Catholics Commit More Crimes?

March 31, 2009

I read this interesting article in the Irish Times. At the end of the article I was left asking myself – Do Catholics Commit more crimes than Protestants? I see little evidence that this is true – it is easy to compare the crime rates between the UK and here – but hold on, there [...]

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Irish Censorship

February 26, 2009

I have always found this a strange country. So close to the UK and Scotland, but so different. The government here is very corrupt, acts constantly against its own, and it lets business run the country – while they seem unable to deal with real problems. The latest farce is the case of censorship of [...]

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Sash Windows

February 18, 2009

Sliding sash windows look great, they are usually in the older houses – like mine. However they do give allsorts of problems in the older houses. Most sash windows are not double glazed, and that is hell for the bills and keeping the heat in the house during the winter – even here in Ireland, [...]

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Dublin Taxi Strike

February 17, 2009

It is fairly easy to bring Dublin to a stand still as the taxi drivers know. They had another strike today jaming up the city centre – I think we have more of this to look forward to.

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