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Ireland

When Violence and Riot are Justified Against Politicians

December 10, 2010

Tweet I had a discussion with a friend recently about the student riots in London. He was disgusted by the damage they caused and said that this type of violence can never be justified. I disagreed – as is my tendency. I have seen more civil unrest this year in the UK and Ireland than [...]

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Shopping in Dublin

August 1, 2008

Tweet Henry Street is located just off O’Connell Street (Dublin’s main thoroughfare) right in the heart of the city. If heading north on O’Connell Street, just take a left at ‘The Spire’ and you’re there! Henry Street is definitely the place to go if you want to shop ’til you drop, as it’s literally overflowing [...]

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Irish Rain – Ah It’s Summer

June 21, 2008

Tweet Well summer has been with us for a while, and I’ve just put the heating back on! Irish summers happen in May.  Yes, truth be told that is about it, for the rest of the summer it mostly just rains, well that is what it feels like – I know it is not true [...]

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Glasgow v’s Dublin

April 26, 2008

TweetI just spent a few days in Glasgow. It is so clean – I live in Dublin and the streets are dirty with rubbish that people have just dropped, mostly now I don’t notice it. However when I visit some other city the contrast is startling. And it is not just the city centre, everywhere [...]

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Ballsbridge Dublin

October 26, 2007

TweetBallsbridge in Ireland is known as the embassy district so I suppose that makes it quite upmarket.  So much so that I am not upmarket enough to rent here for much longer.  My landlord has warned me that he thinks my rent is far too low, so come Jan it looks like I’ll be moving [...]

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