Daily Mail’s Siberian fixation
An old Daily Mail weather map There seems to be a disconnect between the Dublin and London editorial departments of the Daily Mail. “After a glorious autumn… Britain prepares for … Continue reading
Does Gallagher camp really want to debate media regulation
So what do the Football Association of Ireland and Sean Gallagher have in common? Well both believe they were robbed of due victories by flawed rules and bad refereeing. Yes, … Continue reading
Queen of Hearts
This appears to be done by a stencil method. It took a second look before I realised it was a Queen of Hearts. Photographed in Dublin’s South City.
Buy Nothing Day. Plan for it now
Yep, there still is a recession and many people, experts, politicians and pundits will tell you that we need to spend more to kick-start the economy and this is true … Continue reading
Rick Perry’s “Oops” moment betrays his real intent
Repeatedly viewing would be US Republican presidential candidate pretender Rick Perry stumble through the list of government departments he would close down if he got elected is the pastime of … Continue reading
Occupy Cork 7th November 2011
It was a calm and sunny autumnal day when I chanced upon the occupy Cork protest on the South Mall. Though new and temporary it seemed to have settled into … Continue reading
Naming rights won’t hide Bord Gais price increases.
So having imposed a 22% price rise on your 475,000 customers and sought €115 million of cuts in wages and pension payments from your 1,000 workers what would be … Continue reading
Coach ad gets a coach article
So, flicking through the Sunday Times Style magazine and on page 8 was an autumnal Gynneth Paltrow in a full page ad for Coach. Apparently they are celebrating a 75th … Continue reading
Citizens Republic 