George Lee has resigned from Fine Gael and has resigned his seat in the Dáil for the most petulant, self-indulgent reasons. Quitting the party is one thing, but to resign the seat after 9 months spits in the eye of the Dublin South electorate. I’d be surprised if there’s more than a 40% turn out … Read more
Round about this time last year I bought a Dell Studio 1735. On the experience of that purchase I’ll never buy Dell again: this badly designed, unresponsive piece of plastic has expunged me of any trust in any other Dell products. Firstly, the keyboard has the most dreadful action of any keys I’ve ever pressed, … Read more
As seems par for the course these days both sides in the Lisbon debate made an absolute pig’s ear of it, basing campaigns on irrational fears and an aversion to facts as strong as a rabid dog’s aversion to water. Heart strings and purse strings have been pulled on by either side to the detriment … Read more
From RTE: “Spam, or junk mail, now accounts for over 85% of all email traffic in Ireland. The figures are based on the monitoring of more than 13 million email messages, sent to over 1000 domains, during the month of July.” Sounds about right judging from my inbox. If I’d taken up a fraction of … Read more
Was down in Carrigaholt in Co. Clare to see the dolphins in the Shannon Estuary with Dolphinwatch. It’s a great experience, you spent two hours all over the Mouth of the Shannon watching the dolphins in their feeding grounds. There’s plenty of other wildlife in the air and on the cliff-face to see as well. … Read more