March 29, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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We’ve just had the third annual waste of time known as Earth Hour where millions of people worldwide pretend to do something useful about global warming and turn off lights for an hour. For 99.999999% of those people, that’ll be … Continue reading
March 27, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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(In the immortal words of Bill Hicks). Just got an email to tell me that the West Cork Literary Festival will run from July 5th to 11th. Now I’m not the most literary person in the world. My last three … Continue reading
March 25, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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I’ve ordered mine, have you?
March 25, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Fianna Fail may be able to censor RTE and turn it into a toothless Soviet-era Pravda but luckily we have the internet to enable democracy and freedom of speech and expression. Here is the original RTE piece on the Cowen … Continue reading
March 24, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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If you had never heard of Twitter before, the relentless coverage of it on RTE and elsewhere recently must surely have changed that. It’s a simple system for messaging people who follow you but in a completely public way. You … Continue reading
March 17, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Cheers Homer!
March 17, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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Fantastic day for it. Hopefully some more music/bands next year?
March 11, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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March 8, 2009
by Conor O'Neill
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This isn’t good food, it’s fantastic food. The Irish have forgotten the power of preserving and this is a big wake-up call. Lip-smackingly gorgeous duck confit that is an absolute bargain and a doddle to prepare. Disclosure: I received several … Continue reading