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TeenCamp Ireland

Bloody teenagers. All they do is sit around, playing video games, smoking, drinking cider and coming up with fantastic ideas like TeenCamp. TeenCamp Ireland is a gathering of the techies/bloggers/fanboys age 13+ in Ireland to give talks, meet others, share ideas and have a laugh. TeenCamps are organised/planned/run by teens for other teens. They are holding it in Filmbase in Dublin on Jan 17th. If you know anyone in this age group who fits the bill, let them know about it.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Frost Stops Play

Whilst growing up from age 6-18 in Kilkenny, one group of people I never got on with were the park-keepers (“parkies”) in the Castle Park. They always seemed to be fun-killers. It looks like nothing has changed in over 20 years. I watched at least 50 people walk away gutted from the park yesterday with bawling children due to this: Frost Stops Play One person claimed it was because a child had slipped and hurt themselves on the previous day.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, December 28, 2008

Great site about Annaghmore

If, like 99% of the local population, you think Annaghmore is the best idea we’ve had in Ireland since feeding PCBs to pigs, check out this excellent site with information about it. Any politician who votes in favour of Annaghmore is basically admitting to being a shill and will be out on their ear in the next election.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, December 13, 2008

Having some nice rashers for breakfast

So 47 farms used contaminated pig feed. Unless the FSAI confirms that Gubbeen or Caherbeg are two of those farms, I’ll be having a lovely bacon sarnie for my breakfast. Gubbeen If the State’s Chief Medical Officer says that dioxin is only dangerous if a person is exposed to it over a long period of time, then why the hell are we destroying millions of Euro worth of food?

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, December 7, 2008

Curious Wines launches

You eagle-eyed West Cork drivers may have noticed a big new sign on the back of one of the units behind Great Gas on the Bandon Bypass. It is the retail/warehouse outlet of newly launched Curious Wines. Mike Kane, the owner, has put together a brilliant selection of wines which are not your usual supermarket generic stuff. Their web-site has just gone live and it’s a corker (boom! boom!). Another stunning creation by the shockingly talented Ms Dent.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Blog post of the year

When the Irish Blog Awards nominations open early next year, I’m pretty sure Ivan McCutcheon’s recent post about local West Cork abbatoirs and butchers will be the one I pick. If you care about the food you put in your gob and appreciate the work of people with a passion for their craft, read Ivan’s piece, print it off and give it to those you know. For so many reasons, it is imperative that businesses like Dan Maloney’s in Bandon survive and thrive.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Regular Service will resume soon

I have no excuse for the lack of posting here other than the usual busy-ness of life. I’ll get back into writing mode very soon. Lots of blogposts and book reviews in my head, I just need to get them out through my fingers. Speaking of reviews, I hope my loyal readers don’t mind me doing a very quick bit of blatant promotion of LouderVoice. We have just kicked off our 2008 BES offering.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Thursday, October 23, 2008

Fabby Fashiony Fishy Fishy

I’ve just had an absolutely perfect seafood lunch in Fishy Fishy with my parents. Incredible fresh seafood at reasonable prices with attentive staff. The only downside was an excess of ladies-who-lunch trying-too-hard. I have never ever heard a bad word about the original Fishy Fishy. Everything about it sounded great except the small number of tables which resulted in long waits. As we are usually with-childer, that’s not an option. My parents popped down for a visit and brought me out for lunch today to their new location looking out on the harbour.

Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, October 3, 2008

Oh Mio Mai-o

We’ve had a couple of very good reviews of Mio on LouderVoice and finally got a chance to try it out last Sunday. A brilliant meal in a beautiful but shockingly empty restaurant. We’ll be back soon. Granny Mary shooed us out the door at 5pm on Sunday and we tootled down to Clon to Mio’s. Owned by the same people as the brilliant Gleeson’s, it is two doors up and upstairs.