Review of Nigella Express
[Nigella Express](http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/nigellaexpress_index.shtml) _<span class="summary">After the Christmas debacle I didn't think Nigella Lawson could sink any lower. I was wrong.</span>_ <span><span class="stars" title="2"></span></span> <span class="description"> I decided last Christmas that I was never again watching or buying anything that Nigella Lawson did after her horrendous TV series. The fake family scenes recorded during the summer were just ridiculous.
But I’m a sucker for punishment and just finished watching an episode of her new series which is all about cooking quickly, a theme which has been done a thousand times.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Irish Immigration Control is a Disgrace
Today I am embarassed to be Irish. I wish to extend my apologies and those of all reasonable people in this country to Keola Donaghy and his family.
Keola, who is from Hawaii, arrived earlier today in Dublin with his family to begin his doctoral studies in UCC. He had been assured by the Gardaí in Cork and by UCC that there was no issue with him coming. He has spent months preparing for this move.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, September 7, 2007
Clonakilty International Guitarfest
Ray in deBarras in Clon mailed me to tell me about the Guitarfest starting on September 20th. I’m glad he did since it looks fantastic. Lots of details on their very cool site. MySpacers should check them out here.
The line-up has a very rich mix of styles but the one that caught my eye has to be Eric Bell, the Thin Lizzy founding member who is responsible for the classic Whiskey in the Jar!
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, September 7, 2007
Charity photography exhibit in Mallow
Via Donncha - Mallow Camera Club will be exhibiting a number of photos in Mallow Town Library for three weeks starting yesterday.
One of the Club’s members, Sean Riordan, is heading out to South Africa shortly as part of a group from the Niall Mellon Township Trust helping to build homes for the poor in that country. All the photos on exhibit will be for sale with all profits going to help fund Sean’s trip and the good work he’ll do in November.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Friday, September 7, 2007
Elevenses
From the garden.
Yummmm.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Review of McCarthy's Maize Maze
[McCarthy's Maize Maze](http://tinyurl.com/34s9x2), Rathclaren, Kilbrittain, Co Cork, Ireland
_<span class="summary">A wonderful way to spend a few hours with the kids when the weather is good. Enjoyable for young and old, local or tourist.</span>_
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Recently Anthony Creswell of Ummera mentioned a maze down near Kilbrittain in the comments of my blog. We had some visitors down from Dublin over the weekend and decided to give it a go on Saturday.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, September 2, 2007
How to feel just a bit stupid
I’m very technical, I can figure most things out given sufficient time, but sometimes I just don’t get it. Take for example my recent purchase of a Nokia N770 Internet Tablet.
It is a fabulous piece of kit at an incredible knock-down price of €107 plus VAT and P&P. I believe it was over €400 when it was released. It’s basically a little hand-held computer with a touch screen that works over Wifi or your mobile connection (via bluetooth).
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Saturday, August 25, 2007
Our Peach Harvest
Here it is:
Thrilled that it actually tasted ok, sadly not very juicy and a bit tart but given the summer we’re having, not a bad effort.
Next year we hope to get it up to two.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Irish Yokels Go London
In the next few months we’re coming up on the 10th wedding anniversary.
People gave us a week when we first started going out. Our eyes met across a power turbine in the Engineering building in Belfield. I fell for her shaggy perm, she fell for my wooly jumper and combats.
We’ve talked lots about what to do for our few days away (enabled by my fab parents). Paris maybe where last time we couldn’t fine Sacre Cour in the dark.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, August 19, 2007
Brand and Quality
Clonakilty Black Pudding is rightly famous and many people were saddened by the passing of Edward Twomey who made it into a formidable brand. Over the years they have diversified a bit and I see their sausages almost everywhere. We’ve tended to buy them as our “standard” saturday sausage when supermerket buying (going more with Caherbeg or Gubbeen for a treat).
This morning I spotted an extra sticker on the pack and initially had to giggle “This product does not contain Colour Red 2g (E128)……It contains Colour (Carmine E120)”.
Posted by Conor O'Neill on Sunday, August 19, 2007