Pat Rabbitte has retired with a pension pot of 2 million after being elected 6 times by his constituents. What has he achieved and how has he evolved as a politician over the years? When we consider Rabbitte images of the Roman Baths and Senate spring to mind. Rabbitte has a demeanour and a sense… Read More »
Kenny’s Insulation is a plan being executed by Fine Gael and Labour. This plan is leaves Ireland Immune to forces in the greater world economy. This is a very encouraging development. It is reassuring to know that we are immune to the effects of currency fluctuations, fuel crises and war. Enda Kenny has the demeanour… Read More »
The Artist David Bowie’s career spanned Decades which began with the landing of Apollo on the moon till the present day. There have been many changes in all this time matched by the evolution of Bowie the artist. During all of this time Bowie was an Icon for those whom were alienated or were different.… Read More »
Why Canada? Having just written a post on direct flights to Canada I’m asking myself why people choose to live in Canada. Also now that Canada is about to become more accessible I’m interested in finding out more. My Brother has lived in Canada for the past couple of years and I’ve never really asked… Read More »
Direct Flights To Canada will be provided by Canada’s National Airline and will operate from Dublin to Vancouver next summer and they’ve a special offer to kick-off the new route. The 10-hour journey from Dublin will see Ireland linked directly with Canada’s west coast on Air Canada’s subsidiary Air Canada Rouge. Vancouver is… Read More »
The IFA president has decided to step back from his role. This has been welcomed. One would wonder why these thngs take so long to come to Light. Interesting that Mr. Downey’s wages were described as a mistake that made Farmers angry. Mistake? How could this be described as a mistake. If it were a… Read More »
MAN UNITED TITLE CONTENDERS, MAYBE. Probably not in everybody’s eyes. Given LVG’s track record and UTD’s proximity to the premiership summit one would have to say yes. United tick a few of the boxes but are not scoring enough goals at the moment. This said most winning teams are built from the back. One would have… Read More »
Hardest Job To Get: 1 is the first post I’ll write on this Topic. Hardest Job To Get To Get is of course a euphemism for the Best Jobs. I and many of my peers are in year 3 of courses which centre around computing and technology. This is an exciting time for the digital… Read More »
If Fine Gael and Denis O’ Brien are really just friends then it is an unfortunate alliance. To invite one of Irelands best known Billionaires to the Global Irish Economic Forum when so many have left because of straightened times is ill Judged. Maybe there is a feeling that he will act as a magnet… Read More »
IBRC INVESTIGATION into state write-downs and the disposal of portfolios worth Billions has stalled. As always seems to be the case investigations that represent the interests of the minions tend to end up in quick sand. We are being led to believe that difficulties in accessing banking data and problems relating to confidentiality weren’t to… Read More »