Posted in Irish music on Mar 21st, 2008 5 Comments »
[ Cover of 1st Sweeney’s Men LP c. some vinyl sales site ]
Around the time I became a parent or perhaps around the time I left Ireland for good (the two events were just about concurrent) traditional music, and especially Irish traditional music began to dominate my listening. I’m not too sure why this occured […]
Posted in politics/Ireland, Bertiegate, Ahern, Bertie on Mar 21st, 2008 6 Comments »
I tried to find footage of Brian Dobson’s interview on YouTube, but no joy. So, here’s the moment when Bertie was challenged by Vincent Brown, and Bertie said that he had revealed all about his personal finances. Gavingsblog.com has a breakdown of monies received by Bertie Ahern during 1994-5, only one lodgement of which is […]
Posted in great irish bands, irish culture, Irish music on Mar 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
I know very little about Redneck Manifesto, other than they are a five-piece instrumental band who make very clever videos for their music. The members are: Mervyn Craig, Matthew Bolger, Niall Byrne, Richard Egan, and Neil O’Connor. The following is from their myspace site:
The Redneck Manifesto are from Dublin, Ireland.
We have released three full length […]
Posted in RTE, irishness, irish culture, Irish Society, Film on Mar 20th, 2008 19 Comments »
I tied up my hands
With the chains of loneliness
I will miss you no more
I put my memory into disrepair
Under the weight of forgetfulness
I will long for you no more
Now I send you my heart
In this dish of poetry
So that I won’t fall in love with you
Again
These are the words with which Neasa Ni Chianain […]
Posted in Zaragoza, Spain on Mar 19th, 2008 4 Comments »
Simon Calder of the English Independent has compiled a video tour of Zaragoza. This is from the blurb:
Spain’s hidden secret
That sums up Zaragoza, the surprising capital of the beautiful region of Aragon. But this year the secret is out, because this northern Spanish gem is host to Expo 2008. Join Simon Calder as he compresses […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Bertiegate on Mar 18th, 2008 9 Comments »
Miriam Lord finds Tim Collins’ evidence at the Mahon Tribunal less than credible. In fact, his statements explaining himself are completely laughable.
Tim is one of the now well-known back room boys who features in newspaper articles when journalists try to describe the power behind the throne, over in Bertie’s Drumcondra constituency office. Despite the […]
Posted in Economy, Banks, Politics on Mar 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
We’ve run this before, but given recent events…
Posted in Economy, Banks on Mar 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
Jim Cramer is host of CNBC´s Mad Money. And this is what he had to say about Bear Stearns last week. The Slate has a good article on Jim Cramer here, from Jan 2007.
Posted in politics/Ireland, Fianna Fáil, Bertiegate, Ahern, Bertie, Politics on Mar 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
I do think people know my view for twenty years on this, ehm, it would actually give me the greatest of pleasure to watch non-compliant taxpayers go to jail. That´s the type of person I am.”
Posted in Irish journalism, RTE, Politics on Mar 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Irving was unchallenged when he said last week that, with relation to the Nazi death camps, the word “holocaust” was a 1970s invention. The above image is taken from the Irish Times, 2 July 1946. It clearly shows that “holocaust” was used almost immediately. Again I say it, the man is not an historian. […]
