on the plus side, the time I put into cleaning the gas fire this morning has resulted in a functioning gas fire. I am very happy about this as the living room is now less than subArctic.
On the plus side, i discovered I’ve got great, great neighbours. The copper pipe for the garden tap burst [...]
I could write a long introspective piece about the property market in Ireland, hopes and dreams dashed and how reality hurts sometimes. But i’ve worked out that location wise, Dublin appears to be the best place for me short of moving to San Francisco which could be very lonely and apart from the weather, its [...]
Dermot Ahern is the bright spark who brought us blasphemy legislation. Now he wants to set up a DNA database. Unfortunately RTE are a bit sparse on the details about this.
I have no objection to a DNA database per se, however, that objection is dependent on it being of a non-Big Brother variety of database [...]
On account of the minor detail of generally avoiding the Irish Independent’s website, I missed this nugget when I was writing the WhiteLines piece the other day.
Yes, you too can realise your dream if you become redundant.
I have issues with this piece. It consists of three superficial case studies which are supposed to lead you [...]
I was going to write a big rant about perception of value in the property market in Dublin and how it relates to perception of value in other aspects of life in Dublin and how property sucked off all the benefits of economic growth in the past 3 years and eventually thought “dammit, my life [...]
I’ve been reading discussion on the forthcoming budget and all I’m getting is a loud signal about what a mess the country is and how we should do this and do that. The loudest signal I’m getting is that we still divide society into the deserving and undeserving and the division is made in economic [...]