killarney national park doesn’t know ….dung
Jarveys Banned from Killarney Park – rte news reports Jarveys, who operate jaunting cars in Killarney, Co Kerry, have been banned from the national park there following their refusal to use so-called dung-catching devices on their horses. The National Parks and Wildlife Service says the soiling of pathways in the park by the jarveys’ horses [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 9 comments }is your product amazing and irish…?
I was looking recently for information on irish products that were to do with the barbeque. I was extremely disappointed. I could find nothing Irish, online. If I can’t find ‘em – I guess no-one else can. On the flip side – I often get e-mailed, [more spammed] by people looking for links to their [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 2 comments }the holy tree stump…
Tree Stump Draws Believers to Limerick thats the title RTE news [ Radio Teilifís Eireann] – the national broadcaster gave it…. Sounds a little like St Kevins Stump from father ted ….? And how did I find out about it… I read this comment from Dara O’ Briain on Twitter! although love this quote: “‘It’s [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { One comment }cork swans hit by mystery disease…
I was on twitter yesterday. Generally asking how all things green were. I got this response from Cllr Laura Mc Gonigle. Turns out the Councillor is 100% spot on. This from Irish Examiner Tuesday, July 07, 2009 CHILDREN looked on helplessly as swans and ducks they’d lovingly fed for years were taken away after being [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }supporting trees…
you might be wondering why the Seamús Ennis centre is in a gardening article? Apart from is being an amazing place… It is the tree support in the background of this photograph that it is here. Rather than chop the arms off a fine and well represented tree in the beautiful village of the Naul… [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }interview with a blacksmith
Trekking through The Craft Council of Irelands section within Bloom this year I met blacksmiths Michael Budd and Stephen Quinn. I did do a live stream interview but it didn’t work out as well as I thought. Still blown away by the old techniques that [still] exist… I returned the following day. I’m so glad [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { One comment }dear richard corrigan and rte…
I really feel so angry with RTE over this…. and Richard Corrigan even after all you have done so far. This time you are Sir a bufoon. I watched your programme last night where an axe [or a hatchet] was use to kill a chicken…. [chop off its head on a timber block] I also [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 9 comments }where are all the jobs gone….?
Have you got a good news, green if possible? If you’re getting window boxes for your office, you’ve moved to a greener place, you bought water butts, you recycle your coffee grinds…… you employed someone to cut the grass??! Let me know… Here’s why…. In The Sunday Business Post yesterday I spotted’ a tiny little [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }who is the greenest of them all …?
If you are gonna do the i’m green and i’m living the good life the good life gig then do it. One probably would assume the greenest of them all would be the green party …? It turns out their not…. This is how it’s really done [click here] by Independent Kathy Sinnott. well, the [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }the green party are twits…
on May 4th Deidre De Burca put out a twitter message where she said: You’ll soon be seeing my environmentally friendly election posters from sustainable, Irish forests. http://tinyurl.com/dmjcjq I responded to Deidre’s tweet: @deirdredeburca can you send some pics of the poster deidre what happened then was this [courtesy of irish election]: …. a ‘conversation’ [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 23 comments }m9, m7, m50, m1, mmmmmm….
I’ve been working near The Curragh recently and my journey is one that sees me up at around 6am each morning. No problemo! A big bowl of porridge, a lovely brew of fresh ground coffee and I’m on my way… I’m a happy go lucky kind of chappie. I work long hours, but then I [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }do i *really* care about the irish budget…
the answer is no. I don’t care. I’m not careless. I am an intelligent man. But… correct me if I am wrong… eh? I’ll make this really easy… Give me the name of one great Irish politician… who has been leader, in the history of this country. I rest my case… Here’s my story… Recently [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 6 comments }clare county council dumped right in it
Firstly, I am not a big fan of landfills. Full stop. No-one wants them on their doorstep. But – but, everyone ‘on the doorstep’ uses them. A fair point? I think so. To the matter in hand… I got a press release [read it in full here] to my mailbox that Clare County Council had [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }Lá Fhéile Phádraig… agus lá gaeilge
céad. níl mo gaeilge go hana mhaith ar fad… ach nur a léim an píosa seo as Damian agus Concubhar Ó Liatháin as iGaelige, bhím spreagach píosa [beagání] as gaeilge a scríobh. Tá sé Lá Fheile Phádraig ach tá sé Lá Gaeilge freisin. Dúirt Concubhar ar mulley.net Ná bí buartha. Tá tú san áit cheart. [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }more car [hire] trouble…
I wrote this blog post on hiring a car last year. Today I recieved a phonecall from ‘a legal office’ asking would I be removing this blog post. No information or reasons were given except for who the gentleman and his firm were representing. I was told I have have 48 hours to remove the [...]
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