Category: Personal Experiences & Life Stories
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Winter Is Here
Has been bit of a rush around lately, loads of deadlines and the like BUT while that was going on winter arrived with a vengeance. Getting up in the mornings in the dark and everything covered with frost, coming home in the evening and it is dark and the frost is returning. So for those…
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If I Didn’t Have Bad Luck…
Well, there has been a drought of blog posts lately, mainly due to me hoping that things would improve or sort themselves out, but alas they have not. So what is the story? Well here is the long version: Tuesday 21st October I left the house as per normal in the early hours of the…
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Ireland Said “No” – But Why?
Ireland said no to the Lisbon Treaty earlier this summer but everyone wanted to know why…OK…not everyone but I did anyway. The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has published the findings of the research they undertook after the No vote. So if you want to get your own copy of the findings (an exhaustive 5…
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AAI 2008 – Start Your Motors
I will be taking part in this years Annual Across Ireland charity event taking place over Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August. The event is set to be the most well attended yet while coverage will be provided by national radio & tv stations. On top of that they will be filming for a DVD…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 4)
Thursday 31st July View Larger Map The End of the Beginning Did I say we liked the Wyatt Hotel in Westport? Well, we do! Not only was it a great nights rest but we were also found there was a vegetarian option on the breakfast menu. The staff were very pleasant and there were plenty…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 3)
Wednesday 30th July View Larger Map Decisions, Decisions We did not sleep well and were glad to be getting up to leave. The breakfast was probably the Abbey Hotels saving grace. A standard buffet layout, simply walk up and point at what you want. In that case the vegetarian option was beans on toast with…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 2)
Tuesday 29th July View Larger Map The Good, The Bad & The People Carriers We got up and headed for breakfast were we had good news and bad news. The good news was that they serve a full vegetarian option at the Premier Inn (though they overcooked the vegetarian sausages), the bad news was that…
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Ireland Tour 2008 (Part 1)
Monday 28th July 2008 View Larger Map In The Beginning: The bags were still being packed 10mins before we hit the road. I had got a set of Buell inner bags for the side cases & top case. Since we were planning to B&B it we took a side case each and used the top…
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Ireland Says No
Well it is official, Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty with 46.6% saying Yes and 53.4% saying No. Overall a difference of some 110,000 votes. They keep saying that we are in ‘uncharted waters’, can not help but laugh at that…as nothing has changed. Surely by bringing in the undemocratic reforms they desired would have…
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The Lisbon Treaty – Get Out & Vote
It is almost time to vote on the Lisbon Treaty, I will be voting against it but no matter what anyone else thinks please get out there and cast your vote. As I have made clear before, I fully support the idea of an United States of Europe. This document is not the right step…
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