Déirdre De Búrca a name too hard for a url? Instead we get WhatIStandfor.ie for the Green’s Candidate for the Dublin Constituency in the European Parliament Elections. We also get an interesting spelling of thousands according to this picture of Senator De Búrca’s billboard in today’s Irish Times. Senator De Búrca launched her campaign yesterday […]
Entries Tagged as 'Dublin'
State of the Nation Part Deux
February 6th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession
‘If we decide to wallow in sea of doubt don’t be suprised if we remain in the turbulent waters we are in today…’ Brian Cowen, Dublin February 5 2009 What you mean you missed it again? Don’t worry you are not a completely incompetent media consumer – An Taoiseach Brian Cowen spoke without a script […]
Tags:Brian Cowen·Dublin·Podcast·State of the Nation·Taoiseach
Cheap Eats ala moi
February 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Cheap Eats ala moi · Blogging, Food, US Election 2008
You might realise that there is a culinary blogger trying to break out of this keyboard from time to time and many thanks to the team behind the wonderful CheapEats.ie for allowing me to write about some recommendations and wants in terms of restaurants and food in Dublin’s City Centre. The website is a brilliant […]
Tags:Blog·Dublin·Food·Restaurant
Affordable housing to get affordable?
January 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Affordable Housing
Since the crash/collapse of property prices in Dublin and the rest of the country there’s been a bit of a problem with affordable housing. It’s wasn’t affordable anymore. While there are several thousand people on the waiting list (Including yours truly) nobody is buying anything. The difference between the market price and the affordable price […]
Tags:Affordable Housing·Dublin·Dublin City Council·Public housing