On his East Coast Radio show last year, Joe Harrington announced that Bray was to become part of Co Dublin. On the same day, Michael Cahill on his show on 2FM announced that the Government was going to introduce tolls northbound on O’Connell Street in Dublin and on Patrick Street in Cork. The radio stations [...]
After many months of travelling upward, equity markets had a bit of a jolt in March. The trouble really started with the CPI report from the US which carried on with a widening in credit spreads due to trouble in the sub-prime lending market in the US, then panic in the Chinese equity market and [...]
With so much talk about a new national children’s hospital, and the inadequacies, vested interests, politics and philosophy surrounding our national healthcare system, it might be instructive to look at the one of the world’s oldest hospitals- Santa Maria della Scala. Located in the heart of the medieval city of Siena opposite the Duomo cathedral [...]
If you read the Irish Times daily, and now I rarely do, you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole country had been taken over by a wave of crime. You are probably familiar with the commoner forms of crime, such as theft of cars, televisions and money, but have you come across wine [...]
I’m gutted. Beside myself. Feeling guilty. Disloyal. Foolish. Angry. Stupid. Sad. All sorts of emotions and adjectives are assaulting me today. As I write this, my kitchen is under water and I’ve lost an old friend. Both things are difficult to cope with in their own right but there’s an unfortunate connection between the two [...]
Squares, as an architectural form, are found across all ages and in all cultures. The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dr Steevens Hospital and Trinity College are all early examples of Dublin architecture where a central, enclosed area or garden formed the nucleus for the surrounding building activity. In medieval times Dublin developed haphazardly and organically. However, [...]
In ancient Syria they buried their dead with tears from their loved one sealed in a jar. It seemed the ultimate romantic gesture, in contrast to the more prosaic Egyptians who preferred their gold. The warmth of the Syrians is one of the best things about travelling in the country. All in stark contrast to [...]
I have always given men the benefit of the doubt when it comes to domestic issues. When others all around me start bitching and giving out about how useless men are, I’ve always tried to be reasonable. I’ve even stood up for them on occasion. In the last two decades or so, men have come [...]
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