Despite the weather forecast, this afternoon and evening was gorgeous and I took the opportunity to walk on the western pier of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The first photo is actually of the Commissioners of Irish Lights – the people that look after the lighthouses. There is quite a nice map of the harbour and its [...]

for those of you looking for live coverage of the Irish Budget 2009 (or the 4th attempt as some call it), have a peek at the live streams from the Oireachtas website, provided mostly by HEAnet.
Dail Eireann – Windows Media Player – http://asx.heanet.ie/oireachtas/dail_broadband.asx
Dail Eireann – Flash Player (new to me) – http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/livewebcast/DailFlash512KB.htm
Dail Eireann – audio [...]

okay, the last post was very serious so how about I remind you of Great Friday! From the website: www.greatfriday.ie
Great Friday Festival 2009. Great Friday, Limericks original and best music festival returns on the 10th of April. Following on from the huge success of last years attendees are once again invited to hop on the [...]

I’m not good at dancing but I was shocked to hear that public entertainment like nightclubs, football and sporting events are forbidden in several states in Germany, not just on Good Friday but on other religious holidays depending on state law. Don’t think about washing your car in a car-wash in Bavaria on Good Friday [...]