Archive for December, 2008
May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. – Bob Dylan
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
I would just like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I hope the holiday period and 2009 bring you all that you want and need.
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The Lighter Side
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
To the lighter side we go, with some stories to take the seriousness out of the week.
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Please Note
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Hi Ronan, your Dad here. Thought I’d share here some of my feelings on what we saw in Lesotho, in the last few weeks. I’m back home now in Ireland preparing for Christmas and to be honest I have only just now worked out why my enthusiasm for Christmas is not as it has been [...]
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Look at all the buses now that want exact change, exact change. I figure if I give them exact change, they should take me exactly where I want to go. – George Wallace
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey has announced that CIE will make a deficit of €39m this year, compared with just under €1.5m in 2007.
With that announcement you would expect to see Minister Cullen spring into action and declare that the public transport industry needs an overhaul and that changes have to be made, but that’s [...]
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Attack is the best form of defence?
Monday, December 15th, 2008
When you get one opportunity to make a first impression, I wonder how some people can mess it up so spectacularly.
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If something looks too good to be true…
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
At this time of year, we are try to find the best bargains to ensure that we get value for money and the right present for our friends and family. Technologies has come on by leaps and bounds to enable us to buy anything with the touch of a button or the click of a [...]
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The Lighter Side (with a twist)
Friday, December 12th, 2008
A slightly different Lighter Side this week. With all the furore about the unusual laws in Britain involving disturbing eggs, I thought I would take a look at some of the stranger laws from around the world.
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“If you’re going to panic, panic constructively”
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
It is amazing to me how the smallest mistake can result in widespread panic.
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The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. – Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
On this date in 1948, the UN Human Rights Declaration was agreed in Paris.
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The homeless and Marks & Sparks
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Hello again.
I’ve spent the last two weeks traveling. I visited a Jesuit mission in Zambia and met my father in Livingstone. From there we went back to Lesotho together and I got a chance to introduce him to life there. I think I’m beginning to forget some of the little things about life in Ireland [...]
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