Irish Eagle
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

OMG #CCVEN - Children should vote? LOL

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The Constitutional Convention - aka talk shop for those with too little do - has proposed that children should be allowed to vote. Now, not ...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

For the Met fan - @MetsPolice's eBook is great fun. Buy it.

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I mentioned on Twitter that I got a 2nd hand Kindle last week. I got it from a family member who had no need for this Version 1 Kindle now t...
Friday, February 01, 2013

United's prices on flights between Dublin and Newark

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I've tried this a few times and it's always the same. If you check flights on United from Dublin to Newark the price is about €65 hi...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

EU Presidency, the G8 - The Gathering is a guaranteed "success" for the Irish government

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I have to admit I'm slow sometimes, but the penny well and truly dropped for me & The Gathering with today's announcement about ...
Monday, July 09, 2012

Engineers can be math teachers

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If Irish engineering graduates don't have sufficient mathematical training to qualify as math teachers at second level there is either s...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Landfill overflowing? Charge by volume, not weight

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The Irish EPA is wrong to recommend that customers be charged by weight for trash collection if they are genuinely concerned about landfill...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Do we need a 3rd option on the EUref ballot paper?

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I don't use foul language as a rule. I prefer anything I write to be "PG" at worst. Yet, the more I think about the coming ref...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Only Merkel can beat Obama in November

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I know I said it on Twitter, but that's like exhaling on a cold day. Your breath is only visible for a short time before it vanishes for...
Friday, May 11, 2012

The Bridge - sort of worth watching

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I know people were enthralled by The Bridge a few weeks ago, but I have to assume the decline in tweets about it indicate that many feel as ...
Friday, May 04, 2012

Michael D - causing drowsiness in the 'city that never sleeps'

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Yesterday I checked around because I thought 'd like to see what sort of local coverage President Michael D Higgins was getting in NYC. ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Water charges will mean only the suckers pay—again

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I'm opposed to the proposed water meters/water charges. For two reasons: (1) no one is ever going to have their water cut off and (2) so...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Associations of Catholic Priests' unscientific survey

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The Association of Catholic Priests (Ireland) commissioned Amarach Consulting to survey Irish Catholics on a whole range of issues - mostly ...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

New broadband means the Mets live & in color on my laptop from today

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I didn't so much dream about this day as see it clearly in my future. Back in 1994 when I got my first e-mail address and had my first t...
Thursday, March 08, 2012

Cutting education costs by cutting degree requirements is a bad idea

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Sloppy mistake from a NY Times blog . The headline of the blog post reads: "State of Indiana Tries to Make Education More Affordable By...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Look before you Leap ... card OR dumb @IrishRail

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I didn't need to get a Leap card. I got it cause I thought it would be more convenient than having to buy a ticket each time I took the...
Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Save the dog = laughs

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If I was a dog lover I probably wouldn't find this video ( http://bit.ly/uWomr6 ) so funny, but I'm not and I do. I think whatever...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Dáil TV and Oct 27 referendum

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Just wondering, but could there be a connection between our "coming soon" Dáil TV channel and next week's referendum on Oirea...
Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Church's influence over Irish education not what's often claimed

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The Irish Times list of the 50 most powerful people in Irish education is interesting. What really caught my eye, what really should get ...
Saturday, October 01, 2011

Catching Hell – a decent first draft

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First, I want to say that all sports fans will enjoy Catching Hell. You don't have to be a baseball fan to get something out of the ESPN...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Why are so many kids today allergic to nuts?

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Are we going nuts about allergies? My son came home from school with a note asking us not to send in any food containing "peanuts/nut...
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