“May Day is a name for various holidays celebrated on May 1 (or in the beginning of May), ranging from several festivals to International Workers’ Day.” So whatever you’re doing today, wearing funny sailor-type graduation hats and having a bonfire like the Finns, Morris Dancing like the English or celebrating Lei Day like the Hawaiians, [...]

After speaking with Division HQ we’ve decided to to implement Operation Stop Spam in an effort to cut down on the amount of comment spam we get per day. From now on there’ll be a very simple match question to answer, unless we find some better way to stop the spammers. Any problems posting please [...]

Was having a few pints the other night, Casey’s Cream Ale to be exact, when I noticed the Casey’s logo on the glass with the following written underneath… An beer is deasa sá domhain Hmm, must be a Kent dialect … it’s marketed as “Caseys of Waterford” but is apparently brewed by Shepherd Neame.

I notice that /. (Slashdot) are having a CSS redesign contest … winner gets a new laptop. Any Irish tech-bloggers giving it a lash? I couldn’t be arsed, I have neither the time nor energy (nor skills truth be told) to attempt such a thing. Anyway it looks like I’m holding on to my current [...]

…the sun is shining, it’s one of the warmest days in about 6 months. The winter tyres have been swapped for the summer ones, the driving is smooth, the grip better so the corners are taken that bit faster, the MP3 player turned up a few clicks more is belting out the grinding tones of [...]

I’ve started getting into certain types of puzzles recently. It all started when I discovered the Hapland series. I’ve managed (with some help) Hapland 1 & 2, but 3 is a killer. Even with a walk through it takes a few attempts. I’ve also gotten into the type of puzzles where you have to escape [...]

I don’t really follow rugby at all. In fact ah the only rugby I watch are the Irish internationals. Apparently though there was a big game yesterday between Leinster and Munster. The langers came out on top. There are a number of rugby fans in the Blog O’Sphere, some of them are Munster men but [...]

A man has sustained serious burns after he set himself on fire in Co Monaghan at the weekend. The 24-year-old man is believed to have set himself alight … following a row with his girlfriend Ah sham, c’mon. What were ya thinking?? I know they can drive you nuts at times but there’s no need [...]

The rise of An tImeall continues. It’s not enough to be writing for Lá now Conn has gone a step further and achieved radio syndication! Some of you may have gotten this press release from Conn Ó Muíneacháin this morning, if not here’s the full release in English agus as Gaeilge.
Congratulations to you Conn!!

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NEWS RELEASE: First Irish Podcast to Achieve Radio Syndication
An tImeall, the daily podcast in the Irish language, today becomes the first independent Irish podcast to cross-over to traditional radio, as it begins a syndicated run on Galway city’s college community station, Flirt FM. The 15 minute show will air each weekday at 5:30pm

Lads & lassies … I hope ye don’t mind but i’ve decided to try out Google Ads on Raiméis just to see how they work or don’t work on blogs. If that top ad is too obtrusive I may remove it soon. Edit: changed format of top ad. Looks a bit neater now.