Posted by maca on June 16, 2005
Twenty has an interesting one about the quality of Guinness abroad so I thought i’d add my Finnmarks’s worth. It’s a subject close to me heart … it’s not just teabags we expats (I don’t remember being a pats in the first place but whatever..) miss, nor taytos (the real ones) it’s also da black [...]
Posted by maca on June 14, 2005
Big hullabaloo on BBC World now, everybody watching & waiting in anticipation for the verdict in the Jackson trial. Should be any minute now… NOT GUILTY of all charges!
Posted by maca on June 8, 2005
The reason why some women have problems reaching orgasm might be down to their genes??? Lads, lads, lads, if you’re not up to the task just admit it!
Posted by maca on June 6, 2005
Have you heard about the shite at the game with Israel on Saturday? You’ll find some shocking information on the soccer boards. Disgraceful scenes of Palestine flag waving, Nazi salutes etc. It’s not 100% clear to me who was the real cause, the IPSC (pro-Palestinian group) or ROI fans but these scenes were downright disgusting. [...]
Posted by maca on June 3, 2005
You heard about the video showing Serb soldiers executing Bosnian Muslims? I saw this video yesterday, it’s very disturbing. I won’t post the link but if you are like me and have a morbid sense of curiousity mail me and i’ll point you in the right direction. Btw the video on the BBC website appears [...]
Posted by maca on June 3, 2005
“Police in Austria said today they discovered the bodies of several newborn children in the freezer of an apartment building in the south of the country” … I can’t read anymore.
Posted by maca on June 2, 2005
This is why I enjoy Twenty Major so much, If I could, or how about his take on the foiled armed robbery in Dublin the other day in Oh, good shot, Sir, or simply short posts on customs. Add this lad to your bookmarks, and when you’re feeling a little frustrated (like I often do [...]
Posted by maca on June 1, 2005
Crap, is it June 1st already?? Was it not just last week that I complained it was May 1st!?! Shite. So what’s big in the news today on June 1st 0000 AT? The Japanese are dressing down, the Dutch are at the polls, the Swedes are going non-nunclear, us Irish are finally finishing the M50 [...]
Posted by maca on May 26, 2005
The Irish Defence Forces finished their United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus yesterday after 41-years on the island. “The Irish flag was lowered in a sunset ceremony in the United Nations protected area, Nicosia in Cyprus, to commemorate the 9,540 Irish Defence Force troops who served on the island over the years.” Well done to [...]
Posted by maca on May 26, 2005
There was yet another armed raid in Ireland today, on a post office in Lusk, N.Dublin. But this time the Gardaí were lying in wait. One of the 5 raiders was killed and another injured. It’s good to see the Gardaí hitting back, there has been far too many raids in recent times, it almost [...]