Well perhaps not outgunned but according to the Iraq head of intelligence there are up to 200,000 fighters and active supporters in Iraq, which outnumbers the coalition forces. I wonder how long the US can really hold out there, the future looks bleak.

They have now called off the search for the missing 22 yr old Swede who went trekking in the MacGillicuddy Reeks a week ago. It seems they put in a lot of effort “We had about 180 [people], the coastguard helicopters, search dogs from Northern Ireland, from Wales, most rescue teams from Ireland attended and, [...]

I notice that the great Paul Darragh has died suddenly at his home in Meath, aged only 51. Anyone with a passing interest in show jumping will remember the legend that was Paul Darragh. He was part of that famous team with won the Aga Khan 3 years in a row from ’77 to ’79.

I just noticed that Google have gotten in on the act and put up a tsunami help page. A link from the main Google homepage brings you to their Tsunami Relief page which contains news and aid agency links.

I just had to pop out to move my car to avoid some potentially damaging snow fall. How dangerous can that be sayz you!?! There’s a large galvanized building opposite my office here, about 50m+ long, where many of our cars are parked. The entire roof is covered in a layer of snow about 6 [...]

Drive-bys in Dublin now? Is this LA? Drive by Dublin, don’t stop, that’s the answer.

I was asked last week by some Finnish friends how much a TV licence is in Ireland. Not having ever bought a TV licence in Ireland I (very badly) guessed around €80-€90, basing my guess on a discussion we had on the subject about 10 years ago. I was surpsied to read today that the [...]

Looks like the army deafness claims should be coming to an end soon. Overall liability will end up somewhere around €300 million [registration required] (€277 paid out so far). Not bad considering they had estimated it would be well over €1 billion. Was it Andrews or the late Hugh Coveney who made the decision to [...]

I see little point in posting much about the tragic events in South East Asia as it’s been covered on every news site on the web. Pete over at Slugger has made a good post on the subject with a number of useful links. Check the links section in the right column of this dedicated [...]

I didn’t realise they were doing a big metric changover of road signs in Ireland! Shiite! It’s one of those small but somewhat significant things I enjoy about going home, using miles instead of kilometers. I’ve always thought it was of those interesting oddities about Ireland that we used both systems but now it’s metric [...]