This is the very first lesson of Progress in Irish. It would be handy if you had the text as I don’t think I will be posting the sections ‘Learn’ or ‘Read’. Progress in Irish (Máiréad Ní Ghráda ) is published by The Educational Company (ISBN 0-86167-159-7) and available from any of the Irish online book stores.

Ah now this is ridiculous, in Australia officials have basically banned the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas over these stoopid ‘explicit sex scenes’ which can be viewed by anyone with access to a special game mod. The official classification for the game has been revoked which means it cannot be legally sold, hired, advertised [...]

As well as a new blog script I have also been planning some new content for Ráiméis. When it comes to learning languages (in this care Irish) motivation (or rather lack of-) is a big problem. I have all the books/tapes etc but never use them. So a couple of week ago I decided that [...]

I was looking for some comedy sketches when I cam across this, thought it was worth posting, NI being in the news an’ all. A Protestant ( John Byrne ) & A Catholic ( Kevin McAleer ) are sitting in a pub in Northern Ireland. They confess to bigotry in the past, but applaud the [...]

Right here we are … WordPress in all her glory. A few things you should note: • template isn’t near done, this was some template I downloaded which I bastardised, colours look a bit dodgy • categories don’t work just yet, I need to edit every single fucking post (450+) and manually set the category, [...]

Da Town got a right shock in Wales tonight. Leading 2-0 from the first leg of the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup against Carmarthen, da Town thought it was an easy one, especially at half-time when they went in at 1-1, they held the advantage. But a four goal blitz by Carmarthen in [...]

Well obviously the big news of the day (ok, i’m half an hour late, it’s Friday here) is the IRA statement. It’s been covered everywhere BBC, RTÉ, the Guardian and a dozen others. You’ll get some good analysis and commentary from the blogs: Slugger, Balrog, United Irelander, Most Sincerely Folks … that’ll get you started [...]

Twenty addresses a serious topic for a change, albeit in his usual humorous way, the issue of morning after pills being made available to girls as young as 11. Yes, twas Tánaiste Mary Harney who suggested this, after she said there was “evidence to show Irish girls in the 11 to 14-year-old age group were [...]

WordPress testing still ongoing, just working on the template … trying to decide if I will stick with this current template (even though it’s plain I kinda like it) or if I should try something new. There might be some disruption over the weekend…

Todays question: Are you a problem solver or a day dreamer? Many of us have our own regular thinking times; mowing the lawn, driving the car, going for a walk, sitting on the dunny, having a quiet cup of tea, shaving ones head (yeah that’s me); all opportune times for pondering lifes little puzzles or [...]