Lesson 4 of Progress in Irish. Tá conjugation: present tense

Thanks to Bernie Goldbach i’ve just found a new (and admittadly … sad) way to ammuse myself with Google Maps. Try here also.

A very decent gesture by many of the Protestants in Ballymena showing support for the local R.Catholics by holding a vigil outside Our Lady’s Church tonight. The church has been attacked a number of times in the past month by being paint bombed and daubed with sectarian graffiti. Many Presbyterians from a nearby church have [...]

The issue of abortion is in the news [registration cheat] today. George explains further on Slugger where quite a heavy discussion is ongoing. I’m not brave enough to get involved just yet, maybe later.

Old news now, I had no time to post yesterday, great to see that the Discovery shuttle has made it home safely. No doubt there were serious concerns following the quick fix they had to do before starting their return trip. More space news, a new Mars probe was due for launch but has been [...]

One of my favourite daily blog reads has decided to call it a day. As Young Irelander himself says, it’s the “end of an era”. I don’t know what prompted this (legal? work?) bit I hope he reconsiders and gets back to posting soon.

Lesson 3 of Progress in Irish. More vocabulary: nouns and adjectives

Help me understand exactly how this works … yesterday the body of a newborn baby was found in a skip in Limerick. Gardaí naturally are appealing for the mother to come forward. What troubles me is the line in this report “no evidence of foul play”. Surely being left to die (i’m making the huge [...]

Came across this via Robin Blandford’s blog bytesurgery.com/gearedup. There’s a campaign moving through Europe to encourage people to store an emergency contact number, such as that of a close friend or family member, under the heading ICE (In Case of Emergency). Seemingly this was started as a nationwide campaign in the UK (it’s the first [...]

What a vile vile act. In Germany Police are holding a 39 year old woman in custody after the bodies of 9 new-born babies were discovered on her property. So far she has admitted that they are hers but has not admitted to killing them. Even if we give her the benefit of the doubt [...]