Eddie’s fecking dead because he was illegal alien and was scared to go to hospital:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/31/a_toast_to_an_irishman/
This just feckin’ sucks:
Eddie died in his own bed. We will never know if it was stubborn pride or a fear of being deported that kept him from going to a hospital to treat the pneumonia that killed him. Maybe he just didn’t realize how sick he was.
David’s usually got some insights:
Back to basics for Ireland Inc
Cowen’s crocodile tears blurring economic vision
And an editorial at the Indo about the property market:
Instead of ripping off first-time buyers, the Government should have studied Sweden
€200,000 for a derelict auld cottage and calling it derelict is praise for the condition it’s in:
http://www.mattosullivan.com/prop_display.php?id=305
But, browsing for other properties turned up a restored cottage going for €450,000, so I guess after spending €200,000 for a hovel and another €200,000 to modernise it, it’s still a (relative) bargain.
Via the wonderful pics of:
I forgot I had these pics up on my old CS address: http://www.cs.umb.edu/~mtimony/Donegal/index.html
The first set has a few pics taken up in Dungloe. Meself, me sister Jeannie, and my friend Sue spent an afternoon driving there via Glenveagh Park to visit Edel.
We stayed overnight at Edel’s parents house and went out on the lash. And the next day went up the old road to Maghery which goes along the coast. Was a fun few days.
The last time I was up in Dungloe was for Edel’s Wedding to Robbie in 2005. The following day we some of went over the Maghery again, was another fun couple of days! 🙂
Feck! I didn’t one good hike in. From last year:
The cousin has a nice map of Ireland up on the wall of his kitchen!
I saw this on RTE’s News website about the M3 motorway to be build near the Hill of Tara:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0430/m3.html
The Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, has turned the first sod for the M3 motorway just outside Navan, Co Meath. Organisers kept the event low key to avoid opponents to the project turning up.
The Hill of Tara was the seat of the High Kings of Ireland and is a world Heritage site. People opposing the motorway (highway for us here in North Amerika) claim the surrounding valley should be preserved as it probably contains aritifacts from ancient times. There has been a lot of protest against the motorway, both in Ireland & from abroad, and with different Government Departments fighting over it. The day after they turned the first sod this happens:
Prehistoric site discovery halts M3 work
http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0501/meath.html
The Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, has ordered that work be stopped on the M3 motorway near Tara, Co Meath, because of the discovery of a substantial national monument. The archaeological site was discovered in Lismullen beside the Hill of Tara, and is said to be the size of three football fields.
And just so typical of Ireland, ignore the experts and the concerned public and destroy our heritage.
Update: More here from National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070515-ireland-tara.html
One of my favourite pics that I’ve taken while back home in Ireland. A lot of grays, but I really like the different textures of the clouds and the sea, and the 2 wans snogging:
Best, cutest pic I’ve seen: