Archive for May, 2008
Monday, May 12th, 2008
United They Stand - another Premiership for the Red Devils
Well, it’s old news by now, but for those of you who weren’t aware of my footballing persuasions, I’m a Manchester United fan through and through, and naturally enough I’m pretty thrilled that the Red Devils hung on to claim their tenth Premiership title in sixteen years and Sir Alex Ferguson’s 21st trophy with the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in soccer, sports by Gav
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Rare Good News Story Shocker…
If truth be told, we really do miss news from home when we’re away, and tend to feed off an assortment of news sites at various intervals when on foreign soils (which has been all too frequently lately…). We caught the 9 bells Nuacht on RTE on Friday, and we were captivated with the story [...]
No Comments » - Posted in youtube by Ciara
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Bye Bye Premiership, Hello Championship
With a blog title like that you’d think that I might be a defeatist Birmingham City or Reading fan, but I don’t mean that Championship at all. I should explain.
This morning in the hotel (we’re still in Slovakia, slowly getting to grips with the needless pedantry of our fellow students’ unions) we noticed a group [...]
No Comments » - Posted in abroad, gaa, soccer by Gav
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Nuala O’Faolain RIP
(1940-2008)
Nuala O’Faolain has died at the tender age of 68.
She was a wonderful woman, an exceptional writer and an award winning producer. I read her recent reports from the Primaries in the Tribune with absolute trust in her reporting. She was before her time, a real stoical and strong woman, who pushed societal boundaries by [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in death by Ciara
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Shameless plug alert!
Some good friends of mine from home in Kilkenny are gigging in Whelans tonight, and I’m gutted I can’t be there (we’re still in Bratislava…), so treat the following as a plug to add my support to their cause! Saving J have been on the road for a while now and are well worth a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in music, shameless plugs by Ciara
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Moving House (in more ways than one)
I didn’t happen to mention it a few weeks ago but a couple of weeks ago, myself, Ciara, and our friends Colin and Louise decided to go househunting to serve us next year while I finish my degree, while Colin does my job, while Ciara does her solicitors’ exams and while Louise is working in [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Gav's Old Blog by Gav
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Cat Laughs tickets purchased!
We booked our tickets for the Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival earlier today. Regrettably due to work/study/Croker concerts/Mini Marathon commitments we’re not going to be able to volunteer/work at the festival like previous years, but it’ll be fun to enjoy some laughs from the crowd! Consecutive years have been spent doing artist liaison, tinkering with lights, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in comedy, out and about, recommended by Ciara
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The song stuck in my head right now is…
I haven’t slept very well since last Sunday… though not because of anything wrong, or anxiety, or illness (well, mostly, anyway), or having eaten some dodgy, undercooked Slovak cuisine. What’s had me up late since last Sunday is the fact that I cannot get this song out of my head:
This video was embedded using the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in music, recommended by Gav
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
In a word: Us.
Ciara met Gav two years ago and realised she was onto a good thing - so today they live in a house with a lawnmower, a coffee maker and many, many newspapers and books. Gav also met Ciara, co-incidentally, two years ago - and now he mows the lawn, makes great coffee, and buys many, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in all about us by Both Of Us
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
How long more Billary?
Interesting. I noticed it emerged this morning that Billary has made three loans to her operation in the past 30 days, of considerable amounts, more than $6.4 million, which combined with her subsequent individual loans, add up to at least $11.4 million she’s donated to her campaign since February.
Over on Yes-We-Can hill, BO is [...]
