Category Archives: Ireland

Unlocking your free O2 text messages

O2 and probably other gsm service providers too offer you free text messages through their website. With O2 you get 250 free messages per month, the only pain in the ass is that to use them you need to log on to the site to access the message form. For that reason I only use [...]

Personal .ie domains

With my head buried in the sand these past few months I totally missed the change in .ie registration rules … as of 31st October 2007 you can now register personal .ie domain names! Certain restrictions apply of course but it’s a welcome and long overdue rule change. For cheapest registration prices, that i found [...]

“Irish” International “University”

A BBC London investigation has uncovered a scam by a group calling itself the “Irish International University” (iiuedu.ie). It has been operating in the UK for a number of years, targeting foreign students and at one stage claimed to have a campus in Dublin. The Malaysian group, registered as a business in Switzerland, which apparently [...]

TV Licencing

From Citizens Information: “Every household, business or institution in Ireland with a television or equipment capable of receiving a television signal (using an aerial, satellite dish, cable or other means) must have a television licence”. The funding from TV licences is used to support RTÉ 1, RTE 2, Radio 1, RnaG, TG4, Lyric FM & [...]

Fifa to discuss Irish player row

The football folks north of the border still aren’t accepting the FIFA ruling that players born in Northern Ireland can turn out for the Republic. The Unionists even wanted to pass a motion in Stormont condemming FIFA’s proposal! *yawn* Why can’t an Irish citizen born in the North play for their national team? Was Maik [...]

No to El Tel!

Somehow I doubt John Delaney or anyone in the FAI reads this blog but if, by some odd stroke of luck, they chance upon my wee corner of the blog o’sphere I want my message to be clear… Do not hire Terry Venables as ROI manager! We’re sick of chancers and second rate managers! The [...]

Unsubscribe me!

Below is “Waiting For The Guards“, the first film (of three) just released as part of Amnesty International‘s unsubscribe campaign. Worth watching whether or not you agree with Amnesty’s work. Get great free widgets at Widgetbox!

Football? Sure wtf do we know about football in this part of the world!?!

So with England’s miserable defeat to Croatia and NI’s expected exit last night and the poor aul Scots losing to the iTalians last week it obviously means none of the “home” nations, as some call ‘em, will be taking part in Euro 2008. It’s a sad state of affairs really. What has happened to soccer [...]

If you ever needed inspiration to take up model making…

SERIOUSLY sweet models. It doesn’t get much better than this.

National anthems and walloping the English.

I’m really looking forward to this weekend’s game in Croker … who isn’t?? I’d love to be there, the atmosphere is going to be amazing!! It’ll be even better if Ireland finally turn on the style after two disappointing performances against the Welsh and the French. There are two things I am really hoping for [...]