I was searching for the spelling of an Irish word and came across this Irish dictionary. They have an excellent new section on verbs but unfortunatly not all verbs are available to Joe Anonymous, you have to be Joe Registered* to have access** to all 760 verbs. Even the dictionary search is limited.

The Fáinne, for those of you not familiar with this item, is a ring-shaped pin which is worn to show that you can and will speak Irish. I just surfed by CNnaG’s page on the Fáinne and I was trying to remember the last time I saw anyone wearing the pin. I know two people [...]

Sad news today for fans of the Ramones. Johnny Ramone has died at the age of 55, after a long battle with cancer. He is the third member of the Ramones to die in recent years. Joey Ramone died of cancer in 2001 and bassist Dee Dee Ramone died from a drug overdose in 2002.

The OECD (Education Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) team which visited Ireland last year has recommended that we reintorduce fees for 3rd level education. Buggers!

Talks on Northern Ireland are starting today in Leeds Castle in Kent. What are the odds that they’ll reach a workable agreement? 9/2 11/1 10000/1? Must check with Paddy Powers.

“Workers in southern Europe have the lowest rates for sickness absence in the European Union (EU) while their counterparts in northern Europe have the highest, researchers say. ” “Greece had the lowest rate, of 6.7%, followed by Ireland (8.3%)”, Finland had the highest rate at 24%!

It looks like the player lock out at the NHL is set to go ahead. The season is supposed to start on October 13 but it’s likely to be delayed quite a bit, it may even wipe out the whole season. Many European players are heading back to Europe to find teams! Very bad for [...]