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Good Cycling News: Bicycle traffic jumps 22.5% in Dublin city centre in one year

December 8, 2014 No Comments

Irishcycle.com: The council added: “The location with the highest percentage of cyclists in 2013 was Dame Street / Georges Street where cyclists made up 27.0% of all traffic. This location has had the highest percentage of cyclists in every year from 2007 to 2014.” Overall, the percentage of cyclists increased from 7.9 % in 2013 […]

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Dublin Life People

Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy – A letter by Luke Murphy

December 8, 2014 No Comments

Nobody is just one dimension, just one thing. A man who was homeless died on the streets of Dublin, just a few hundred metres from the Dail. Luke Murphy knew him well when they were younger, “Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy“: Don’t scorn him for having chosen […]

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Arts Films Humour

Nothing to do with Breaking Bad – Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman!

December 5, 2014 No Comments

Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman with Jane Seymour from Jane Seymour I used to watch this series as a kid, it was comfortable Sunday evening fare. The reboot could be awesome though. Teehee 😉

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Health

“The system struggles to learn from its mistakes”

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 No Comments

List of women dying in Ireland’s maternity hospitals continues to grow. Tania McCabe, Bimbo Onanuga, Dhara Kivlehan, Savita Halappanavar, Jennifer Crean and now Sally Rowlette – the list of women who have died in or after childbirth in controversial circumstances in Irish maternity hospitals continues to lengthen. […] Ms Halappanavar might never have died if […]

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Arts Films History Nature & Gardens

Postcards from Pripyat

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014 No Comments

Danny Cooke had an opportunity to explore Chernobyl and Pripyat while working on a CBS documentary earlier this year. Using a go-pro and drone, he posted this video of a land out of time, a ghost of the old Ukranian SSR. Chernobyl is one of the most interesting and dangerous places I’ve been. The nuclear […]

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Films Moving Pictures

First Teaser! Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 No Comments

Oh, yes. This could be good. I must admit I got excited at the X-Wings.

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Economy Government

Tax Tweaks

December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 No Comments

In an effort to avoid another outburst á la Irish Water, the Government has been heeding calls to review how the local property tax is calculated. Currently, it is based on the market value of the house as of 2012, and this level is frozen until 2016. The problem is that property prices in Dublin […]

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Bits & Bobs

Some good news: 26 charts and maps to be thankful for

November 30, 2014 No Comments

Some good news, for a change: The press — and humans in general — have a strong negativity bias. Bad economic news gets more coverage than good news. Negative experiences affect people more, and for longer, than positive ones. So it’s natural for things like Russia’s incursion into Ukraine or the rise of ISIS or […]

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Big Brother Internets Technology

Banning the word ‘Internet’

November 30, 2014 No Comments

Padraig Reidy over at Index on Censorship wonders when people will stop blaming the tool (e.g. facebook) as opposed to the behaviour (e.g. terror planning, crime). Will this ever end? Hopefully. As time goes on, the distinction between the internet and THE INTERNET will become clearer. THE INTERNET is a culture; the place where the […]

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Government Society

Unintended consequences – renters & water charge deposits?

November 30, 2014 No Comments

Renters face €1k water charge deposits | Irish Examiner: In a statement last night, the landlords’ group said that, despite Government claims that property owners could take unpaid water charge fees out of a tenant’s rent deposit, existing legislation prevents this. The association stressed this would be “a blatant contravention of tenancy and letting agreements […]

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Good Cycling News: Bicycle traffic jumps 22.5% in Dublin city centre in one year

Jonathan Corrie was one of my best friends when I was a boy – A letter by Luke Murphy

Nothing to do with Breaking Bad – Dr. Quinn, Morphine Woman!

“The system struggles to learn from its mistakes”

Postcards from Pripyat

First Teaser! Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

Tax Tweaks

Some good news: 26 charts and maps to be thankful for

Banning the word ‘Internet’

Unintended consequences – renters & water charge deposits?