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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G There’s something wonderfully simple but yet so totally appropriate about the idea developed by author James Hance in his first book. Here, he re-imagines Han Solo as Christopher Robin, Chewbacca as Pooh Bear, R2D2 as Piglet, and AT-AT as Eeyore. This will be a definite gift on the list for literally any minor (and some bigger children). TBH, I think I might end up buying in [...]

Emigration has been a feature of Irish life since the “great potato famine”. Indeed, since the great calamity there have been few years where immigration replaced emigration. From my own perpective, I was brought as a young child away from Ireland. The story goes that it was a tester to see whether we might move further. My Dad had always been keen to move to Australia. That didn’t [...]

It seems to be, for me, a curiously British invention. Bar the exception of a teenage drinking ‘get away’, I must admit I hadn’t even considered camping for the best part of a decade. That was, until we toyed with the idea of a camping ‘work social’. It was beset with the usual administrative difficulties – but overwhelmingly, it was the creature comforts and weather unpredictability [...]

Websites can be a significant investment and can draw huge attention to your organisation. Despite this, usability is a frequently neglected aspect of both small and large Web developments. Ultimately, if visitors can’t use your site, they will leave and never become customers/clients. This article will focus on providing helpful common sense tips for making a web page usable – in short though [...]

Friday 30th of July saw the The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne reject an appeal by the Irish FA or Football association Northern Ireland in complaint against International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) allowing Belfast-born Daniel Kearns to play for the Republic. The ruling could have gone either way. Irish FA president Raymond [...]

We’ve all been on a bit of a health kick in work – I’ve decided on the Ramsey Gym for convenience (its not the best gym, but its certainly the closest to my house!) That said, others went with the Sefton and I can see why – its certainly a good offering. This is the comparison of prices (mainly thanks to Weena!) Ramsey Gym – One Month stand alone 37.50 (30 regular [...]

Munster fixtures for the year are out – so far they’ve yet to confirm the domestic tv schedule. Keen to see a few more league games this year. Fingers crossed! Full fixture list after the jump August Fri 20 Aug @ 19:00 Munster v Leicester Tigers Friendly – Musgrave Park Fri 27 Aug @ 19:00 Munster v Gloucester Rugby Friendly-  Musgrave Park September 3/4/5 Sep Munster [...]

I was a little skeptical at first, but when @ImSineadB actually did it for me  - I couldn’t have been more impressed. You can tell I’m impressed cos this is my second food post today.  The cake is tastey and moist and ready in a time scale that holds my attention. Who needs traditional baking??

Almost everyone I know who tries Wagamama either love it or hate it. Those who love it generally took the time (or were lucky to find early on) the dish they loved. I say this because everyone I know also seem to have ‘a dish’  that they call their own. I’m one of those people. Though I liked and tried a few I always returned to Amai Udon. A noodles with prawn and leak in a delicious [...]

Google has recently released an Android software development environment that is intended to make it easy for people to write applications for its Android smartphones. The free software, called Google App Inventor for Android, has taken 12 months to develop. User testing has been done mainly in US High Schools. The aim of the initiative, Google believe that with mobile phones increasingly become [...]