4th July. Independence Day.
I’m going to CORK!
Of all the three letter airport codes Cork has the best: ORK. But thats a sidenote I’m not even taking the plane anymore.
The last time I was in Cork we went to Trabolgan though I was nine and barely remember it. I’ve been thinking about going to Cork for a few months now, yet I barely know why. I just keep hearing the words ‘technology’ and ‘web’ coming from that general direction and wanna see if they have flying cars yet or generally what it is they are all so patriotic about…
Donncha mentioned a while back a selection of events from the Cork Midsummer Festival that looked good and so I set the date of the last event, Robodock, firmly in my mind. Of course I only booked it last week,...
Yes, I know I wanted rid of Bertie Bung. Be careful what you wish for and all. I know.But still.A culchie coup d'etat?The BIFFO for Taoiseach we knew about. A man with no experience outside of politics running the country (into the ground) in a time of economic downturn. Fantastic.What we didn't see coming was the near total eradication of Dublin influence in the governing party at the executive table.With Bertie gone to the back benches, and Seamus Brennan jumping (for health reasons) before he was pushed, and his constituency colleague Tom Kitt bizarrely axed, the cabinet loses three Dublin ministers.And with Mary Hanafin demoted for her mishandling of the autism issue (and for being from Dublin), the capital loses further influence.In their place comes perennial non-achiever from...
First, Cork was literally awash in cocaine.Now it's growing on trees in Limavady.So, can anyone tell me how the war on drugs is to be won when Columbian marching powder is so prevalent in Irish natural surroundings?We'll have to start banning things that grow wild shortly. Oh, we did that already......