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So sue me
Apparently just by copying & pasting the quotes below I can be fined up to €25,000 as The Republic of Ireland’s utterly draconian blasphemy law has come into effect just a couple of hours ago.
I’m an equal opportunity offender though so courtesy of blasphemy.ie here is as much blasphemy as I can copypasta.
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The Black Valley
Last week a friend and I took ourselves off down to the Black Valley in Co. Kerry. The Black Valley has the distinction of being the last part of Ireland to be connected to the national electricity grid. Indeed it is still something of a black spot for telecommunications. As recently as last week a [...]
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Hook Head Photos
You may have already seen my earlier post with the photo of the fossils on Hook Head. I took quite a good few photos of elsewhere on the Hook and here are some of them:
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Living in a Banana Republic
Some of the insanity going on in this country at the moment:
The Financial Regulator is getting plush new offices to the tune in €8m paid for out of government funds. By the same government who said that there was not enough money to spend €10m on a cervical cancer vaccine! (Thanks to Grandad for pointing [...]
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Gardai tripped up by Polish Driving Licence
Some one with the Polish name “Prawo Jazdy” managed to rack up over 50 motoring offences by June 2007 and finally the Gardai have managed to figure out who “he/she” is.
“Prawo Jazdy” is Polish for “Driving Licence”
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Forget pigs, cows rule!
I took the photo below exactly a year ago. I don’t know what it is with cows or cattle but they always make great subjects for photographs. The lad below is a highland cow that as I passed his field almost caused me to veer into the nearby ditch! I certainly wasn’t expecting to see [...]
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Barely a leg to stand on
Spotted these two Black-headed Gulls the other day while out walking with Lucas. The one on the right of the picture really only has one leg. The primary school I went to is just a little further down the road from where that photo was taken and at lunch time there would be hoards of [...]
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Bits and pieces and a pair of vagabonds
I was out walking with Lucas this morning and although it was cold it was also lovely and clear. So I decided to take a few photos to try to make up another panorama.
Most of you know that I have another site that serves as my main website. It is in a bit of a [...]