Dublin Pride

Dublin Pride

by | Jun 27, 2009 | unstupidity

As a straight man, I love Dublin Pride as a spectacle above all. A festival of bright colour, an astoundingly optimistic and positive oasis in a year where all news seems to be bad. Today was great fun, and took place in sweltering, vicious sun. These photos, all...

Initial review o iPhone 3GS in Ireland.

by | Jun 26, 2009 | gadgets

So, the wait is over, and I have my hands on the iPhone 3GS. Ireland apparently only has black editions of the phone, but I managed to get a 32GB model. The staff at the Dublin Henry Street store were exceptionally professional and friendly, and very knowledgeable...

I can haz iPhone 3GS?

by | Jun 26, 2009 | gadgets

So here goes, prepare to hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing. I am on the way to Dublin City Centre to queue for an iPhone 3GS. O2 official policy is ‘no preorders’ but it seems very many stores have taken allocation lists. The rule...

I’m blaming the wronged woman.

by | Jun 22, 2009 | Hoons, politics

Nadine Dorries, the whingeing, pouting troll from the Derek Draper / Damien McBride smearathon, outlived her usefulness a while ago and may now be usefully dismissed to the backbenches to deal with littering, dog fouling and leisure centre opening times in her...