Metropolitan Art Exhibition

Tuesday 20th, Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd July 2010

Open each day from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

in Freemasons’ Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen
will officially open the Art Exhibition on Tuesday 20th at 5.00 p.m.

Come along and enjoy up to 250 paintings from over 60 ( Read more... )

There is a tour of Freemasons Hall at 2.30pm every day* for the rest of the summer, if anyone wants to go, just turn up!

*Mon-Fri

 
This is staggering. Are they telling us that there is NO ONE, NOT ONE person already working in the HSE who has been training, groomed, preparing for the top job? Unlike ANY other company there is NO ONE internally shadowing the top dog who can do the job? No successor in waiting? That they HAVE to go outside and pay an absolute fortune for ( Read more... )

Fascinating, Captain!

www.rte.ie/news/2010/0525/india_hermit.html 

Thanks to rflong for the pointer!


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globalrichlist.com/

This might put things in perspective ... put in your annual income and see where you are in the Global Rich List!

 There is a program on TG4 called "Ni Hao Kai Lin" ("Hello Kai Lin", or more literally "You good? Kai Lin") which teaches children Chinese... through Irish ( Read more... )

Did anyone get the film reference in this weeks Dr Who?

Deploying the gravity-bubble-encased-Hurricanes (or Spits?)  the Group-Captain in the war room picks up the radio and announces:

"Broadsword calling Danny Boy"

And earlier I'd swear one of the radio girls "633 squadron"

There was probably more but seeing as I tend to miss the subtle ones .

For those of you interested in how the Cloud is going ...

Eyjafjallajökull cloud animation

No, not the computing one, the volcanic one ...

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