central bank in dublin.

dublin airport the other morning. shortly before a five hour delay.

the other night on telly there was a once off special of “the late late show” in which they looked back at some of the comedy guests over the shows forty year history. one of the bits was on american irish comedian des bishop - he was dressed in a cork gaelic jersey and had a “in the future” type sketch about some day in 2030 (i think) the fella who would raise aloft the mccarthy cup would be a black man.

on television earlier today was a minor (aged 13ish) school gaelic football match - at least two of the fellas on one of the teams are black. future is well on its way. (ignore the hurling/football mix up there)

back in dublin after christmas at home in limerick. heading to newry tomorrow for a few days. back in finland on jan 8th.

ha’penny bridge seen from the millennium bridge in dublin. a foggy day.

dublin 2006.12 flickr set. (uploading as i go along)

flights booked back to ireland for christmas. a green christmas! woo. back in ireland from the 16th of december for a few weeks.

a large multifantastical company (wasaki) wants to build a new island off the coast of dublin in the shape of a shamrock. the island will have playgrounds, motorway access, tram line access, 14km of coast, 42,000 lukury apartment and lots of office space. what really makes it fantastic though is that it will have the worlds only giraffe zoo!.

construction on seamrog island will take 3 years and everything will be fantastic.
project website
project video

(98% of me thinks this is a joke)

update: yup: spoilt.ie piece and boards.ie thread. viral marketing in ireland enters the 21st century. (it was all for some new housing website in ireland…. just what the housing market needed in ireland - more hype)

you dont have to be irish to enjoy this site - but it helps.

taken in dublin last december. raining there then as it is here in helsinki now.

just listening to rté radio 1 morning news. they were having a live report from a small school in the west of ireland - one of only 14 (primary) schools left in ireland that just one teacher. this school has been in operation since 1822 and at the moment it has 3 students (aged between 4 and 9 or so). today was the first day of the school term and they (they being the teacher and the radio presenter) were waiting to see how many new students would arrive.

at the end of the news programme the reporter came back and said that one new student had turned up.