By Steph | February 11, 2010
Bumped into two talented singers last night, Jack L and Julie Feeney.
We danced home to the sound of this guy last night:
And started the day humming this lovely tune:
Posted in Random | Also tagged dublin, music |
By Steph | December 9, 2009
From the ‘Self Aid’ gig in 1986. For those of us too young to remember Self Aid, here’s the Wikipedia story:
“Self Aid was a benefit concert held in Dublin, Ireland on 17 May 1986. The purpose of the concert was to highlight the chronic unemployment problem in Ireland at the time, with nearly 250,000 people unemployed. The 14 hour concert [...]
By Steph | November 26, 2009
Imagine this is your house:
Or this was the view from your front hallway:
I’ve been listening to the radio on and off all week hearing reports of continued bad weather, the entire Shannon being in a state of flood, bridges and roads being closed, towns, villages and cities all but shutting down completely. I’ve had more [...]
By Steph | November 24, 2009
250,000 public servants from various unions are out on strike today including teachers, Gardai, hospital staff, courts staff, prison staff and others.
The Irish Times is reporting how the ASTI are defending their 90-minute picket this morning.
From AA Roadwatch just now:
*MAIN TRAFFIC* *A1/DOWN* Approaching Newry on the A1 there are reports of approx 6km delays from the Dublin [...]
Posted in News | Also tagged picket, recession, strike |
By Steph | August 20, 2009
I heard this song on the radio this morning and have probably listened to it 20 times since. I’d forgotten how much I love his voice, his lyrics, his interpretations of the songs of others and above all his style of guitar playing which happened about when he had to alter his method due to a [...]
