I enjoy eating. Going out for dinner with friends on a Saturday night be that for a casual dinner or to celebrate an event is meant to be an enjoyable experience.Last night, however, was far from enjoyable.The Grill and Grape restaurant in Carlow is one of the latest additions to the town's list of eateries. Several of our staff had eaten there over the last couple of months … [Read more...] about Grill and Grape Restaurant Carlow Best Avoided
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Why Cuil Sucks
The launch of Cuil, which was a self-proclaimed "Google killer", got a lot of PR. Of course not all of the PR was as positive as the company's spin doctors would have liked.I was planning on posting about Cuil around the time of the launch, but between one thing and another it got put on the back burner. That was until I saw a post today over on TechCrunch where several … [Read more...] about Why Cuil Sucks
SFA Are Out of Touch With Reality
Ireland's small business association, the SFA (bad choice of acronym!) are trying to grab headlines at the moment with their latest madcap idea. The SFA's Patricia Callan was on morning radio today advocating that Ireland's minimum wage should be slashed by 1 euro.Why?Seemingly doing this would somehow "save the economy".So who exactly is paying a minimum wage anyway?Who is on … [Read more...] about SFA Are Out of Touch With Reality
Pet Hates – People Arriving Late to the Cinema
I've been to the cinema twice in the last couple of days.On Friday night I went to see Hancock in Kilkenny, while last night I went to see Wanted in Carlow.Both evenings people came into the cinema several minutes after the film had started. I'm not talking about the adverts or trailers, but the actual film itself.They wander in then spend several minutes standing around trying … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – People Arriving Late to the Cinema
Lisbon Treaty Vote – Results Today?
Image by Philipp Klinger (Away at least till 23rd june) via FlickrAccording to BreakingNews.ie the exit polls on the Lisbon Treaty vote were "too close to call", so we'll have to wait until the counting is done to know what way it went.I was reading Donncha's post while sipping my coffee this morning and while I cannot agree with his choice I would have to agree with his … [Read more...] about Lisbon Treaty Vote – Results Today?