With Brexit looming a lot of businesses are having to consider their options in the "new reality". DPD's excellent Parcel Wizard service is a casualty of Brexit. In case you're not familiar with the service it offers (or offered) a virtual address in the UK so that Irish consumers could buy from UK companies that either didn't ship to Ireland or, as was often the case, … [Read more...] about DPD Parcel Wizard Shutting Down
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GAA’s Bloody Sunday Centenary Video
Yesterday marked 100 years since Bloody Sunday. The GAA's has published a timeline of the day's events as well as a rather moving video focusses on the 14 people, including children, who were murdered in Croke Park: However Bloody Sunday, as President Michael D Higgins noted in his statement yesterday, led to the deaths of over 30 people: At the close of that day of … [Read more...] about GAA’s Bloody Sunday Centenary Video
Cooking and Cocktails
Giving myself a few goals for lockdown 2.0 is one of my ways of dealing with the current situation. On the cocktail front I think I'm doing mostly okay. I've go to sort out better ice cubes (yeah, that really *is* a thing) and I could probably do with a few flavoured bitters and other minor bits and pieces. So far, apart from making several nice cocktails and a few fairly … [Read more...] about Cooking and Cocktails
Creating a Usable Home Cocktail Bar
As I mentioned one of the things I want to focus on during lockdown 2.0 is making cocktails aka mixology. To be able to make a reasonable selection of cocktails at home you need to address three basic elements as far as I can tell: Alcohol bottles - you'll need a range of different spirits and liqueurs which are the base of the various drinks you'll be makingEquipment … [Read more...] about Creating a Usable Home Cocktail Bar
A Few Resolutions for Lockdown 2.0
Ireland is now in what some people are calling "Lockdown 2.0". For 6 weeks (possibly longer) the country has gone into the highest level of lockdown under the government's current set of plans for dealing with COVID-19. Earlier in the year, during the first lockdown, many people seem to have turned to baking. Sourdough and banana bread was everywhere! Personally I didn't … [Read more...] about A Few Resolutions for Lockdown 2.0