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Marino 1920s Garden Suburb vs Ballymun Towers 1960s High-Rise

Part 2 of a 3-part series by Tomas O’Riain Marino and Ballymun represent two radically different housing models for rehousing Dublin's tenement dwellers. Marino became one of...

How Ireland Financed Social Housing in the Past and Why It’s Failing Now

Part 1 of a 3-part series by Tomas O’Riain Ireland cleared Dublin’s tenements through a long slum-clearance and public-housing program that accelerated after independence. It took decades...

Fruits to Grow for Profit in Ireland

I’m sure you have heard the saying “Money doesn’t grow on trees”. Well that’s a lie, a huge lie. Not only does money grow...

Growing Herbs in Ireland

Growing herbs in Ireland can be very rewarding enterprise. It can be a successful business with a surprisingly small amount of land. The relatively constant...

Growing Pineapples in Connemara

Growing Pineapples in Connemara Let’s get exotic. This was a real and fascinating part of Victorian estate horticulture in Connemara. The best-known example is Kylemore Abbey, where...

Mexican Gulfstream II executive Jet in Mallow Racecourse

In 1983 a Mexican pilot on a transatlantic flight from Newark to Munich, running dangerously low on fuel made an emergency landing on Mallow...

Looney Carbon Madness

Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere." Farmer: "Where did they get it?" Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cows get it from...

The Scoundrel King, Spawn of Murderers and Thieves

Nothing could be more of a fucking piss take than a frail inbred parasite wrapped in dead animal fur, dripping in stolen jewels robbed...

THE DREADED “G” WORD: PART 1

Today I’m talking about what might be my favourite topic of all time- which is *government*. In my last talk called "the problem with...

Irish Government Stupidity Calls Out Army in Face of Fuel Protests

While the Polish government have reduced the price of petrol and diesel by 50% Mickey Mouse Martin Irelands Taoiseach won’t even meet the fuel...

Hundreds of fully loaded oil tankers are prevented from unloading

It's not a coincidence, it's a system: While you're afraid of your existence at the filling stations, apocalyptic scenes are taking place in front...

Forget Iranian Hellfire.

Unfettered Words Are A Far Greater Danger To Humanity. Self-Appointed Prophet Tells Us All How To Live   Oh thank you Séamus. We don’t know what we’d...