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Irish Web Awards

Orla | August 20, 2008

Thought this deserved a mention!

Web awards for the Irish public… it’s free to nominate, so there will be a good representation of what the public really think of the interweb in Ireland today! They don’t have any money for adverstising, so they are depending on people to spread the word via blogs, forums etc etc.
So get your fingers a-tappin. And vote for your favourite website!

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Ronnie Drew 1934-2008

Dec | August 18, 2008

 

Farewell Ronnie the true voice of Dublin. I grew up listening to my fathers Dubliners albums and was in awe at that voice. A deep rumble packed with emotion and when he sang the music faded into the background and all I could remember were the words.

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More water

Marcel | August 11, 2008

Met Éireann / Irish Times report that we might see some more rain and flooding over the next days…and suddenly I don’t regret going on holiday tomorrow evening. Hopefully the M50 is still passable then…

PS: thanks to notionpics for the nice image of the Blanchardstown River, er…the N3.

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Northside Music Festival

Marcel | August 9, 2008

Already ongoing since the 29.07. is the Northside Music Festival, a series of free concerts across the Northside (!). Unfortunately I missed the brilliant Paprika Balkanicus last Monday (though I saw them the week before at Waterford’s Spraoi Festival), but the programme looks promising for the rest of August. Especially Gráda’s show together with Havana Son on the upcoming Sunday, 17.08. sounds like a good mixture of different sounds. Hopefully the weather’s on the side of the artists, as it is all outddors.

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M&S Rooftop Restaurant – Grafton Street

Dervla | August 6, 2008

I had the pleasure of visiting the new rooftop restaurant in Marks & Spencers on Grafton Street last Saturday. It was quite busy  but the queue for seating moved along quicky. A very cheery and efficient Hostess gave us the option of sitting outside or inside. Since we spotted a bright sun outside, we reckoned we’d check out the view. However, within 15 minutes a heavy rain shower shooed us all inside. They don’t have permanent covering outside, just large umbrellas that don’t cover all tables. Weather permitting, it really is a lovely space outside. The view of Grafton Street is great. The decor is quite modern, with clean lines and Eames style Eiffel Tower chairs.

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Unfortunately I didn’t photograph the menu, and I can’t find any online. It is quite reasonable price from what I can remember and theres lots of choice. We went with the “special offer” which was a choice of mains, choice of dessert and a glass of wine all for eur12.99. I had sausage and mash for mains – 3 large sausages and a large portion of mash. Very yummy. My banana split for dessert was very good too. My friend had a very good lasagne (with chunky chips as extra) and the strawberry eton mess type dessert – which tasted as good as it looked!

Service is super efficient. I would recommend a visit and I’m looking forward to my return.

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