An Irish expat in London casting a cold eye on life.
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Latest Blog Posts for DaithaiC
- Year of the WhoresFriday saw the start of the Chinese new year, with this being the year of the horse. Unfortunately, we have all had problems with predictive text but how much worse was it that the BBC News’ subtitle system logic didn’t cope with the phrase and i...
- Pete SeegerIn memory of the great Pete Seeger who has died at the age of 94. A great Pacifist, a great Humanitarian and a Great American.In a career that’s spanned over 70 years Pete Seeger has embodied the idealism that once defined the American spirit. A ti...
- The World's finest Police: An UpdateRioting in Tottenham, London in August 2011 after Mark Duggan was shot nearbyThe inquest on the shooting dead of Mark Duggan in London in August 2011 has concluded that he was lawfully killed by the Police. His family have said they will fight for ju...
- Marina Ginestà - “No pasarán!”Anti-fascist fighter Marina Ginestà, age 17, on the roof of Hotel Colon, Barcelona, July 1936. Anti-fascist fighter Marina Ginestà (29 January 1919 – 6 January 2014) who died yesterday aged 94 was a French veteran of the Spanish Ci...
- Best Newspaper Headline of 2013My nomination for best Newspaper Headline of 2013 is .......The Argus is the paper for Brighton & Hove where the majority on the Council are Green Party and Conservative. Just saying! This is a bitter disappointment to me as I assumed the headlin...
- Fares Up, Wages FlatThe Great British Rail Rip Off continues as 2014 Rail fares in the UK went up yesterday. Strange timing as some season tickets are now so expensive it's enough to make even Santa weep. A Reading to London season ticket, a journey of 43 miles, now cos...
- Sherlock's mysterious UndergroundBenedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson in front of 221B, Baker StreetSherlock Holmes adventures have been reworked for the 21st Century in the in the first episode of "The Empty Hearse" which aired on New...
- Busking Bono Bono and Glen Hansard continued their Christmas Eve tradition of singing on the streets of Dublin to raise money to help Dublin's homeless. This video was recorded on Christmas Eve 2013 in Grafton Street in Dublin's City Centre. Dublin’s fas...
- Christmas 2013 at Castle CaldwellJo, David and Billy (The Cat) are wish you a Jolly Holly and a Cool Yule and all the best in 2014. Inspired by a certain TV programme we have put together our own Macarena Dance routine – Have a look, we can’t imagine you won’t be impressed! He...
- Bigging up Ronnie BiggsThe 1963 robbery which took place near where I live at Cheddington in Buckinghamshire has become known as "The Great Train Robbery" and was tried at Aylesbury Crown Court where the members of the gang received what were thought of as draconian...
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