Archive for July 2nd, 2007
Quiet Now - The John O’Donoghue Rap
This is my video tribute to John O’Donoghue’s entertaining temper tantrum on his first day as chairman of the new Dáil, and in its first week it was YouTube’s 15th most viewed video in Ireland. It’s going to be a fun five years!
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Prank Letter - Reply from Bishop of Limerick
On Friday I posted this prank letter that I sent a few years ago to several Irish Bishops, proposing an Irish festival called the Running of the Priests. Here’s the reply that I got from Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe. >>> (more…)
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Monday Quiz 2 - Speeding Fines and Arctic Monkeys
On this week last year (July 2 to July 8, 2006):
- Gun-toting Defence Minister Willie O’Dea announced a new measure to encourage women to join the army, claiming that he was removing a big barrier to female soldiers. What was this military initiative?
- Jockey Kieran Fallon had his celebrations cut short just two days after winning the Irish Derby at the Curragh. What new hurdle did the Clare man face on his return to London?
- Morning Ireland did a report about tourism in Cork. When their reporter asked the Cork office of the Regional Tourism Authority what he should do in the city and county, what advice did they give him?
- A series of fines for breaking the speed limit were made public. But what was extremely unusual about the fine imposed on one driver in the Mountcharles area of Donegal?
- The Who and the Arctic Monkeys played as the Oxegen Music Festival opened at Punchestown. But what technological breakthrough did the festival kit include for female concert-goers?
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