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June 2008 (11)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 23: I’m taking a sabbatical! (8)
- 04: Nuala O’Faolain - New York Memorial (2)
- 03: Howie Epstein - I go on living (0)
- 03: IFA latest flock of sheep to follow Cowen! (5)
- 03: Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou (2)
- 02: Council rates set to return! (3)
- 02: Volkswagen as you’ve never seen it before! (2)
- 02: Linda Ronstadt - You’re No Good (3)
- 02: Yves Saint Laurent et mort (3)
- 02: Death camp industries still thriving today! (6)
- 01: Linda Ronstadt - Desperado (2)
May 2008 (67)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Sleep, sleep and more sleep (4)
- 30: Mis-selling to the elderly (1)
- 29: How stuff works! (3)
- 29: Sharp edges! (2)
- 28: Teaching in a sub-standard school – an open letter to Fianna Fáil! (3)
- 28: School Computing Plan Set to Crash (3)
- 27: Home cooked dinner (6)
- 26: My ‘arrangements’ (6)
- 26: A dog’s life! (6)
- 25: Robbie “Kaptain” Knievel jumps 24 trucks - what a clown! (4)
- 25: A little bit of this and a little bit of that! (4)
- 25: Eurovision 2008 - time to end the joke! (4)
- 25: Well done Munster! (4)
- 24: National Development Plan - the missing €252 million for I.C.T. (5)
- 24: Books, books, books! (2)
- 23: Half the waste! (2)
- 22: Me and my dog! (5)
- 21: Biffo the Brute! (0)
- 21: What next - a Dunnes Stores Degree? (8)
- 21: The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) (2)
- 21: A cool way to make a pancake! (3)
- 21: Europe fails to recognise talent! (0)
- 20: Six weeks ’til holidays! (0)
- 19: Michelle Smith - an embarrassment to Ireland (4)
- 18: Put a billion in perspective! (3)
- 18: How observant are you? (6)
- 17: Off to the shooting range! (2)
- 17: Quarter of schools have reported child abuse! (6)
- 16: Fungi the dolphin distracted with nookie! (5)
- 16: Limerick - the criminal’s shooting range to have competition! (7)
- 16: School Development Planning CD - another waste of money! (8)
- 16: Knocking knees - 5 month wait! (6)
- 16: The Rockford Files - theme music (0)
- 16: James Garner - $200 a day (plus expenses) (2)
- 15: Our local graveyard - a respectful discovery (8)
- 14: Been a long day … (3)
- 13: The Pedaling Pensioner! (5)
- 13: Child Protection Services - a joke! (6)
- 12: 22% of men use them! (6)
- 12: Gaeltachtaí to decline even further! (2)
- 11: I’m going to be this rich! (2)
- 10: Nuala O’Faolain - a light extinguished (5)
- 09: How long could I survive? - not long Grannymar! (7)
- 09: Jack of all trades - at what cost? (5)
- 08: We work hard too! (3)
- 08: Happy birthday Coca Cola! (2)
- 07: Celebration time come on! (4)
- 06: Irish Writers Online - a site worth visiting! (6)
- 06: Summer courses time again! (7)
- 06: Fly naked - it’s cheaper! (7)
- 05: Focus on the wider achievements he says (4)
- 05: O.K. who did it? (4)
- 05: Richard of York gave battle in vain! (7)
- 05: My ideal town! (7)
- 04: Think before you blink! (7)
- 04: Some photos from our walk on Friday (7)
- 04: What’s your weakest link? (5)
- 03: Kilmackillogue Cemetery - an observation (6)
- 03: What kind of soul am I? (3)
- 03: The hillwalker returns! (4)
- 02: I’m off hill walking for the rest of day! (3)
- 02: Sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander! (2)
- 01: One thing I learned today! (2)
- 01: So what does your brain say about you? (6)
- 01: Equus asinus …. not what you think! (2)
- 01: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamen ………… (2)
- 01: School Development Planning Support (Primary) (3)
April 2008 (100)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: My ideal getaway! (4)
- 30: A tough day over …. (3)
- 30: Exhausted I am! (3)
- 29: So why do I hate Microsoft? (0)
- 29: Am I a monkey or what? (4)
- 28: Responsible reporting? (3)
- 28: It’s all shit! (5)
- 28: Educational apartheid in Irish schools - I don’t blame them one little bit! (5)
- 28: Poor Bertie (NOT)! (0)
- 27: Desert island items (5)
- 27: Grannymar - belated arrival! (2)
- 27: What my hands said about me! (0)
- 27: Veneration or idolatry? (0)
- 26: Local Authorities are the worst polluters! (4)
- 25: Are we there yet? (1)
- 25: Cowen - you dirty rotten scoundrel! (5)
- 25: The staff handbook - information for the transient teacher! (2)
- 24: Install your bits ‘n bobs in Cork and Dublin! (6)
- 24: Standardisation of the school year - an exercise in futility! (10)
- 24: Olympic torch does a runner in Australia! (0)
- 23: Political hypocrites! (1)
- 23: Policies, policies and more policies! (3)
- 23: Shirley Temple is 80 - how time flies! (2)
- 23: The School Plan - what it is and why we need it! (2)
- 22: Arfur - Minder’s car dealer is 82 today! (2)
- 22: Fianna Fáil - the grab all you can party! (2)
- 22: January 1st 2000 - the Y2K bug is alive and well! (1)
- 22: Woo hoo - Beamish installs €1.5 million fridge! (4)
- 22: Getting married? Who can you help evade tax? (4)
- 21: G.A.A. Football League - Dublin and Meath’s shameful display! (0)
- 21: Want to buy a cheap laptop? (former reputable owner!) (5)
- 21: H.S.E. - The Health Scandals’ Establishment (2)
- 21: Cutting the ends off! (2)
- 21: No to the Lisbon Treaty! (6)
- 20: Dick York of Bewitched - some farewell interviews (0)
- 20: Happy birthday Mr. Sulu! (0)
- 20: People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones Bertie! (0)
- 20: Dick York - the ‘be happy’ man! (3)
- 20: It’s official - Limerick is the murder capital of Europe!! (1)
- 19: The Lotto - if it was me! (5)
- 19: Welcome to Limerick! (21)
- 19: Do you know who’s teaching your child? (0)
- 19: Madonna’s greed scores big in Dubai (2)
- 19: The Teaching Council - a costly joke! (0)
- 19: What do you see - seal or donkey? (4)
- 19: What are you passionate about? (6)
- 19: Ratzinger - 3 years on and? (1)
- 18: Bullying - nothing changes! (4)
- 18: Friday - the best day of the week! (6)
- 18: The Irish Republic was proclaimed on this day! (0)
- 18: The Irish Primary School Curriculum in pdf format! (0)
- 17: Music, music and more music! (3)
- 17: 1964 Ford Mustang born today! (0)
- 17: Mrs. Moses saves the day (and the Israelites!) (1)
- 16: Some of the strangest things I’ve done as Principal (9)
- 16: Irish parents forcing their children to smoke! (2)
- 16: Grannymar - I’m embarrassed now! (6)
- 16: Modern languages in primary schools (4)
- 16: God complex? (0)
- 16: The Irish Primary School Curriculum (10)
- 15: The National Emergency Plan - a Primary School Principal’s perspective! (1)
- 14: The Magician and the three thirsty men! (2)
- 14: The Black Valley - more photos (0)
- 14: 10 things I hate about my job (13)
- 13: Happy Birthday Samuel! (0)
- 13: Which way? (1)
- 13: Moses - Action Man! (2)
- 12: The Black Valley (4)
- 11: Arrogance and greed - despicable traits (1)
- 10: One of those days! (2)
- 10: The Good Friday Agreement - 10 years on! (2)
- 09: Happy birthday John Boy’s Mom! (3)
- 09: Unusual parking in Kerry (1)
- 09: Bug off Gormley! (0)
- 08: Kurt Cobain - “It’s better to burn out than to fade away” (0)
- 08: Rabach’s Way - a trail of murder and betrayal! (3)
- 07: Henry Ford - The Model T man! (2)
- 07: Punked in Kerry (2)
- 06: Native instincts (5)
- 06: Tammy Wynette - The First Lady of Country Music (0)
- 05: Moses - the fisherman! (0)
- 05: April 5th - some moments from the past (0)
- 05: Scrabbled by Grannymar - A to Z of life (9)
- 04: Martin Luther King Jr. - 40th anniversary of his death (3)
- 04: F.A.O. Justin Cahir - who? (0)
- 04: Bertie’s clock! (0)
- 04: 10 ways to live longer …. (6)
- 03: Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth - Reclaim it! (0)
- 03: Moses - the lifeguard! (2)
- 03: Bare faced liar Bertie! (0)
- 03: Micheál Martin T.D. - A cute Cork hoor outfoxed by Bertie! (0)
- 03: Oscar Wilde - Irish playwright, novelist, poet and author (0)
- 03: You can’t beat a well placed rivet! (0)
- 02: Bertie - the fridge magnet! (2)
- 02: Awarded to Grannymar for dedicated visits to Paddy’s place! (8)
- 02: Pope John Paul II - one of my heroes (0)
- 01: Bertie - the slippery eel (2)
- 01: Bosco wins the R.T.E. Francis MacManus award (1)
- 01: On this day - 1st of April (0)
- 01: Happy Fools’ Day! (2)
March 2008 (39)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: On this day - 31st of March (6)
- 31: Our Irish Flag - some basic facts! (0)
- 30: Young lady or old woman? (2)
- 30: On this day - 30th of March (0)
- 30: A memory of life at the chalkface (4)
- 29: Moses - the early years! (2)
- 28: Cowen sibling - You learn well grasshopper! (0)
- 28: Mary Pickford - America’s Sweetheart (0)
- 27: Teachers want Hanafin’s scalp! (5)
- 27: Duck’s revenge! (0)
- 27: The Race Donkey (6)
- 27: Paddy’s Playlist (14)
- 27: Electric Picnic 2008 (0)
- 26: Bishop beats Minister! (1)
- 26: A lonely cloud (2)
- 26: Richard Widmark - the face of film noir has died (2)
- 26: Moses, Jesus and the old man (2)
- 25: Sex Egg-ucation! (2)
- 25: Equality et al. (2)
- 25: Pull the other one Mary! (0)
- 24: Charles Dickens - memorial or not? (0)
- 24: Funisia Dorothea - first sexually active species! (0)
- 22: Last of the Summer Wine’s Foggy dies (11)
- 21: Happy Easter! (5)
- 20: It’s official! - ICT investment in Irish schools a joke!! (0)
- 19: Boo hoo hoo - Poor Eddie (0)
- 19: Another tax dodger and cheat (2)
- 19: Do as I say not as I do! (5)
- 18: Arthur C. Clarke (0)
- 18: Enough said! (0)
- 18: Head Rambles orders Chinese! (2)
- 18: Heather Mills - So much for share and share alike! (1)
- 17: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (3)
- 16: Christy Hennessy - A decent man (1)
- 15: Dáil debate on the Primary School Capitation Grant (1)
- 14: Cathal Ó Searcaigh - Laoch tite (10)
- 12: And the moral is …… (0)
- 11: My Mother (0)
- 10: I’m back! (2)
November 2007 (3)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Three-quarters of Irish workers earn less than Ahern’s pay rise! (0)
- 16: Bertie Ahern - Do as I say not as I do! (0)
- 16: National Educational Welfare Board - How safe is info? (0)
October 2007 (1)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 26: Paddy Bloggit - Another Voice! (0)
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