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Tour de Picnic 2010, for Temple Street Childen’s Hospital
July 27th, 2010 by Daragh
Come September 3rd, I’ll be setting out on a journey from central Dublin to Electric Picnic 2010, at Stradbally, Co. Laois. The difference from previous years? This year, I’m cycling it, along with 999 others. The organisers of Electric Picnic have been generous enough to donate 1,000 tickets to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street. [...]
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A New Alternative Club
May 29th, 2010 by Daragh
Dublin’s newest occasional alternative gay club. The first is on the Friday 18th June, the first day of the 10 day Dublin Pride Festival 2010. Disclosure: I’m involved with both of the above events.
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The Golden Age of Video
November 21st, 2009 by Daragh
This is pretty amazing. Thank you Ricardo Autobahn.
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Nominate your favourite Irish websites – The Irish Web Awards 2009
August 26th, 2009 by Daragh
It’s that time of year again – time to nominate your favourite websites for the annual Irish Web Awards. Do you own, run or have you designed a site that you’re proud of? Even more reason to nominate it. Friday 6pm is the deadline. NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED. I’m proud to be involved in this year’s awards [...]
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Late Night Cafés in Central Dublin
July 18th, 2009 by Daragh
Sometimes it’s nice to go somewhere for a chat that isn’t a pub, but as Dublin isn’t exactly overstocked with late night coffee joints, here’s a list of possibilities to make life a little easier. The two main critera were that the places must be open after 10pm, and they must not be pubs (though [...]
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Philips, doing their bit for Earth Hour in Dublin
March 28th, 2009 by Daragh
It’s good to see that after Philips Electronics were an official partner of Earth Hour in 2008, that they did their bit here in Dublin this year. But who am I to talk, I did keep my laptop switched on.
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Blackout Ireland
March 10th, 2009 by Daragh
It’s day 6 of Blackout Week, which is a protest at the deal the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) have struck with eircom, Ireland’s largest telco. The deal means that eircom will disconnect any internet customer who is accused 3 times of illegal file sharing. No proof will be needed or provided, simply an accusation [...]
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