Hi All
Just to let you know the final amount collect was 4,264 Euro for the charities (ALJEFF-Suicide Centre & adapt House services).
Thanks again for your support, Have a safe and Happy Christmas.
My time was approximately 38:55 contrary to the results listed on the page. Not bad considering the lack of practice imho.
Photos {look - it’s [...]

Limerick Blogger suggests Give a digout to people who deserve it and provides details of charities like MILFORD CARE CENTRE, LIMERICK ANIMAL WELFARE, REDEMPTORISTS CHRISTMAS APPEAL, SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL and THE SAMARITANS
I’ll be running 5 miles shortly in aid of ALJEFF - Suicide Centre and Adapt House Services; ECE funrun
Digouts for charity [...]

Wholesome and safe (the more risky stuff is below the 2nd video)
Style Treaty is a lifestyle blog for Limerick.
Via Ze Frank - early episodes of Sesame Street have been reissued with a warning that the content is not suitable for the needs of today’s children Here is a nice slow-paced video about cows:

Interesting speech on [...]

There is an interesting reaction to crime sometimes. Often I hear

They didn’t lose much
They shouldn’t have gotten such a fancy car/watch/laptop
They didn’t park in the right place
That car is easy to break into
They didn’t have a Rottweiler behind the door or razor-wire on the wall

While all this may be true to some extent, there is [...]

Is it Time to Boycott People In Need and finish it off?
- a discussion
The telethon emphasizes the desperate helplessness of the most severely disabled. In doing so, it reinforces the public’s tendency to equate handicap with total hopelessness.

and check out the official RTE People In Need Telethon page.

In other news - the University of [...]

The “Save Our Slots” rally was on in Limerick yesterday - to sum up; Willie O’Dea (FF) didn’t have the balls to show up, John Cregan (FF) was booed off the stage and Timmy Dooley (FF) was hiding in the crowd. Kieran O’Donnell (FG), Jan O’Sullivan (LAB), councillors, trade union reps and personalities such as [...]

Shannon Heathrow Rally is on Sat 20th (tomorrow) at 1pm on O’Connell St*
O’Dea cartoon #1
O’Dea cartoon #2
O’Dea cartoon #3
Government cartoon #1
Government cartoon #2
In other news:
An Irish Transport Map (especially the first comment)
Minister raids broadband fund for €10m to bail out energy conservation schemes overspend - Coveney
OR Broadband money re-routed to SEI scheme by Ryan
Seven [...]

A sombre and almost bewildered looking Garda Superintendant John Kerin faced the media today and in a red faced statement told how armed Gardai from The states Emergency Response Unit along with local armed and uniformed Gardai were just yards from the scene of the fatal shooting of 25 year old Gareth Grant last night. [...]

As part of Limerick Pride, there was a show in the Belltable - Topping and Butch’s “Filth”
Here is a video from another performance for a taster: (NSFW perhaps)

Val’s Kitchen has done a nice review of Donkey Ford’s - the famous eatery in Limerick

Last of the summer whines
and to find it - here is a map View Larger Map