Dermot Frost

Sprog the Elder has started Merchant of Venice in school, so we sat down and watched Shakespeare in Love this evening. Sure it's a bit cheesy, but has a great cast and is very well put together. Pity we never get to see Ethel though.

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I was very pleasantly surprised when I found out my mid 80s, farming, mass going, FG lifer in laws voted yes for both marriage and abortion referendums for their grandkids. 2nd one in particular was tough for them, but Savita touched a nerve.

Poster for Paraside Lost tour of Ireland in March 2026.

Well that's one way to extend the Paddy's Day hangover. Three nights with Halifax's finest.

As Revenue how much they would charge someone who owed them 3300 for 16 years. With interest and penalties I'd say it would be heading for 10k.

This is causing a lot of confusion so there's a handy mnemonic you can use:

If your Gavin be gruesome, you'll find he's a Newsom.
If your rent he be havin', you've got a Jim Gavin.

#spéirgorm #MainCharacterSky

Super stuff here. Well played.

Yeah, but not when Angel of Death is on the previous album, and War Ensemble on the follow up. Could also argue for Hell Awaits and Killing Fields being better openers. Choices choices 🤘

Not wild, but all the new toys on Christmas morning always seemed a bit odd to me.

After 3 years in the planning process; MetroLink has been APPROVED!!!

This is a major hurdle to get passed and a HUGE day for public transport!!

Those hawkers and bootleggers would flog anything.

I remember the Irish Times letters page being wall to wall mature recollection. It was the only social media at the time I guess.

If you think this is US-only, it's not.

If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't.

If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is.

If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can.

If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.

A 14 dollar burrito means you'll generate a lot of shit for someone in the near future.

Remember that our first president, Douglas Hyde, was Church of Ireland, and a vicar's son at that.

The Clannad soundtrack makes the forest almost mystical.

Well at least the pressure of going undefeated all season is gone. #stovlei #urc

Chilling even.

That Ireland's solar generation record was broken yesterday, in September, says great things about the exponential growth of PV.

Definitely not a bubble when the pick axe makers invest in the biggest gold mine to encourage others to join the mania and drive up pick axe prices further.

As long as they don't also publish a book of naughty pictures.

This is up there with the Finno Korean Hyperwar.

My sister would strongly disagree!

I did something similar with my niece. Clinking my beer bottle with her sippy cup and saying slainte every time we took a drink while watching a match on the couch. She did it for breakfast, lunch and dinner for about a year after.

Custom AT dial strings to get my modem to connect at higher speed than it was auto negotiating.

s/cooked/coked/

The way to make aviation fuel sustainable is to tax it like every other fuel and reduce demand.

Do they have to stop the processing as well as pay the fine?

Think the half mast was 9-11 related rather than for the podcast gobshite.