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What 40 hours without my laptop taught me
I lost my laptop and got it back. Here’s the shit I had to get through in the meantime.
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How RTE medium wave brought me home
I worked in the Isle of Man the summer I was 18. It was listening to 2fm on medium wave that brought me home. (more…)
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Teaching a three-year-old how to fly a helicopter. A lesson in perspective.
“What’s this for?” he asked, landing a black plastic casing with controls on it in my hands. It was clearly the remote control of what I assumed was a remote control car. The situation was worse than I thought. It was the remote control for a non-existent helicopter.
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Submarine spotting in the Irish Sea
I thought submarines were normal things to see out at sea. Until this week.
I saw one once, you see. Genuinely.
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My story of fear on Dublin’s streets
Have you heard the one about how my glasses flew off me onto the Benburb Street footpath as I was pushed to my hands and knees by the ‘junkie’ stealing my phone?
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The tech road not taken 25 years ago
As there’s so much talk about getting women into tech I decided to figure out why I myself am not a woman in tech. You’d think I would be as someone who had access to computers from the late 1980s and even attended a programming class for kids (more…)
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The thing about misery tourism
If I ever get famous, the one photo I probably wouldn’t like published is the one of me holding the AK47. (more…)
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Vote early (in your life) and vote often
I went for years without voting, I am embarrassed to say.
But I blame the people who create the register. (more…)
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I have an idea
My first question is. What are the first steps someone with a business idea in Ireland should take?
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The JFK 50 effect – looking forward with the help of the younger Kennedy generations
In many ways the JFK 50 events in New Ross, Co Wexford may have seemed to be about looking back, but in many other ways, they are really about looking forward. (more…)