An Irish woman's social, political and domestic commentary
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Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Where are the Solero Ice Creams?
Solero Ice is my favourite ice lolly. I can't find them anywhere! They're sold as HB in Ireland but as its owned by Lever Bros they have sold as Algida or something in Europe. I've written to HB asking what the problem is. Solero Exotic is widely available but is really horrible. Its too big and the taste is obnoxious. Nice to the Chilly Willy make a comeback tho. posted by Sarah | 15:12 0 comments Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Airport Charges A friend is getting married in Skibbereen in September. As its a long drive I investigated the possibility of flying to Cork. The fare quoted on Aer Arran was €40 return. Not bad at all! BUT, there is an additional €29.99 in Airport charges! I checked out the Aer Rianta website - just look at the list of charges! posted by Sarah | 12:07 0 comments Thursday, July 17, 2003 Gender and class war...on house work Long but fascinating article on the issue..also from the excellent Guardian posted by Sarah | 11:16 0 comments Today's women... ...really annoy me. I hate it when they simper "ooh, I don't like feminists"..or "I wouldn't call myself a feminist"...as if they don't realise that they marriage bar would still be in place if it wasn't for feministm. Glad to see Erica Jong agrees. From today's Guardian "What she does mind are young women today who refuse to call themselves feminists and insist the women's movement is obsolete. "They think equal pay and women talking dirty on Sex and the City means we've won, we don't need to fight any more," says Jong, rolling her eyes." posted by Sarah | 11:15 0 comments Wednesday, July 16, 2003 From Monday's (July 14th) Irish Independent "AN IRA dissident, reported to be training Palestinian militants in the use of explosives, has been arrested by Israeli police in the West Bank town of Ramallah.....The man, who has not been named, is believed to have entered Israel last month on a British passport. He is said to be a former Provo who had switched to the Real IRA." This report and far more damning ones were broadcast earlier this week. The details given in various reports were: - The accused had travelled on a false passport - He had several passports on his possession - He had been 'underground' for 3 years - He was a member of the Real IRA - It was suspected he was training Palestinian militants - He had been sought by security forces for some time On RTE's 9pm news on Tuesday 15th, Tommy Gorman reported that - He was a well know Irish language activist and freelance journalist - He worked for TG4 and showed him appearing on TV here recently - He was travelling on his normal British passport but also had an Irish passport with his Irish name on it - He was a member of the Palestinian Support Group and was working with a schools project out there while waiting to take up a teaching job in a Gaelscoil here So, pretty obvious, the media got the whole thing wrong. The next morning on RTE Radio's Morning Ireland a report interviewed the editor of 'La' the Irish language paper which Morgan worked for. I listened to the interview and expected the following questions to be asked: - Who was briefing the media over the previous 24 hours - From what sources had all these 'details' emerged - What were the Irish government doing to make contact with him - What were the Brits up to? - Was he having the crap beaten out of him during the 'interogation' and had anyone, even the Red Cross been able to contact him? Instead the interviewer said: - Sure that's a very dangerous place to going to, why was he there? - Does he have Republican connections? - Why didn't he register as a member of the press (answer: he was there on the schools project) The whole implication was that he was up to no good and they can't prove it, but sure if he's into the Irish language he must be dodgy. This is outrageous! Israeli authorities are admitting today that the Brits tipped them off and there appears to be no proof that he was doing anything wrong. Major law suit I think. SUPPORTERS of a west Belfast man arrested by Israeli security forces demanded his release yesterday. Sean O Muireagain (40) was arrested near Ramallah on Saturday on suspicion of being a bomb expert helping to train Palestinian terror groups in the West Bank. But according to Israeli radio, security officials are now admitting that Mr O Muireagain is an Irish language activist and was a victim of mistaken identity. It was being reported that the Israelis were blaming British intelligence for the error. Mr O Muireagain, who is known in his native west Belfast as "John Boy Morgan", was apparently mistaken for another man who is known to British security services. Ciaran O Pronntaigh, editor of the Irish language paper Lá, for whom Mr O Muireagain was working as a correspondent, said it was encouraging that the Israeli authorities were now admitting his story was standing up. "We have had no official word but we are being told that the Israelis are saying they have been sold a pup. "What we do know is that a colleague is still in prison. It is still a very trying time. "It is good news coming out of Israel if they are admitting publicly they have someone in custody they should not have," he added. Gary Kelly posted by Sarah | 17:33 0 comments George Best Kevin Myers writes about George Best today in the IT. He is admiring of his football but damming of his personality. I think this paragraph is a wonderful piece of writing...and don't we all know someone who fits the description? "He cared for nothing, was feckless and unreliable, the man who, when you needed him most, would always let you down. But he had - has - charm. Charm is a curse that protects its possessors from the hard lessons of life. It beds women, begets celebrity and bemuses the censorious. The truly charmed need learn no lessons, make no concessions and conciliate no one, for the rest of the world will inevitably move to accommodate them. " posted by Sarah | 11:26 0 comments Thursday, July 10, 2003 Pregnancy and moods So I'm pregnant. I'll spare you all the details but one interesting phenomonen is that I seem to have lost my sense of moral outrage. Corporate war can break out around me, Alastair Campbell has lost the run of himself and even bloody Rumsfeld is having to back down on the case for his stupid war and all I can muster up is a satisfied harrumph at the telly. My god, Meath are out of the Championship and I simply sighed. Research required. Perhaps another reason why women don't bother applying for promotions at work. We just can't be bothered. posted by Sarah | 15:56 0 comments Wednesday, July 09, 2003 Breastfeeding in public: so what? Interesting article by Sheila Kitzinger on 'modesty' while breastfeeding. posted by Sarah | 13:20 0 comments Dangers of electronic voting Interesting article on how votes can be rigged in electronic voting. (see previous posting May 29) posted by Sarah | 12:57 0 comments Tuesday, July 08, 2003 Women in the workplace Apparently women are leaving the workplace again. I've a few theories on this but in the meantime check out this website and this article. posted by Sarah | 14:11 0 comments Monday, July 07, 2003 Harry Potter Just finished reading The Order of the Phoenix. They say if children's literature is any good, adults should enjoy it as well. OK, Tolkien its not. But its a while since I stayed up past my bedtime not wanting to put down a book. 1.20am last night! That's mega late for me. AS Byatt has an article in today's NYT which is critical of adults reading it. I think she had a point in that Rowling is clearly not up to Pratchett or Tolkien standards...but she's still pretty good. Think this deserves more thought. Stand-by. posted by Sarah | 16:04 0 comments Wednesday, July 02, 2003 Expensive Ireland Many examples of our rip off economy are available but here's one example. My darling husband uses Gillette Mach 3 blades. A pack of 4 costs €10.49 in any Irish outlet. We were in Tuscany last week and found a pack in an ordinary shop for €6.50! Same packaging - identical product. And its not made in Italy so they can't use 'import costs' as an excuse. posted by Sarah | 16:05 0 comments |
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