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We have all noticed in the past few months, the price of everything has gone up especially petrol/diesel.gas which has brought knock on increases in the price of food,fertilizers,home heating oil or kerosene and . .just about everything else. I recently bought five hundred liters of kerosene which worked out @€1.40/liter or €700 for…
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You might have notices of late that blog posts have got scarce .. This is because that I have been ill and had a stint in the Regional hospital in Limerick , was in there for nearly a month . Problems in the renal department which needed sorting out. The problem isn’t exactly fixed but…
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Here is the autobiography of Billy Connolly A Glasgow born Catholic who is famous for his comedy sketches. He was described as Windswept and Interesting by a singer who he knew. He describes people who are “Windswept and Interesting” just have to be it … they don’t care what people say about them, they don’t…
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Here’s a story in Today’s Irish Independent ,Work 40 years to qualify for full State pension – report urges – Independent.ie A state commission will propose that the length of social insurance contributions should be up to forty years duration to qualify for a full “state” pension, This is up from the present ten years…
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On the news of late is ex minster and ex td Katherine Zappone, firstly she made the news with her party at Merrion Hotel contravening Co vid regulations and next her appointment to the UN as “special envoy”. Apparently no vacancy existed, none was advertised and is a made up post to suit Miss Zappone…
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Well that’s it for another year, the Summer was so so. A few sunny Days in the month of July about 10 in all and that’s the summer. Well i suppose it wasn’t a complete washup in comparison to the Summer other countries got, heatwaves and floods so i suppose we better count ourselves lucky.…
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Just one thing that happened a few months ago whilst going to my car in said carpark. I bought a number of things from the deli in the Eurospar in Rathkeale including one baked potato which slipped from my grip. Hey Presto it makes a mess on the ground which looks like I will have…
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Wishing all my readers a happy and safe Christmas, 2020 was a year that will be know for the Corona virus and the measures they took to prevent it. Christmas 2020 will be different too. alot of pubs are shut and another lockdown is predicated for the New Year. Best of Luck everyone in…