Archive for April 2008

KOH - Food this time

Apr 30th, 2008 | By HAL | Category: Restaurants

After sampling the liquid delights of KOH in the Millenium walkway, it was high time I scoffed some of their food. For review purposes only, you understand.



A World Class Problem

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Gooner | Category: Sport

So I’ve been thinking… What makes a great player? I mean, a world class player on the lines of Pele and Cruyff.

The term gets thrown around a lot these days but players like Best and Platini don’t come along



Music and Movies

Apr 19th, 2008 | By click here | Category: Music

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At times, music - or, indeed, the lack thereof - can transform a film entirely: it may be a recurring motif, it may unexpectedly wrench our emotions, or it can itself be



Sand Sculpture at Dublin’s Docklands

Apr 13th, 2008 | By click here | Category: Out on the Town

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I noticed that this Saturday’s Irish Times carries a photograph of the sand sculpture that is being created in Dublin’s docklands, near the IFSC, by sculptor Daniel Doyle, of Duthain Dealbh (Fleeting Sculpture).
On



Decisions Decisions!!!!

Apr 11th, 2008 | By Gooner | Category: Sport

This morning I did my usual scout around the footie sites and I see that Alexander Hleb has joined the ever increasing list of players, mangers and fans who have been hitting out about the quality of the refereeing in



Review: The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely

Apr 11th, 2008 | By Bear | Category: Music

Consolers of the Lonely
 

The second album from the Raconteurs came as a bit of a surprise to most, not least because the band decided against any pre-release promotion, only giving press the heads up a week before the date it



KOH

Apr 9th, 2008 | By HAL | Category: Restaurants

KOH is a new trendy-but-not-too-cool place has just opened in Little Italy. That’s the Millenium Walkway on the north side of the Millenium Bridge.
It’s a bar/lounge/Eastern fusion restaurant - I haven’t eaten there (yet) but so far so impressed.
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The Dream Ends

Apr 9th, 2008 | By Gooner | Category: Sport

Well folks, Arsenal v Liverpool in the Champions League was a massive game for us Arsenal Fans due to the fact that the ass has fallen out of our premier league bid in the wake of Eduardo’s injury.

In the end



Bertie’s legacy?

Apr 8th, 2008 | By click here | Category: Politics

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So, the Irish economy is going to complete shit (as is the world economy, it would seem) – for now, at least.
This, then, will be the real test of Patrick “Bertie” Ahern’s



The Olympics: What’s with pro-Tibet protesters being damned as the bad-guys?

Apr 8th, 2008 | By click here | Category: Politics, Sport

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The Chinese government stated today that “no force” will stop the Olympic Games.
How intriguing that this one-party dictatorship should use language that suggests it is somehow under attack (perhaps from pro-Tibet protesters?)
And