Someday We'll Do This In Limerick (perhaps in 75 years?)
I've been harping on about this for years. I'm very glad to see some documentary evidence. Experiment: Town in England turns off traffic lights, surprising results. [VIDEO]. ::
Dollar/Thrifty Car Rental And Hidden Costs–Don't Get Caught
It Pays To Be Thrifty I needed to rent a car just for one day recently. Since there numerous companies operating from Shannon airport only ten minutes away, I went online to compare prices. I followed the quotation process for…
Lights, Camera, Ticket
Childer's Road – 2019 AD As I avoided the races by driving through some of the less well-known (to me) routes of Galway city centre last week, I was appalled by the number of new traffic lights that seem to…
A scare for Halloween (on a racing circuit)
Riccardo Patrese pulls a terrible stunt on his poor wife, who to be honest looks like great fun. But I don't know how many other husbands would get off so lightly for this. ::
Prince of Tides, something of which to be proud
SeaGen at Harland and Wolff Guess which little island has got the world's first commercial scale tidal power turbine? This one! A company called SeaGen last week installed 1.2 MW tidal energy convertor in Strangford Lough, powerful enough to run…
Traffic Watch update
If you remember, I made a report to the Gardai about (oh, I almost used the Garda-speak: 'in relation to'!) an unusual driving manoeuvre I witnessed recently. Despite some pessimism (Bah, humBock!), the police have been in touch and they're…
Civic duty or tattle-tale?
I reported someone for dangerous driving yesterday. I was driving back to Limerick along the Dublin Road, somewhere between Birdhill and Finnegan's, when a car overtook me. Nothing special about that, except we were in a 50km/ph zone (and I…
Trip down memory cul de sac (with pics)
Every now and then I get an irresistible urge to investigate the source of vague and chimeric memories from yesteryear. While discussing Bergerac's car in the pub the other night, I was suddenly reminded of a short-lived TV series, set…
Boy racers
I never understood why adding a spoiler to something like your sister's Punto makes you cool in the world of boy racers. Go-faster stripes on an Atoz? Whale tail on a Clio? If driving around in Mom's shopping lawnmower is…
