I have been enlisted to help with the Christmas dinner. I have to make the starters and desert.
Any suggestions on what starter to make would be welcome.
Also the dessert is going to be a cheesecake my specialty I really do the best cheesecake (according to people who eat them but they could be just being […]

The news are going on about the Garda Reserve Force these days.
Here is what I wrote about it last month.

At the first gay civil ceremony in Belfast there were many protestors out side. They were shouting abuse telling people how they are going to burn in hell and quoting Leviticus to justify their protests. But another thing that is not allowed in Leviticus is the eating of another animals blood.(Leviticus 3:17) So will the […]

On a scale from one to yogurt my sympathy for the republican cause is just not that creamy more of a Tesco value diet natural yogurt passed its best before date then a fresh gourmet yogurt. But none the less still a dairy product. It is more a sympathy for the plight of nationalists in […]

Dave Chappelle is one of the funniest and on the ball American comedians about. His show the Chappelle show is a big hit and he got €50 million to produce a third series from Comedy central. However from wikipedia
The comedian stunned fans and the entertainment industry when he abruptly left during production of the […]

The Frank Connelly affair has divided the country. SluggerOToole has a nice round up of the various blog sites that have talked about the issue here .
I have wrote about the affair here.
So to really see where people stand on the issue. I thought it is worthy of a poll.
Here is the Poll […]

On the question
Should Religious orders be forced by the state to adhere to employment rules and not discriminate on bases of gender or sexual orientation?
The results came in as follows
11 votes
8 No
3 yes
So the majority of the people believe that the Church should not be forced by the state to change its rules.
A discussion […]

Here is my list of what I think are the top 6 cinema releases of the year that was. As a general observation it is very mainstream which is a tribute to the quality of work coming out of Hollywood but also a slur on Limerick where I am based at the moment and the […]

The great Alive in Limerick blog has called it a day. It will be sorely missed. It is a model of how blogs can be used just as well on local news as for large news stories.

Considering loads of other blogs are redesigning their blogs I thought instead of writing a post today I would redesign the site. Hope ye like. If you find any problems with it please tell me. The colour of the poll will be corrected with the next poll. Just thought I would leave the current poll […]