I have been so busy the last few weeks that I have been unable to cook a meal in 3 weeks. So now that I have time. I have been back to the oven.

Guinea Fowl with Parma Ham and Chilli sauce.

Ingredients

1 Guinea Fowl.
4 Strips of Parma Ham
Olive Oil
Butter
Pepper
Cream
Red Wine
Sage
1 Green Chilli
Chicken stock

Sear the [...]

Those in the know are confidently reporting that Cate Blanchett has signed on to star in the upcoming Indiana Jones installment. Reports here and here, describe the role as crucial, though as with every other detail of the film, secrecy is the order of the day. Whatever about being a love interest, I hope her [...]

7 more days to the greatest day in Irish cinema history.

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Roll on March 23rd!!

The EPA on foot of research into the implications of climate change for Ireland have released a report of their findings
The report predicts that a global temperature rise of up to 2° Celsius would result in negative changes include the following:

Increased likelihood and magnitude of river and coastal flooding;
Water shortages in summer in [...]

Strictly speaking this is from god tube but same thing. Clowns for Christ.Hat tip Washingtonrox

Riverdance. 13 years since this people.

WIth Ireland starting the Cricket World Cup so here is how you play

Here is Ireland bowling West Indies out for 25. Seemingly that is good maybe we can repeat that next week.

This 15 [...]

A funeral director based in Co. Down will be among the first in the world to broadcast funerals live online. Using a password provided by the funeral director, relatives and friends who cannot make the funeral, may log on and aided by cameras and microphones installed in the church attached to the funeral home may [...]

I’ve just returned from David Lynch’s new movie, INLAND EMPIRE. Like the vast majority of his work it was brain scrambling stuff.

To mark the occassion, some David Lynch related clips from Youtube

To begin a parody scene from the Simpsons. This is from the “Who shot Mr Burns?” episode

Kudos to the person who can spot what [...]

This week 10 years ago, a little show, based on the premise of a failed movie was among the original line up of the new WB channel in the US. Buffy: The Vampire Slayer went on to be the flagship programme for the station, made a star of Sarah Michelle Gellar and ultimately gained a [...]

The Train Ride

Irony, thy name is IrishRail.

I planned last Friday with military precision. I was heading home for the weekend so I wanted to get the earliest train possible. I got into work 15 minutes early and only took 30 minutes for lunch when I was entitled to 60. With 45 minutes in hand I [...]

It’s the quiet before the storm at the cinema at the moment, we have time to get to see Oscar contenders that have reached Irish screens and see what the fuss was about but otherwise studios are holding out to launch an onslaught on our senses, firstly around Easter and then of course come May. [...]