There was a time when ice was just a subject for bad rap songs but with global warming melting of Arctic Ice is a major worry. But people are trying to resolve this problem.From Physorg
In order to help prevent the melting of Arctic ice, a process that has been occurring at alarming rates in […]

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Forget your wind power, forget your wave power and forget even you solar power. Researchers in France have developed the ultimate power supply for Ireland. While most renewable energies have the problem of the conditions that produce the energy ie wind or sunlight or not always there this source does […]

Two Cork boys done good, having emerged from the Ballymaloe Cookery School, have by all accounts carved out a thriving business for themselves. I tried one of their soups today and was impressed. They won last years Golden Spider award for Best Website and indeed the site has proved suitably distracting exercise browsing around it […]

Yes you read that headline correctly and then the story is an entirely disconcerting mix of ludicrousness and a worryingly harsh reality faced by such cultures.

I don’t know how the prospect of a film could upset me anymore. Wait, I see Mariah Carey is in it - worst movie ever.

MGMT - ‘Time to Pretend’

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Washington Post article on the subject of the rate of rural pub closures, touching on the socialising habits of the Irish and the impact of the smoking ban. It always make good reading to see us described from the outside.

Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion.
The star was given the maximum sentence at the court in Ocala, Florida after prosecutors described him as a “truly notorious offender”.
He was acquitted of fraud in February but convicted on three misdemeanour counts of willfully failing to file federal tax returns from […]

Will this almost 3 hour, much hyped superhero sequel be the zenith of movie making and comic book adaptation we are all being lead to believe. Lets hope so.

Chips, I would say are the universally adored food stuff. For those who go to the trouble of making them at home, Gordon Ramsay reliably informs me that chips should be first fried at a lower heat for 7 minutes and then just before serving quick fried at high heat for 3 minutes for that […]