Yet another long gap between posts. Rather than break it with yet another post about property prices (yawn!), I thought I’d write about one of my more pleasant pastimes: eating cakes.
Thankfully, I am not alone in my appreciation of appetising pastries and delightful bakeries and cafes are springing up all over Dublin city centre. Cake [...]

Today’s Irish Independent (free subscription required) reports that there are signs that the Irish property market may finally be starting to slow up just a little.
Certainly, there has been evidence of a major cooling off in Dublin within the last few weeks. (NB I am touching anything that looks remotely wooden as I type!) This [...]

Aside from the brilliant boards.ie, the Irish site I find most useful at the moment is the Dublin Journey Planner from the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO). I thought I had blogged about this ages ago but apparently not! You enter a start and end address in Dublin, and it will map out the route [...]

On passing another couple on the scenic coastline walk between Dalkey and Killiney:

“I can reply to e-mails OK…. I just can’t instigate an e-mail”

Well, it made us chuckle anyway…