Bord Bia launches 9th annual gardening, food and family festival Bloom 2015 Phoenix Park, Dublin May 28th – June 1st Peter Pan, stiletto heels, WB Yeats, home brewing and botanical beauty provide just some of the inspiration for this year’s Bloom show gardens Bord Bia has launched its plans for Bloom 2015; a five-day annual event packed full... Continue Reading →
Today FM and Dublin
I was invited up to the Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show on Today FM at The Sugar Club in Dublin on Friday as I entered a competition to win a Renault Megane and boy do I need a new car. Gilbert the Getz is 11 years old and has started screaming when I drive him...so on... Continue Reading →
Jesus Christ Superstar, burgers and the basin
That's possibly one of the longest blog titles I've ever used! Last week we went to see Jesus Christ Superstar at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin. I saw the Sligo Fun Company perform this show 6 times...so you could say I'm slightly obsessed. To be honest though I was disappointed - the sound... Continue Reading →
Dublin at Christmas
On Sunday we went up to Dublin for the day for the Christmas market and the Geansai Nollag World Record Attempt. For those of you not in the know a Geansai Nollag is a Christmas jumper 😉 It was a quite eventful trip, three old ladies opposite us on the train almost had a punch... Continue Reading →
Cobwebs and Cabbages
It's been a fantastic few days as far as the weather is concerned. It certainly makes a nice change from the flooded roads of last week. On Friday I could have done with a boat instead of a car! Thankfully there doesn't seem to be any sign of the harsh winter we are meant to... Continue Reading →
Photo a day – 13
Late posting again. One from Wednesday, I went to the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. A nut landed on my head and this fella was the culprit.