I link to this story on the BBC website which has been generally suppressed by the MSM. Coming to the island of Ireland soon.
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I picked up information about this latest angle of attack by proponents of the new Ulster Canal. Per Northern Sound, an Ulster Canal Conference took place yesterday, organised by the Clones Erne East Blackwater project. Cue a Google search and this is what came up.
So we have the interagency group setup by the Minister, Jimmy Denihan and now we have another talking shop to talk about the Ulster Canal. However, I did note from the Clones Erne East Blackwater project:
"The project is to develop tourist and civic amenities in Clones and enhance access and interpretation to Heritage sites. In addition to this, the project involves the development of angling sites and public walkways (my emphasis) and trails in the wider Clones Erne East catchment area so as to develop the area as a natural resource tourism destination."
Could this be a ray of light on the part of the wider State aparatus - keep talking the talk about the bigger picture, but limit delivery to something more realistic like a walkway along the canal?
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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I finally made it into Iveagh House - former townhouse of the Guinness brewer heir. The event was European Literature Night and whilst - for the organisers - the purpose of the night was the literature, for me, the purpose of the night was to see inside Iveagh House.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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Northern Sound has reported that Heather Humphreys - blueshirt representative for Cavan - Monaghan - has stated that "the project’s completion dates are still unknown".
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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Oh to be young, carefree and naive. I could go around thinking that the world was perfect and every decision taken by those in authority was based on solid evidence and free of bias.
I was at an exhibition organised by DIT photography students this evening about Grangegorman - the former mental institution which is to be redeveloped as the DIT campus. In the exhibition brochure, they gave the results of a survey of DIT students on a number of issues in connection with the planned move to Grangegorman and one of the questions was:
Does it concern you that historical buildings have been and will be demolished in order to begin construction of the large campus?
One of the responses to this question was:
"Not particularly. Things have to move on and progress, if the buildings are not listed, then they are not that significant".
Oh to be young and innocent.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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Last December, I posted in this blog about an anomaly on the 6" Ordnance Survey Maps in relation to the 13th Lock on the Royal Canal at Blakestown, which is reported thereon as the 9th Lock.
I was on an organised walk along the Royal Canal towpath from Binns Bridge to Ashtown today given by Peter Clarke - author of one of the two published histories of the Royal Canal. He advised the audience that originally the branch to Broadstone was the mainline and the line of canal from the junction with same to the Liffey was the branch (similar to the way the Grand Canal mainline ran from Grand Canal Harbour behind Guinness with the circular line running from immediately east of the 1st Lock to the Liffey at Grand Canal Docks).
Accordingly, it would appear that what is now the 13th lock would, at one stage, have been the 9th lock as what we know as the 5th lock would have been the first lock of the mainline. The Ordnance Survey overlooked the amendment required for this lock when updating the others on the mainline.
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The Irish Independent has reported on the rescue of a woman from an abandoned mine in Sligo. I have no sympathy for her - what was she thinking when she saw the opening - ' Oh look, there is a hole in the mountain'.
I am involved in formal mine exploration as a hobby, where things are done properly, professionally and with appropriate permissions. Stupidity on the part of people like her just results in a zero tolerance approach of the State/landowners to those of us who know what we are doing.
I hope she is charged for the cost of her rescue.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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Nothing to do with IH, however, I have looked at the appalling financial situation that Ireland finds itself in and attach, for your information (look away now if you upset easily) a statement of Ireland Inc's financial position at the end of April 2013. It is my intention to update this monthly upon publication of the monthly Exchequer figures.
Ireland Debt Comparison - April 2013
I have included in the second part of the analysis workings that divide the figures by 1m to give a comparison with a hypothetical family. The comparison is that the family have projected net income of €38790 for 12 months. However, the family have 12 months projected expenditure of €60252. This means that they have a projected deficit of €21462 for the year.
This would be bad by any standard - however, when you then factor in that they have short term loans/credit card debt of €192461 coming into 2013, this will leave them some €212913 in debt at the end of the year after factoring in the one of receipt of sale of the family silver, which generated €1010. Bear in mind that this is unsecured, short term debt and not a mortgage secured on assets.
Feel free to copy subject to attribution.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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I have updated the page in the IH Wiki for Clara Station to the new format as well as adding information to same.
Days Hotel Belfast - located in a lovely area of Belfast where the Union Jack flies from every lamppost and the kerbstones are painted blue white and red.
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I have added a page for Streamstown Station on the Mullingar to Athlone line to the IH Wiki.
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