Bono and Hallmark.
By Chris Packham in the Pitch.
It’s a (Product) RED post.
Now, the campaign is finding expression in the medium of Hallmark greeting cards. So, […]

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This year, not having a home, I won’t be getting a Christmas Tree.
In the last couple of years, despite not having a car in […]

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Quality U2 tribute band Rattle and Hum have just finished their scheduled shows of 2007 and in celebration the band are making available at cost […]

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On Saturday February 23 March 1, 2008 at 7pm there is the first of what is scheduled to be an annual trivia contest at the […]

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In my final months in Ireland before moving to the US eight, nine years ago, I was unhappy about something. Granted I hadn’t particularly tried […]

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It’s the first of the lists I’m about to start throwing at you this year end.
Pete Dulin of Present Magazine contacted me a while ago […]

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A couple of people have recently asked me if I am aware of the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) as they don’t see any […]

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The sun has come up in this cold corner of Europe so it is time to go out and paint.
Almost 9 years ago I moved […]

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On Saturday April 19 , The Elders are playing at Winnetonka High School in a fundraiser for the drama department.
Kansas City’s favourite Celtic Rock group […]

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Just a note that the post on the Irish Museum & Cultural Center’s 2008 annual gala has been updated to show the prices and also […]

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I have to hand it to RyanAir.
Today I have a flight from London to Dublin. But I now want to fly on a different date […]

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Ah look, IrishPhiladelphia has reviewed IrishKC (now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write back when I wouldn’t speak to Dublin’s southsiders) and says […]

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Last year, one quiet afternoon on Antique Row there on 45th by State Line, a basketball went bouncing past the Cafe & and was retrieved […]

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Well my my.
All the cool kids are doing this.
Champagne is Erin’s “Ultimate Holiday Drink”. And it’s an Alabama Slammer for Spyder
What do you think […]

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Note that the session that takes place on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center will not be taking […]

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A further update on the Irish Health Service story featured a couple of days ago. Going by the name of “Mary” the author of the […]

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Back when I had money and food I painted an Avocado.
A fruit, you say, spotting my first mistake. You’re wrong; my first mistake was […]

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I have a friend who is a writer, and her episode of Ros na Rún, the Irish language soap, is on tonight. Thing is […]

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On Saturday March 1, 2008 Gaelic Storm are playing at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Missouri.
It’s a 7pm start and is classified as an […]

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Long touting itself as possibly more authentic than some other dancing Irish shows you may have heard of - I can’t think of any off […]

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