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Brian Cowen’s summer holiday | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. Brian Cowen’s summer holiday. By Frieda on July 16, 2010. Brian Cowen at the Consulate (June 13). Earlier this week I had an opportunity to meet Ireland’s taoiseach ( prime minister) at the Consulate in New York. It was Cowen’s first visit this year, and he was variously drumming up business. Or showing that he isn’t totally done for. From within his party just last month. It didn’t seem to matter to him th...
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“Lovely Leitrim” | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. 8220;Lovely Leitrim”. By Frieda on September 1, 2010. Lough Scur, in Driney townland. My new blog post, about the secrets of Leitrim, is here. Laquo; Complex operation. 8216;We have moved’. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. 8216;We have moved’.
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Love in Dublin | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. By Frieda on August 24, 2010. DUBLIN — Ireland has a flourishing drinking scene, or ‘pub culture’ as it’s fondly known, but the concept of dating is as elusive here as a mystical dream. Romance involves a trip to a pub, the consumption of a number of pints or whiskey or vodka, and a further journey to a nightclub or late bar, at which point the individual may approach and engage with a member of the opposite sex&...
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‘We have moved’ | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. 8216;We have moved’. By Frieda on September 10, 2010. Packed up and gone. I have now formally and forever moved my blog to a new URL, http:/ irishgirlabroad.wordpress.com/. Please do me the honour of checking out my blog there. I won’t put posts up here any more, to avoid confusion. Laquo; “Lovely Leitrim”. Subscribe to comments with RSS. Said, on September 12, 2010 at 4:17 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. A Dahli...
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Losing things | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. By Frieda on August 6, 2010. You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged here of late. That’s because something very sad happened which I didn’t want to write about, but didn’t want to bypass either. The result was that I didn’t write. The art of losing isn’t hard to master;. So many things seem filled with the intent. To be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster. Some r...
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Complex operation | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. By Frieda on August 30, 2010. Let's hope this works! I’m in the process of performing a complicated technical procedure known as ‘exporting’ my blog to another site. When I set up this blog I immediately had a change of mind as to its title — I realised that describing myself as an ‘Irish Woman Abroad’ made me feel like a haggard crone, a Peig Sayers. Ta for your patience! Pic comes from here. Portfolio and conta...
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Beautiful but broke | An Irishgirl abroad -- New York life through a European lens
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Skip to search - Accesskey = s. An Irishgirl abroad — New York life through a European lens. By Frieda on August 16, 2010. And licenses became cheaper, which meant that those who’d purchased the expensive ones now competed with drivers who’d paid much less. Soon, too many taxis were roaming the Dublin streets. The taxi-drivers’ hardship arises not just from the country’s financial woes, but also from government policy. Or again, ‘The real wonder was not that fraudsters got elected but that more pol...
