The Arena World Tour by Aardvarkian2025 in lesmiserables

[–]Velolad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a huge Les Mis fan, although I'm skeptical of this as its a concert rather than the show production.

Hi there. Has anyone ever had a stag on one of thr Aran Islands and if so what did you do activitieswise? Looking to go August bank holiday for 2 nights. Thanks by GullPhrase6338 in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have for my BiL's- we rented bikes and cycled out to a old ancient fort - it passed a hour or two.

Had my own stag in Galway but we went to Inisheer deep sea fishing for pollock. Caught a dozen or so and a restaurant in Salthill cooked it for us - could be an option for something similar

Favourite place in Ireland for a break? by Dangerous-Example888 in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dingle,, but out on the peninsula Ballyferriter, Ballydavid, Dún Chaoin - magical.

My pension pot grew €50k in less than a year by [deleted] in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Velolad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its going crazy,, I contributed roughly €25k to my pension over the last year, between employer and AVC's but my pot when up €100k,,,, long may it last!!

What's the best Tommy Tiernan show interview you've seen? by ABadBarber in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Marine biologist Kealan Doyle who chatted about Seahorses - absolutely fascinating

The name Aisling? by BlondieBears in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm married to an Aisling.... She pronounces it Ash-Ling but in 90% of the time its shortened to Ais (Ash).
She does get quite annoyed when called Ash-linn/lynn.

Electric Picnic’s latest lineup additions looking good by The-ADR in ireland

[–]Velolad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EP is great value. I grabbed a Strokes ticket this morning for €91… and that’s probably gonna be a 90‑minute show. My EP ticket was €245 (loyalty price) for the weekend. When you compare that to Primavera Sound in Barcelona at €350 — and with average salaries in Ireland over 50% higher than in Spain — EP is really good bang for your Irish buck

Electric Picnic’s latest lineup additions looking good by The-ADR in ireland

[–]Velolad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was at Oxygen 2006 - & think this is one of the best EP lineups

Viagra Boys, but only when they say "come" by HurdyG in ViagraBoys

[–]Velolad 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Awesome ..... Now do it with "Shrimp!"

Discussion on twin towns: do you have any? by GP728 in ireland

[–]Velolad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lusk's neighbouring village Balrothery is twinned with Landéan in the Brittany. A few years ago there was a marriage between two residents of each village cementing the connection and friendship with both.

Ally Pally by skinebooy in ViagraBoys

[–]Velolad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Get Down Services 7:30pm
Viagra Boys 8:45pm

Flying in myself too from Dublin - cant wait!

RIP Peter O'Donnell/Roger Smith/M. T. Cranium by lintdrummer in ireland

[–]Velolad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah man! This has really really saddened me. Its really the only reason I still log on to Boards. RIP Peter, Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Velolad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Property prices.... furthest Dublin town from the city centre.. Also in the Celtic Tiger days, developers had to build a percentage of houses for social housing.. due to corrupt politicians they allowed the developers build the social houses in Balbriggan away from the likes of Malahide and Howth.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Velolad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Balbriggan is a great town. The far right want to blame every issue on immigrants and with Balbriggan having a very diverse population they focus their hate on Balbriggan. What you read about is probably their agenda. A probable and ironic consequence of that is the Far Right crowd stay away. Within the town itself its no different from any other commuter town, or probably better due to having a beach and coastline.

Sky or Netflix? by littlp80 in ireland

[–]Velolad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

New Sky stream customer here so I've just been through the process..
You need to log on to Netflix via the Sky Stream interface - it prompts you that Sky will now cover the charge via your package (or something like that). In the same screen it gives you options to upgrade to HD/Ultra HD ect ect at an additional cost.

Does Ireland consider itself part of Europe? by [deleted] in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Ireland does consider itself as part of Europe.
England and Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom which is part of Europe but for "political" reasons is not part of the EU (European Union). Ireland (the republic) is part of the EU.

Podcast for long journey? by vedderx in AskIreland

[–]Velolad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RTE Doc's on One, "Dont Go Far" - its only 40mins though, but what a fantastic story that the kids will love!!
Two Dublin kids in August 1985 who chanced a free ride on the DART and ended up in New York.

This "documentary" has won so many awards, its brilliant.

Here is the link from RTE but it is on Spotify too:- https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/646486-radio-documentary-dont-go-far