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Asian Gaelic Games - Schedule

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:28:20 -0600

Schedule of Events: (not fully finalised)

Friday 22nd June:
Opening Ceremony and Tournament Draw
Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Way
8pm – 11pm
After-party
Molly Malone’s, Circular Road
11pm – late

Saturday 23rd June:
Asian Gaelic Games: Day 1 Tournament Play
Singapore Polo Grounds, Mt Pleasant Road
9am – 5pm
Saturday Night Party:
Fort Canning Green
8pm – 12am

Sunday 24th June:
Asian Gaelic Games: Day 2 Tournament Play
Singapore Polo Grounds, Mt Pleasant Road
9am – 5pm
Finals, Awards, Presentations and pitch-side craic.
Close-out Party
Venue TBD
9pm

Prime Time

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:34:59 -0700

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1211/primetime.html

Rip-offs in the Irish housing market - guaranteed to make you want to kill someone.

Hsinchu Science Park to open to tours - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:07:32 -0700

Hi Guys,
I know some of you may have just left the olde Science Park but you can now come back as a tourist!!! (excluding mainlanders of course, security risk etc....)

So book your tickets now for one non-stop 90 minutes tour of fun!!

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Hsinchu Science Park to open to tours

Hsinchu Science Park authorities yesterday announced that they will open Taiwan's hi-tech industry hub to sightseeing trips on a trial basis beginning January 1, 2007, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). During the initial stage the authorities will allow 90-minute trips by a daily total of 500 local and foreign tourists. Tourists from China will not be allowed until the government relaxes the restrictions on their visits to science parks, the paper added.

Corks faithful are fleeing the county

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:34:22 -0600

Population hits highest level in 145 years at 4.2 million

11:49 Wednesday July 19th 2006

Ireland's population has reached its highest level in 145 years, according to preliminary census figures published by the Central Statistics Office today.
The CSO says Ireland's population at the time of the census in April was just over 4.2 million, a rise of 318,000 on the 2002 head-count.

The increase is mainly due to immigration and brings Ireland's population to its highest level since 1861.

North Dublin and Co Meath have both seen their populations rise by more than a fifth since the last census, while Cork city and Limerick city are the only areas to register a decrease

From Ireland, EU hears hum of cheap labor

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:33:10 -0600

From Ireland, EU hears hum of cheap labor

By Peter Ford, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Thu Apr 27,
4:00 AM ET

DUBLIN, IRELAND - A scruffy 22-year-old Pole in an oily blue T-shirt,
Rafal Dambiec is an unlikely symbol of the
European Union's idealistic vision of its future.

Just getting off his night shift as a gas station attendant, all he
wanted to do Tuesday morning was to go to bed.

Wolfing down an Irish breakfast of sausages, buttered bread, and tea,
Mr. Dambiec is a pioneer - albeit unlikely - of the cross-border
get-up-and-go that EU leaders say will be key to their continent's

Ben & Jerry's sorry for Irish "Black & Tan" upset

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:39:49 -0600

Fri Apr 21, 2:39 PM ET

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's have apologized for causing offence by calling a new flavor "Black & Tan" -- the nickname of a notoriously violent British militia that operated during Ireland's war of independence.
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The ice cream, available only in the United States, is based on an ale and stout drink of the same name.

"Any reference on our part to the British Army unit was absolutely unintentional and no ill-will was ever intended," said a Ben & Jerry's spokesman.

"Ben & Jerry's was built on the philosophies of peace and love," he added.

The chilling story of the Black and Tans

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:01:26 -0600

Ireland's War of Independence: The chilling story of the Black and Tans
Ben & Jerry's decision to give their latest flavour of ice-cream the same name as Churchill's notorious army has provoked howls of protest. David McKittrick describes the force's reign of terror against Irish nationalists
Published: 21 April 2006
To practically the whole world it may seem like a harmless, cheerfully cutesie name for a new American ice-cream flavour, just adopted by the popular manufacturer Ben & Jerry's.

But some Irish-Americans have given the "Black and Tan" flavour a reception that is cold to the point of frigidity, complaining of its associations with one of the most notorious forces ever seen in Ireland.

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:41:47 -0600

Sex cues ruin men's decisiveness

Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray, a study suggests.

The more testosterone he has, the stronger the effect, according to work by Belgian researchers.

Men about to play a financial game were shown images of sexy women or lingerie.

The Proceedings of the Royal Society B study found they were more likely to accept unfair offers than men not been exposed to the alluring images.

The suggestion is that the sexual cues distract the men's thoughts, preventing them from focusing on their task - particularly among those with high natural testosterone levels.

The University of Leuven researchers gave 176 heterosexual male student volunteers aged 18 to 28 financial games to test their fair play.

They are looking for opportunities to pass on their genes

Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:52:44 -0700

Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs
By Chris Hogg
BBC News, Hong Kong

Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.
They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.

The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.

The researchers hope the pigs will boost the island's stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.

The researchers, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.

Original pictures for early Disney animation films found

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:12:18 -0700

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 06:00 JST
CHIBA — Original pictures for early Walt Disney animation films, inlcluding "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty," have been found stored in a warehouse in Chiba University, the university said Monday.

The some 250 items consist of celluloid and background pictures that were used to make animation films as well as sketches for the films. The pictures were donated by Walt Disney Co. of the United States to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, after they were exhibited at some department stores in Japan around 1960.

Earthquake Hits North Eastern Japan

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:11:18 -0700

Saturday, December 17, 2005 at 07:05 JST
TOKYO — An earthquake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The 3:32 a.m. quake registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in northern Miyagi Prefecture and southern Iwate Prefecture, the agency said.

No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports on damage or casualties. The quake originated about 50 kilometers underground in the Pacific off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, the agency said.