This day 2 weeks ago was the annual IBA photo walk, in the beautiful Cork City. A bunch of us met in the hotel Lobby before getting the bus from the airport to the a bar (forget the name though it was very nice, and large) in the city centre, where we met the others. [...]

Hotel: check Flights: check Registration: check The 2009 Irish Blog Awards Piss-up is not far off now. Registration opened yesterday, with over 100 registered so far, and only 280 places available for the 4th annual awards drinking ceremony, celebrating the best of blogging drinking in Ireland. Moving away from Dublin down to Cork, the home [...]

It was almost 4am by the time we got to Grand Parade on Saturday night and found ahead of us a huge crowd weekend revellers, as well as a number of Gardaí. I was drawn to the them. I let the others go on as I was sure my Hotel was this direction anyway. After [...]

My first experience of an unconference was BarcampBelfast in June followed by CreativecampBelfast in September. Each one has been fun, informative. For those unaware, an unconference is a “participant-driven conference centered around a theme or purpose. The term “unconference” has been applied, or self-applied, to a wide range of gatherings that try to avoid one [...]

The weather was good, and bad at the same time. When it wasn’t raining it was sunny and warm. I arrived in Cork City with no idea what to expect, pleasantly surprised to find that Cork is essentially an island surrounded by two river channels. I also haven’t been to a new city in Ireland [...]

4th July. Independence Day. I’m going to CORK! Of all the three letter airport codes Cork has the best: ORK. But thats a sidenote I’m not even taking the plane anymore. The last time I was in Cork we went to Trabolgan though I was nine and barely remember it. I’ve been thinking about going [...]