If you see a car with an Italian registration and a big camera like this on it’s roof in your area, then you’re being photographed for Google Streetview. The company aims to eventually have photos of every street in the world available on its Google Earth and Google Maps applications as part of it’s aim to be the source of all information on the internet. Here it is in Kilnaleck today but they’ve been spotted all around the area recently.
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Google Streetview comes to Kilnaleck
Friday, July 17th, 2009Phonebox
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Eircom are improving their service to us yet again by removing the only phonebox in town on Monday. Their excuse? Everyone has mobiles and the phonebox doesn’t make enough to cover it’s costs. Public Service? Forget it…we’ve been privatised. They’ve also removed the one in Mountnugent and two or three in Ballyjamesduff, although they’re leaving one there for now. I believe it’s actually the County Council who pay Eircom the difference between what it costs to maintain the phoneboxes and how much they get in revenue from them. It was supposed to be removed in March. I suppose it would be cynical of me to think they waited until after the local elections to do it.
Guitar Man
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Michael Shalvey
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Fleadh Ceol
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Rally
Monday, May 25th, 2009The Kilmore Hotel Cavan Stages Rally passed near here yesterday. In my opinion once you’ve seen one car going round a corner fast, you’ve seen them all. Still, the event seemed to be very well organised by Cavan Motor Club. It was difficult to get anywhere near the route and the large crowd had to take to the fields. I was out at Relagh Cross for a while.
Confirmation
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Free Whiskey
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009The competition is now closed, and the winner is ……. Caroline Reilly. There’ll be another free competition in a couple of days so keep checking in. Thanks again to Irish Distillers for sponsoring this month’s prize of a bottle of Powers 12 year old.
Election
Saturday, May 16th, 2009The local and European elections are on June 6th and every vote counts. Here’s Ciaran McEvoy on the campaign trail for Fianna Fail.
Charlie Galligan is nearly ninety, and he’s been a Fianna Fáiler for most of that. Brendan Smith (minister for agriculture, fisheries and food) is here making a presentation to him in the pub last night. Also in the photo are Mrs Galligan, Brian Smith, Senator Diarmuid Wilson, Mary and Seamus Galligan, Caitlin Tully, Mickey Galligan and Ciaran McEvoy.
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