The Perils of Publishing Poetry

I founded a poetry site in 2000, the Pagan Poetry Pages, to provide a space for poets whose influences and interests were non-conformist. With a loose brief of "poetry reflecting our interest in spiritual and...

Budget Cuts

How budget cuts are and will be effecting Bay Area schools 

Take a Hike...

It started as one of those good intentions; the ones you make while sitting on the couch watching television programmes in which other people are doing healthy active things and one of you says "Lets...

All 164,000 U2 Tickets Sold Out Within Two Hours

I must admit that I got the feeling that there was a degree of desperation behind U2's massive advertising campaign for their new album "No Line On The Horizon" and after listening to the album in question I was...

Photographs Of The St. Patricks's Day Parade In Dublin.

I managed to get a press pass for the 2009 parade and as a result had an elevated platform, in the form of an open top double-deck bus,  from which to view the Parade here in Dublin. The weather was beautiful,...

Five hurt after Blackrock house explosion

I delayed this story until I could obtain some photographs. The photographs will be uploaded later today. " FIVE PEOPLE were lucky to escape with minor injuries following an explosion in a residential area in...

Irish Oil Slick Caused by Russian Navy

An oil slick that was first spotted nearly two weeks ago off Ireland's southwest coast has finally been attributed to the Russian navy after they admitted to it today. The spill has been linked to an aircraft...

Embattled B.C. P3 lender to be cut loose by German parent

Depfa Bank PLC, a key source of credit to several British Columbia public-private partnership projects and a financial sink hole for its German parent, will be cut loose according to media sources. The...

Waterford Crystal workers occupy plant

Workers at the famous Waterford Crystal are still occupying the works as unions and company receivers work to negotiate job losses and keep the plant open by striking a deal with any company prepared to take on...

World credit crunch makes local P3 projects risky propositions

The Vancouver Sun has published a major feature that raises serious questions about the financial health of privately-financed infrastructure projects in British Columbia.The investigative report comes a day...

Will the German government become defacto shareholder in BC P3s?

The German bank that's involved in the financing of three high profile public-private partnership (P3) projects in British Columbia may be partially nationalized by the German government. Hypo Real Estate (HRE)...

BC P3 banker embroiled in Italian bond scandal

Depfa Bank, a major lender to public infrastructure projects in British Columbia, has found itself embroiled in a major bond scandal involving Italian local governments, according to The Telegraph newspaper. The...

Claimants sought for class action against bank linked to BC P3s

A Frankfurt-based law firm is warning investors in Hypo Real Estate (HRE) that time may be running out to make claims for damages against the troubled German lender.The firm Winheller Attorneys says that...

Insider trading investigated at bank linked to BC P3s

Hypo Real Estate (HRE), the real estate and public finance bank linked to several high profile government projects in British Columbia, is being investigated by German prosecutors for suspicion of insider trading....