Things I Miss About Ireland Decent sausages, bacon and white pudding. Countless radio stations that play songs I actually recognise. Coming home from a night out at 3am and finding the streets packed with cars and people. The country shutting down for a huge celebration for every bronze medal won in the Olympics. The way … Continue reading Things I miss
UK
road deaths
OK, I know I said I would stop with the statistics, but this one was on my mind. In the UK in 2008, 2,538 people were killed in road incidents. In Ireland, the number killed in the same year was 279. In the whole of Australia in the same period, 1,464 people were killed in … Continue reading road deaths
crime capital
It seems every morning I open the Age newspaper website, at least two of the main headlines refer to another murder, stabbing, shooting somewhere in Melbourne. The other thing that is beginning raise alarm bells is the number of serious injuries or deaths on the roads, so often by young people still on their P … Continue reading crime capital
melbourne vs. london weather
I'm sick to death of Aussies telling me that London (European) weather is shit. Here are the facts: Annual data 1971 - 2000 Melbourne London Average rainfall 650mm 583mm Days of rainfall >1mm 100 106.5 Hours of sunshine 2,190 1,461 Max temp 19.8 14.8 Min temp 10.2 7.2 A bit more sunshine here in Melbourne … Continue reading melbourne vs. london weather
Máiréad Doyle 