It’s Friday! What a busy week… not to mention month. Where did January go?! Dublin has been having chilly, but we’ve been having mostly sunny bright winter days. I don’t understand why people complain about the weather in Ireland at this time of the year, saying that it’s gloomy and depressing. Yes, it still gets dark relatively early but the days are getting longer...
The first “lockdown free” weekend was surprisingly quiet in Dublin, although I did not go out to any pubs on Saturday so my only first-hand experience was the street noise outside my apartment building in Temple Bar. A quick run-down of notable events from the past few days… Lunch at BrewDog On Saturday, after my usual SuperValu grocery delivery, I met up with my friend CJ for a...
BIG NEWS! Ireland is officially on the other side of the omicron wave. This evening at the start of the 6 o’clock news, Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheál Martin announced that almost all COVID restrictions will be lifted effective Saturday at 6:00am. The decision was made after the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) gave the green light on lifting restrictions in its report to...