Today I’ve been focusing on getting a few more job applications out. Two are postings for finance manager positions in the not-for-profit / public sector, but they’ve been posted via recruiters without any identifying information as to their client organisations. Another Finance Manager job is at Self Help Africa, which really interests me given its international aspect. Their work seems to cover...

One of the fluorescent tube lamps in the bathroom light fixture has started to flicker, creating an eerie strobe effect like in a horror movie. This gives me a pretext to leave the apartment, in spite of the more gloomy and rainy weather. I first stop into the Dunnes Stores a couple of blocks away, which has a small housewares section, but they don’t carry any fluorescent tube lamps. I also...

It’s clear and relatively warm today. My walking buddy CJ and I meet up to take advantage of the good weather before the rain returns. We take the Luas / light rail westward out to Heuston Station to explore some gardens around the nearby suburb of Kilmainham, which was where the Knights Templar settled in the 12th century. The Gardens at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (the hospital...