Beyond the pale - Irish Independent

24 Aug 2008 at 6:21pm 

Beyond the pale Irish Independent, Ireland - Aug 24, 2008 With so many jobs out around the M50, and the daft rental prices in town, the new culchie bought a car and scattered to places like Sandyford and ...

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Aer Rianta International appoints Auckland Airport General Manager ... - Mood...

14 Aug 2008 at 11:25pm 

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Aer Rianta International appoints Auckland Airport General Manager ... MoodieReport, UK - Aug 14, 2008 Auckland International Airport Limited said that Forbes had successfully led the development and management of the company?s substantial retail, car parking ...

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myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Temple Gate in Shannon / Ireland / Ireland

9 Jun 2008 at 4:29pm  myHotelVideo.com presents: Hotel Temple Gate in Shannon / Ireland / Ireland
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55 sec - Jun 9, 2008

More @ http://myhotelvideo.com/de/landingpage/youtube/resourceid/Mhv_Catalog_Offer::62280 Location: This city hotel is located near Ennis town centre in Ireland. Plenty of shopping venues, restaurants and bars are all found in the hotel's immediate vicinity (within a radius of about 500 m). Various nightclubs are located 1 km away from the hotel. Links to the public transport network are to be found about 2 km away. Shannon Airport is around 15 km away and the beach is 25 km from the hotel. Facilities: The hotel was built in 1996, renovated in 1998 and consists of a total of 70 rooms, of which 58 are singles, 8 are doubles, 2 are suites and 2 are apartments/studios. The facilities include a lobby with a 24-hour reception, TV room, free WLAN/ Internet access, cloakroom, currency exchange desk, conference rooms, bicycle rental, a bicycle cellar and car parking facilities. Dining options include a café, an inviting bar and an à la carte restaurant. Further facilities include room and laundry services. Rooms: The cosily furnished rooms all have en suite bathroom facilities with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, a radio and Internet access. Moreover, the rooms come with central heating as standard. The suites are equipped with a minibar, double bed and hire safe. All the apartments/studios come with a combined living/ sleeping room as well as a bedroom. Meals: Breakfast is available to guests each morning. At lunchtime and in the evenings, guests may select dishes from a set menu; at lunchtime there is also a buffet service available to choose from. In addition, the hotel caters for guests with special dietary requirements. Payment: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and VISA cards are all accepted as methods of payment.
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Ireland Flying in to Shannon, Bunratty Castle

12 Jan 2007 at 12:45pm  Ireland Flying in to Shannon, Bunratty Castle
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4 min - Jan 12, 2007

Day 2: Monday June 6th. We landed around 8:20am Ireland time. We got our rental car at the airport. It took 5 minutes just to figure out how to open the trunk! The kids were crabby. It took just a little to get used to the left side of the roads and swing around the roundabouts in 2nd gear. After we stopped at Bunratty castle to confirm our reservation for dinner that night, we went straight to the Old Mill cottage in Bruree, about 30 minutes south of Limerick on N20. The owners are Jessie and Dick Griffin with a son, David, who was Ryan's age. They live downstairs. Wonderful people! Jessie came up and gave us a quick tour of the house. Three bedrooms and two baths. The electricity was coin operated with Irish pounds. Obsolete now, but the system still worked well and the British penny was the same size, so she had a supply for us to use. We then reimbursed her at the end of the week. Robb and the kids napped while I drove up town to find a grocery store and some food for lunch. I took a short nap when I got back. After lunch, we headed to Bunratty castle near Shannon for the afternoon and evening. We explored all over the Bunratty grounds seeing many areas we hadn't discovered last time, like the Bunratty manor. We got done exploring everything there was to see about 2 hours before the Irish night was supposed to begin, so we sat in the courtyard of the restaurant. Meri had talked us into buying a $100 teddy bear with an Irish dancing girl dress. (Ok, it was 17 Euro) So she played with the doll that we named Aoife (pronounced Ee-fa -- Meri's middle name) and she danced around on the grass with her. Ryan bought a Guinness cap that he wore constantly after that unless we requested that he take it off for a picture. We had a great time playing cards and talking while the park closed and we waited for the Irish night to begin. I walked with Meri and found that the dinner was getting ready to start. Dinner was great! Between each course the waitresses and waiter performed dances and songs on the stage. After dinner, they all went up on the stage and had a wonderful show. Full of dancing, singing, jokes and stories. By this time, we had been awake for many many hours, but managed to stay awake until we got back to Bruree.
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