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What’s Going On Diarmy??!...

Some of the millions of readers of diarmydotnet are probably wondering what’s happening here on DDN. At the moment, things are slow on the materials front. I’m working full time at the moment and find it hard to come up with meaningful topics of interest when I’m fighting the good fight with SQL (Structured Query Language). I’m training at the moment for my OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) certification...

Are We Really There?...

World Cup time comes but once every four years, and every time it arrives on our consciousness we hear all about the ‘rights war’. The last World Cup took place when I was sitting my Leaving Certificate, and I along with my classmates watched the drama of the Saipan affair unfold, Roy Keane’s exclusive interview about it and losing to Spain before reaching the Semis. We crashed and burned then, and vowed...

A Leader Remembered...

It is with heavy hearts that Ireland greeted the news on Tuesday that the most famous and often times infamous leaders of our country in the 20th century had died. Charles J. Haughey passed away at his home in Kinsealy in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving behind a legacy of prosperous economic foundations and plenty of speculation to fill tabloid headers for many years to come. Mr. Haughey to many was an enigma,...

Job Hunted!...

Well after a long slog through some of the world’s most unbelieveably complicated and boring jobs websites I’ve finally landed a job I heard about by accident. Typical! Enough said… let’s see how it goes… into day 3 very soon!!! diarmy