Above: My colleagues in Asplan Viak Internet at the top of Great Sugarloaf Mountain, County Wicklow, Ireland during our annual study trip. The sixth in the line of Avinet study trips was successfully executed from the 24th to the 28th of August 2007 with Dublin as a base for our activities. In addition to our […]
During a recent trip to Ireland, me and colleagues Heather, Ivar Petter, Jostein, and Rune visited several key actors on the Irish ICT scene within public sector services, e-government and EU R&D projects. The Irish economy has been booming over the past few years and it was well worth the effort to see what they […]
Portlaoise and Kilkenny, Ireland (2005) The christening of fast growing baby J. Basil brought me to the Irish interior during the last weekend of August. I tell you: Irish christenings are completely different from Norwegian ones. In Norway christenings are supposed to be tedious, dry, boring affairs of some 3-4 hours duration. Not so in […]
Roscommon (Ireland) 2005 The ever entertaining and interesting Interreg IIIC KNOT project took me to Roscommon in the late days of May where I got tanked up on mounds, mining and gourmet food. Whatever one may say about Roscommon County Council, none can say that they mistreat their guests!!! During our days in Ireland our […]
Dublin, Galway, Connemara and the Burren (Ireland) While I put myself in a position where people might say that I am overly negative to things in general, I try to take on a different angle than traditional travel literature when I share my experiences… Even though Ireland for the most part is a very agreeable […]
Cranshaw & Edinburgh (Scotland), Dublin, Wicklow Mts & Port Laoise (Ireland) As we drew nearer Cranshaw Farm Cottages, the amount of dead pheasants in the road increased inversely proportionally to the distance between the houses. In my mind dangerously close to the prefect setting, this was not the outskirts of nowhere – this was in […]
Limerick, Dublin, Galway & Ennis (Ireland) I had booked a bed & breakfast in Ballyboughal, near Dublin or at least near one of the suburbs called Swords. Near turned out to be quite far and allthough we had 18 colf courses within walking distance it was 30 minutes walk to the nearest (and only) pub. […]