world wide madness

Having browsed through some of the daily papers over the weekend one or two of them have picked up on the fact that tourism in the city and its general environs has imroved dramatically in the last few months, one of them even going so far as to state that limerick was losing its stab city image!! well knock me over with a feather, do the journos not know that the knives have been out of fashion for years, its now shotgun city!! But seriously, it doesnt take an idiot to fathom out the reasons for this - Ryanair and cheap flights!! Fair play to the bright spark out in Shannon Airport that figured out what anyone with half a brain in their head could have figured out ages ago- as the man says put on the flights and they will travel.. Good to see the city get some good publicity for a change.
Down City council way, the bean counters are going to be busy busking on the streets trying to meet the bill from the ruling over the main drainage contract. According to the leader the figure could be upwards of €40 million . And i doubt that even JP Mcmanus would extend his generousity that much!! Speaking of JP there is more information on the Pro -Am at Adare Manor next week. As mentioned previously Michael Owen will be there along with Martin O'Neill and Alan Hanson to name but a few.

And finally just to show that things are still lively down in City Hall the new Mayor has got in a bit of a huff about the
grass not being cut in some of the local housing estates...