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So, on the back of this article and the PDF that accompanies it, I decided to create a Google map of the free WiFi hot spots around Dublin. There’s loads of them! So, no excuse not to head in to town, grab a coffee and surf some internet! The map is embedded below:

Enjoy and spread it around! If there’re any more you can think of please feel free to e-mail them to me: conorpendergrast[at]gmail[dot]com

In a letter in today’s Irish Times (Amnesty and Civil Partnership) that follows up on Amnesty’s support of full gay and lesbian marriage as the only equality and John Waters‘ response denying that there is a human right to marry, Pauline Welby points out that in Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it is accepted that

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution . . . The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State

Well spotted Pauline! While I’m sure some people will try to twist it and insist that this right is only for men to marry women and women to marry men, any sound interpretation would conclude that this is for men and women to marry either a man or a woman.

Now, isn’t that good news for a bank holiday Monday?

I was out shopping around charity shops today and Tweeted a couple of finds I made. I was also discussing with my girlfriend how useful the internet and Twitter in particular could be for charity shops; they would be able to Tweet about the nicer new items that come in each day and also remind people about the special sales they have every two weeks or so (We saw Chanel handbags in one charity shop on George’s St.). So I got thinking and decided that I’d set up a Twitter account that checks on Twitter for the hashtag #charitytreasure and then retweets it. Voila, the birth of @charitytreasure. So, go forth and scour the stores that you find (Capel St. and George’s St. in Dublin are pretty good for this) and tweet the finds with the tag #charitytreasure. You can share your purchases or anything you find that would be great but doesn’t fit you. I found a ton of things today that were both too big and too small for me that I wanted to share with other people. So now I can.

Looking for a mobile phone charger? The Goodwill Thrift Store on Capel St have them for €6 each #charitytreasure

Conorp