Letter to the Minister
Date: May 14, 2009
Categories: General
As sent today:
… Read the restMinister,
I write with a deep sense of alarm at your proposed Criminal Justice
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009. I have studied your published
Bill
New Firearms Legislation
Date: May 13, 2009
Categories: General, NTSA and sports administration
The Criminal Justice (Misc. Provisions) Bill 2009 has finally been published, and it’s an unmitagated disaster as currently drafted.
Nothing in it is in any wa… Read the rest
Olympic Council of Ireland -vs- Irish Sports Council
Date: May 11, 2009
Categories: General
From the Times last week:
… Read the restHickey blames sports council in vitriolic broadside
OIREACHTAS JOINT COMMITTEE ON SPORT: OLYMPIC COUNCIL of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hi
Spark’s Death to the teddy bear Desk…
Date: April 8, 2009
Categories: General
Seems that my mascot isn’t to everyone’s tastes 😀
Spark’s Death to the teddy bear Desk…
… Fame and Glory…
Date: March 30, 2009
Categories: General
Well, of a sort 😀
From Desked, a neat little diversion of a blog, two photos of a work desk
and a sports desk of mine.
… WTSC AGM
Date: March 25, 2009
The WTSC AGM was held on Monday night out in Wilkinstown. We were afraid that the falling participation and attendance numbers we’ve seen (which we’re fa… Read the rest
Evil black gun shooting
Date: March 24, 2009
When you’re in the Midlands, you can shoot an awful lot of stuff (really, only airgun and archery are omitted at the moment). Joe Costello (Chair of the SSAI and on… Read the rest
VCRAI Vintage Rifle Shoot
Date: March 24, 2009
Every so often, you should try something new, even if only for the craic, so this weekend myself and Conor and Dave wandered off to the Midlands range to shoot some fullbo… Read the rest
Irish Shooting Politics…
Date: March 17, 2009
…is messy and unpleasant at the best of times. Oddly enough, the actual sport-related stuff is fairly free of acrimony; the negotiations between Governing Bod… Read the rest
Back to smallbore…
Date: March 13, 2009
Categories: General
So I gave up on finding my missing smallbore sights (I think they’ve walked at this stage 🙁 ) and last night went down to the range, took out the 2013 and put a pair of c… Read the rest