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New video: Funfair gets ready for St.Patrick's Day in Dublin.

Big Wheel. Vomit Comet. Bone Shaker. Etc.

The funfair on Merrion Sq gets ready for Paddy's Day.

Do we really love our country? Our unending love affair with litter suggests otherwise.

Look at the photos below.

A beautiful riverside near Enniskerry in Co.Wicklow, despoiled by people who probably shout and sing their love for Ireland at rugby matches, football matches, or where-ever.

In comparison with our neighbours in England, Scotland & Wales, Ireland is a shocking sight - an utter tip. Or at least the part of Ireland I live in.

The cleanliness of Northern Ireland proves that things could be different. But why aren't they? It is the great imponderable.

We just seem to love litter.

The sky over Ireland this week. Shades of blue.

Apparently it is the least cloudy sky we have had since 2007. Literally no clouds.

Adamstown - ghost-town more like! Watch the video.

I visited Adamstown at night recently. It was like being on the set of a post-Zombie attack. Nobody to be seen anywhere.

I half expected the undead to emerge from the shadows and start chasing me around the deserted streets.

The funniest thing is the signs outside the train station advertising Adamstown's nightlife and ambiance! Stock-photos of beautiful people sipping lattes and downing cocktails. But where??

On the plus side, the place seemed incredibly clean and the apartments were very nice. But too quiet.

Perhaps it is more lively during the week?

New VIDEO: The right to protest - a busy day outside the GPO on O'Connell St.

There is usually someone-or-other protesting about something-or-other outside the GPO. But I thought this Saturday was unusually busy.

A total of 7 different groups were rallying for attention, all within a few metres of each other:

• Anti-abortionists
• Pro-Falun Gong
• Anti-Irish Bishops
• Pro-Homeless
• Pro-Palestinian
• Anti-Cutbacks
• ...& finally, Pro-Jesus.

Good to see that the right to freedom of assembly and expression is still exercised.