St. Patrick's Day festival

This week's Wicklow Times quotes Councillor David Grant as saying, "Last year's Parade and Festival were a great hit and everyone who attended it knows that it was".

Well, not everyone agrees with Cllr Grant. In fact, anyone I talked to last year said it was a joke. My kids have already told me that can't be bothered this year.

A & E

Despite a few hiccups, I have my tags and my bin has been emptied by A & E. I hope this works out. Feels great to be out from under the Greenstar yoke.

That's ACE

Got a notice in the door about a new wheelie bin service in our neighborhood. ACE Skip Hire is offering domestic wheelie bin collection. I'm going to switch to them because they're charging €7.50 per lift and no charge for the recyclng bin. Based on last year's experience, I'll get my rubbish collected for €90, a savings of €190 when compared with what I have to pay Greenstar for a year's collection service.

Two new waste collection services in the space of two weeks. Incredible.

UPDATE: Feb 18 Ummm, well, I'm not so bright. The name of the firm's not actuallly ACE, but A&E. I misread their logo.