Archive for January, 2006

Cork Service Stations

Published January 23rd, 2006 in transport and business. 0 Comments

Service Stations - or Petrol Stations if you still haven’t heard of diesel - have been closing in Cork (and Limerick) for some time.

On the Western Road:
Esso (Muskerry)

On the Douglas Road:
Statoil Johnson & Perott, Maxol Belair, and Esso Dunmahon

On Brian Boru Street:
Top? (Small Corner site)

On Lower Glanmire Road:
Esso? (On left when approaching railway station)

It seems that petroleum retailing isin’t viable business. Most stations are privately owned reseller of their corporate partners. They buy oil at variable prices and sell it to the customer at a percentage margin. The recent closures suggest that something has changed. Perhaps the corporates are selling their oil for very high prices to resellers, and selling oil direct to to consumers at corporate owned flagships stations at lower prices, thereby forcing the private owner out of business, or perhaps private owners are realising that their sites (which are inherently in key locations, with impressive road frontage, with existing approved vertical signs) would be more profitably expotited by developers of apartments, and of course the owners need not feel ashamed at this realisation, they are ultimately running a business with the objective of turning a profit, not providing a public service.

Conjecture aside, the net result is a reduction in competition. Which always leads to higher prices for the consumer. Also the net result is inconvenience. Imagine you find that you car is running low on Patrick Street. Heading West the next station is Carrigrohane Straight Statoil, Heading South the next station is South Douglas Road Texaco.

But these closures are not unique to Cork or even Ireland they are mirrored cough across the ocean, and time. Continue reading ‘Cork Service Stations’

Irish Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates

Published January 23rd, 2006 in government. 1 Comment

New Style Certificates are now being issued. Hitherto when a a certificate, or a certified copy thereof, was requested a landscape hard form was completed in writing, every particular transcribed by a functionary. However now portrait laser printed certificates are being issued. These are not branded (ie rubber stamped), but the paper is secure. Continue reading ‘Irish Birth/Marriage/Death Certificates’

Cork Consulates (or Consulates in Cork)

Published January 23rd, 2006 in Consulate of, Honorary Consulate, consulates in cork, lost passport cork, consular, honorary-consul, diplomatic, travel, consul cork, consulate cork, consul and government. 1 Comment

Page last updated 10th August 2011

A capital city such as Dublin has many foreign Embassies.
A secondary city such as Cork has many Consulates.

A Consulate can be headed by a Career Consul (A civil servant from the sending country)
or an Honorary Consul (Aresident of the receiving country, who is usually involved in a private business
of his own)

A Career Consulate is headed by a (in descending order)

  • Consul General
  • Consul
  • Vice Consul

While
An Honorary Consulate is headed by (in descending order)

  • Honorary Consul General
  • Honorary Consul
  • Honorary Vice Consul

Here at Ambrand.com we secretly would like to be an Honorary Consul, does that make us a wannabe?

Well, Yes, but we find the Honorary Consular system fascinating.  The listing below was compiled from public sources, then corrected by shoe leather and petrol or perhaps even helicopter hours whenever we happened to be passing near an address on our normal business. It is hoped this page may be of some assistance to citizens of the respective countries requiring consular assistance. The photos will be invaluable in this regard because addresses in Ireland can be very difficult to find, even we had trouble finding some places! All text and photos (except where otherwise mentioned) are copyright Ambrand.com 2006-ad infinitum so please ask us first before using them elsewhere, but if you do, then… ahem… please at least link to this page. If you have any corrections, or additions, please leave a comment below or contact us on the contact tab.

Belgium
Honorary Consul of Belgium
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Carlow, Co Kilkenny, Co Tippeary, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
Mr Dominic J Daly
Royal Belgian Honorary Consulate
Pembroke House
Pembroke Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 427 7399
m +353 87 255 0486
f +353 21 427 7586
e info@dominicjdaly.com / dominicjdaly@eircom.net

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Brazil
Honorary Consul of Brazil
Ms Francis Lynch
Brazilian Honorary Consulate
c/o Victoria’s Gold/Diamoind/Antique Shop
2 Oliver Plunkett Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 427 2752
m +353 87 253 0043
f +353 21 427 8814
e hanorahflynch@eircom.net

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Denmark
Honorary Consul of Denmark
for Co Cork, Co Kerry
Mr Freddie Pedersen
Royal Danish Honorary Consulate
“Combermere House”
Lackenroe
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 435 3051
m +353 87 256 4505
f +353 21 435 4275
e pedersen@pedersen-eng.ie
office hours: 9.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00

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Finland
Honorary Consul of Finland
Mr Conor Doyle
Finnish Honorary Consulate
“Westlands House”
Rushbrooke Commercial Park
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 420 2950
m +353 87 259 0345
f +353 21 481 2645
e dconordoyle@eircom.net

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France
Honorary-Vice Consul of France
Ms Francoise Letellier
French Consular Agency
c/o Eurotranslations
18 Mary Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 431 1800
f +353 21 431 1671
e  francoise01@gmail.com
w www.frenchconsulcork.com

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Germany
Honorary Consul of Germany
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Kilkenny, Co Tipperary, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
appointed December 2002
Mr Garvan Corkery
German Honorary Consulate
c/o Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors
Level 1
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 480 2700
f +353 21 480 2790
e german.consul@rdj.ie / garvan.corkery@rdj.ie
office hours: Tuesdays 10.00-11.00

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Hungary
Honorary Consul of Hungary
for Co Cork, Co Limerick, Co Kerry, Co Clare, Co Kilkenny, Co Carlow, Co Wexford, Co Tipperary
appointed February 2008
Mr John X Miller
Hungarian Honorary Consulate
c/o Cork Vision Centre at St Peter’s
North Main Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 427 9925
f +353 21 427 9987
e republicofhungaryhonoraryconsul@eircom.net /visioncentre@eircom.net

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Kazakhstan
Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan
Ms Sarah Kent
Kazakhstani Honorary Consulate
c/o Kentech
“Hexagon House”
Wallingstown Industrial Estate
Little Island
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 497 6500
m +353 87 410 3295
f +353 21 497 6578
e sarah.kent@kentech.ie

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Malta
Honorary-Consul of Malta
for Co Cork, Co Limerick, Co Kerry
Mr Pa Nolan
Maltese Honorary Consulate
c/o Principal Systems Ltd
56 Pembroke Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Ireland

t +353 1 668 4450
m +353 87 243 8047
e  maltaconsul.cork@gov.mt / panolan@ireland.com

Netherlands
Honorary Consul of the Netherlands
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Carlow,
Co Kilkenny, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
and Co Tipperary (South)
Mr Michael Ronayne
Royal Netherlands (Dutch) Honorary Consulate
c/o Mainport
Monahan Road
Cork City
Ireland

t +353 21 431 7900
m +353 87 261 5643
f +353 21 431 1269
e mronayne@mainport.ie
office hours: 9.00-12.30, 14.00-17.30

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Norway
Honorary Consul of Norway
Mr Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
“Cois Laoi”
20 The Highlands
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland

t +353 21 481 2645
m +353 87 230 4289
e mcpearson@eircom.net

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or (possibly out of date)
Honorary-Consul of Norway
Mr Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
c/o James Scott & Company (Cobh) Ltd
“Westlands House”
Rushbrooke Commercial Park
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland

t +353 21 481 1485
f +353 21 481 2645
e agency@scottcobh.ie

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Pakistan
Honorary Consul of Pakistan
Mr Diarmiud Hegarty
Honorary Pakistani Consulate
appointed 2002
Griffith College (Dublin)
South Circular Road
Dublin 8
Ireland

t: 01 415 0445
t +353 87 220 0579
f: 01 454 9607
e: president@gcd.ie

Poland
Honorary Consul of Poland
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Waterford
Mr Michael Robert Mulcahy
appointed 2009/2010
Polish Honorary Consulate
c/o RSVP Magazine
3022 Euro Business Park
Little Island
Cork
Ireland

t +353 21 500 3050
m +353 87 230 9148
f +353 21 500 3051
e michael.mulcahy@polishconsulate.ie
w www.polishconsulate.ie

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Spain
Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Cork City and Co Cork (excluding Bantry)
Mr Diarmuid Oliver O’Donovan
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
“Mediterranean House”
Bank Place
Main Street
Castletownbere
West Cork
Ireland

t +353 27 70104
f +353 27 70348
e cornelio_beara@yahoo.com

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and

Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Bantry in Co Cork, and all of Co Kerry
Mr Maurice Daniel O’Keeffe
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
c/o Murphy & O’Connor Ltd
The Quay
Bantry
West Cork
Ireland

t +353 27 50001
f +353 27 50352
e btagency@eircom.net

or (possibly out of date)
Honorary Vice-Consul of Spain
for Bantry in Co Cork, and all of Co Kerry
Mr Maurice Daniel O’Keeffe
Spanish Honorary Vice-Consulate
“Donemark House”
Dunnamark
Bantry
West Cork
Ireland

t +353 27 50001 /+353 27 50217
f +353 27 50352

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Sweden
Honorary Consul of Sweden
Mr William H Sullivan
Royal Swedish Honorary Consulate
c/o Marsh Ireland Ltd
Level 2
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland

t +353 21 427 6743
m +353 87 236 8198
f +353 21 427 2555
e consulswedencork@gmail.com
office hours: 9.00-13.00, 14.00-17.00

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Self updating websites

Published January 23rd, 2006 in websites, money and internet. 0 Comments

I recently sumbled upon this huge portal while searching for some keyword. It actually was useful. I’d really like to have the source code of the script used. Continue reading ‘Self updating websites’

LCD vs CRT

Published January 22nd, 2006 in computers. 0 Comments

I have been saving for a new monitor because my old one has started whining (although only I can hear it). I was just looking at 17′ LCDs on komplett and 17′ CRTs, checking out prices. I see that they hardly stock any of the latter these days. DHL et al. must be dissapointed, because light LCDs cost less to post. Continue reading ‘LCD vs CRT’

JCB Song

Published January 21st, 2006 in music. 0 Comments

The Bob the Builder was a chart success a few years ago. Wll now another related song (it’s also s about building and has EN-GB vocals) has emerged. I heard this on the radio yesterday, its excellent. You can hear it at Nipoli’s website (the audio is embedded in some flash so browse once you get there) Continue reading ‘JCB Song’

Yahoo Domains transfer problem

Published January 21st, 2006 in domains. 8 Comments

I need to perform a registry transfer of a .org domain. Its currently with the registrar MelbourneIT, however it was bought through the resller Yahoo Domains (hey, it was only a USD 2.99). Since the PIR move all .org transfers require an AUTHorization code. This code doesn’t appear in the Yahoo Domains control panel, their FAQ directs intending deserters to contact Yahoo Domains via a webform and ask for the code. I did this and a rep replied by email asking for my zip code etc, I replied immediately with those, I misspelled my mothers maiden name so he asked for other details which I replied with.

All is well so far, however since that time Yahoo Domains has been a blackhole. My emails go unanswered. Further, the registry MelbourneIT is also a blackhole.

Maybe if I close my Yahoo Domains account an automated process will send a MelbourneIT user and pass to my email address, and then hopefully their control panel will be solid enought to actually contain the AUTHorization code. However closing the account could also have the effect of me losing the domains (they would still exist until expiry but I’d have no control panel to control or renew them, and Yahoo support wouldn’t be any help)

A cynic would suggest that both ignore requests because they don’t want to wave goodbye to the ongoing annual fees.

It seems that I am not alone in having transfer problems with Yahoo! Domains, see here & here & here & here and here


I think I have a solution. Cancel domains in te Yahoo Domain control panel, use the yahoo domains contact form to ask for the “melbourneit registry key” (it seems that, they do receive all messages, they just seemingly ignore anything that cannot be answered with a script), once you have the key you can interact directly with melbourneit via their contact form quoting your newly learned “melbourneit registry key”, they will reply in 48hours with the code. Then check the domain is unlocked in the melbourneit “domain management”, it will be by default.

Continue reading ‘Yahoo Domains transfer problem’

Irish Stereotype

Published January 21st, 2006 in video. 0 Comments

Well it also has a US stereotype. Check out this video from Mike Nesmith (he was one of the Monkees).

Top 25 Irish Blogs

Published January 21st, 2006 in Blogs. 0 Comments

Ah shucks I didn’t make the list. I’ll have to console myself with a bottle of VAT 69 (only joking)

S*x Sells

Published January 21st, 2006 in internet and domains. 0 Comments

The domain s*x.com has been sold for USD 14m.

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