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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’

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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’

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Cork Consulates

Published January 23rd, 2006 in Honorary Consulate, Consulate of, consulates in cork, lost passport cork, honorary-consul, diplomatic, travel, consul cork, consulate cork, consul and government. 0 Comments

Everyone knows that Dublin (the capital of Ireland) has many foreign Embassies. A lesser known fact is that Cork, being the second city, has many Consulates. A Consulate is headed by a (in descending order) Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Honorary-Consul.

Here at Ambrand Dot Com we find the Consular system fascinating. Accordingly we undertook some fieldwork around Cork.

The listing was compiled from public sources, then corrected by shoe leather and petrol whenever we happened to be passing near an address on our normal business. If you have any corrections, or additions, please leave a comment below or contact us via the contact page.

It is hoped this page may be of some assistance to citizens of the respective countries requiring consualr assistance. The photos will be invaluable in this regard, incidentially the aforesaid are copyright Ambrand Dot Com 2007 and may not be used elsewhere without advance written permission

Belgium
Honorary Consul of Belgium
for Co Cork, Co Kerry, Co Carlow, Co Kilkenny, Co Tippeary, Co Waterford, Co Wexford
Belgian Honorary Consulate
Dominic J Daly
Pembroke House
Pembroke Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4277399
f +353 21 4277586
e dominicjdaly@eircom.net

Denmark
Honorary Consul of Denmark
Freddie Pedersen
Royal Danish Honorary Consulate
Combermere House
Lackenroe
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4353051
f +353 21 4354275
e pedersenf@pedersen-eng.ie

Finland
Honorary Consul of Finland
Conor Doyle
Finnish Honorary Consulate
Westlands House
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4202950
f +353 21 4812645
e marie@mts.ie

France
Honorary-Consul of France
Francoise Letellier
French Consular Agency
Eurotranslations
18 Mary Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4311800
f +353 21 4311671
e info@frenchconsulcork.com
w www.frenchconsulcork.com

Honorary Consul of France
for Dunmore East in Co Waterford
(included in this Cork list because address is in Cork
and specialises in marine matters)
French Honorary Consulate
Sylvie Murphy
6 Connolly Street
Cobh
Co Cork
t +353 21 4373917
f +353 21 4373186
e sylviecorlay@utvinternet.com

Germany
Honorary Consul of Germany
Garvan Corkery
German Honorary Consulate
c/o Ronan Daly Jermyn Solicitors
Level 1
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4802700
e german.consul@rdj.ie / garvan.corkery@rdj.ie

Hungary
Honorary Consul of Hungary
for Co Cork, Co Limerick, Co Kerry, Co Clare, Co Kilkenny, Co Carlow, Co Wexford, Co Tipperary
John X Miller
Hungarian Honorary Consulate
c/o Cork Vision Centre
North Main Street
Cork City

Netherlands
Honorary Consul of the Netherlands
Michael Ronayne
Royal Netherlands (Dutch) Honorary Consulate
c/o Mainport
Monahan Road
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4317900
f +353 21 4311269
e ncanton@mainport.ie

Malta
Honorary-Consul of Malta
Pa Nolan
Maltese Honorary Consulate
Courthouse Chambers
Washington Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4270450
f +353 21 4802611
e panolan@fexco.com

Norway
Honorary-Consul of Norway
Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
c/o James Scott & Company (Cobh) Ltd
Westlands House
Rushbrooke
Cobh
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4811485
f +353 21 4812645
e agency@scottcobh.ie
or
Honorary Consul of Norway
Mark Charles Pearson
Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate
“Cois Laoi”
The Highlands
Glounthaune
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4812645 / +353 87 2304289
e mcpearson@eircom.net

Pakistan
Honorary Consul of Pakistan
Diarmuid Hegarty
Pakistani Honorary Consulate
30 Princess Street
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4275333 / +353 21 4545640
f +353 21 4549265

Peru
Honorary Consul of Peru
John Mitchel Barry
Peruvian Honorary Consulate
c/o Allied Foods Ltd
Kinsale Road
Cork
Ireland
t +353 21 4974310
f +353 21 4961488

Spain
Honorary Consul of Spain
for Co Cork (excluding Bantry)
Cornelio D. O’Donovan?
Spanish Honorary Consulate
Mediterranean House
Castletownbere
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 27 70104
f +353 27 70348

Honorary Consul of Spain
for Bantry in Co Cork and Co Kerry
Spanish Honorary Consulate
c/o Murphy & O’Connor Ltd
The Quay
Bantry
Co Cork
Ireland
t +353 27 50001
f +353 27 50352

Sweden
Honorary Consul of Sweden
William H Sullivan
Royal Swedish Honorary Consulate
c/o Marsh Ireland Ltd
Level 2
12 South Mall
Cork City
Ireland
t +353 21 4276743
f +353 21 4272555

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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’

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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’

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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’

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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’

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