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		<title>Rammstein in Cleveland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to see Rammstein in Cleveland over the weekend. Best gig ever! I highly recommend anyone go and see them. If their music is a little heavy for you you should still go as the stage show is fantastic! I&#8217;ve a video below if you want to get a taste. Sorry about the sound quality [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/05/09/rammstein-in-cleveland/</link>
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		<title>Year One in Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been a year in Canada already. I must admit I didn&#8217;t like it at the start but I think that&#8217;s where we were living. It was pretty boring. A few things still bug me but that&#8217;s the same everywhere I get. No where is perfect. Moving to Toronto should really make the experience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/05/03/year-one-in-canada/</link>
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		<title>Baseball</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to my first Baseball game yesterday. Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers. Surprisingly good fun actually. Once you understand the rules the game tips along nicely. Because the action isn&#8217;t non-stop like Hurling you can actually have good conversations with the people around you so it feels more like you are in a pub than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/05/01/baseball/</link>
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		<title>Robbie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The parallels with my own hurling &#8220;career&#8221; is freaky!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/04/26/robbie/</link>
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		<title>A Crime Scene</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who ate the Cadburys Creme Egg? &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/04/20/a-crime-scene/</link>
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		<title>What is so special about Thursday?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Weird sign.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/04/20/what-is-so-special-about-thursdaythursday/</link>
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		<title>Rubberbandits 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to see the Rubberbandits last night as part of the Canadian Music Week. Great craic. Unfortunately I don&#8217;t think the organisers understood how popular they are with the Irish. There were very few people there for the first two bands. The place was practically empty when the &#8220;main event&#8221; was on but it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/03/25/rubberbandits-2012/</link>
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		<title>Paddys Day 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went into Toronto for Paddys Day. It was a good day bar the result of the rugby. A good few people made it out to celebrate it with us so it was great craic! Looking forward to next year already. Click on the collage to view the Gallery.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/03/22/paddys-day-2012/</link>
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		<title>Where have Ireland&#8217;s Emigrants Gone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the words of Bonnie Tyler &#8220;Where have all the good men gone?&#8221;. Well the answer it seems to is mainly to the UK and Australia. Although personally I believe the really good men have gone to Canada. Using this fantastic interactive graphic from Locus Insight we can very easily see where Irelands Emigrants have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/03/22/where-have-irelands-emigrants-gone/</link>
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		<title>Diaspora &#8211; A Short Film</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Deignan and her boyfriend Cian McDevitt moved to Toronto just over a year ago, and have made a short film about the Irish diaspora, capturing “the fears and hopes of those calling the city their new home”. DIASPORA was screened at the Toronto Irish Film Festival over the weekend, and received a huge response [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.johnoriordan.ie/index.php/2012/03/14/diaspora-a-short-film/</link>
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