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About bill

Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer. The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013. Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI. Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug 2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website. But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien. The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50. Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea. Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.

Bataclan: Trump uses Paris attack to defend gun laws in USA.

Posted on May 5, 2018 by bill

“Va te faire f…” : des rescapés du Bataclan répondent à Donald Trump. “Go and f*** off”: a Bataclan survivor responds to Trump. Le président des Etats-Unis a de nouveau utilisé les attentats de Paris, vendredi 4 mai à Dallas, pour justifier … Continue reading →

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Air France strike costing €300M. Staff reject new offer. CEO resigns. Will it survive?

Posted on May 4, 2018 by bill

Endetté, sans PDG et paralysé par la grève, le groupe Air France peut-il se crasher ? Seriously indebted, without a CEO and paralysed by the strike, group Air France will it ruin itself? Un PDG qui démissionne, une concurrence qui … Continue reading →

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New Caledonea: Macron visits the Ouvéa shrine.

Posted on May 3, 2018 by bill

“Ne venez pas nous déranger” : 30 ans après l’assaut de la grotte d’Ouvéa, Emmanuel Macron attendu en Nouvelle-Calédonie dans un climat loin d’être apaisé Trente ans après l’assaut de la grotte d’Ouvéa, la visite d’Emmanuel Macron en Nouvelle-Calédonie jeudi … Continue reading →

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Public transport strike continues in France.

Posted on May 3, 2018 by bill

Grève à la SNCF : 1 TGV et 1 Transilien sur 2, 2 TER sur 5 et 1 Intercités sur 3 prévus jeudi Le mouvement de grève à la SNCF reprend jeudi et vendredi avec une baisse dans la mobilisation. … Continue reading →

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Snow at the end of April, not a return to winter.

Posted on May 1, 2018 by bill

Neige fin avril : “Il n’y a pas de quoi s’inquiéter, on ne retombe pas dans l’hiver !” Prévisionniste à Météo France, Etienne Kapikian explique à franceinfo que les situations de “printemps chaotiques”, avec de fortes fluctuations entre un épisode de … Continue reading →

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Detonations in Nice cause panic.

Posted on May 1, 2018 by bill

Nice : Des détonations provoquent un mouvement de foule rue Masséna Des équipes du Samu 06 ont été dépéchées rue Masséna. / © Twitter @humaniarights Un important mouvement de foule s’est produit ce lundi soir vers 21h30 rue Masséna, à … Continue reading →

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Bears in France

Posted on April 30, 2018 by bill

CARTE. Pyrénées : dans quelles zones l’ours est-il le plus présent ? Depuis le 1er janvier 2017, 871 indices de présence d’ours ont été confirmés dans les Pyrénées, en France et en Espagne. Il y en a 85 pour la … Continue reading →

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Angelique murder: Former neighbour charged.

Posted on April 30, 2018 by bill

Ancien voisin de la victime, père de famille, déjà condamné pour viol… Ce que l’on sait du meurtrier présumé de la petite Angélique. Father of a family, already convicted of rape, charged with the murder of 13 year old Angelique. … Continue reading →

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Bears in France

Posted on April 30, 2018 by bill

CARTE. Pyrénées : dans quelles zones l’ours est-il le plus présent ? Depuis le 1er janvier 2017, 871 indices de présence d’ours ont été confirmés dans les Pyrénées, en France et en Espagne. Il y en a 85 pour la … Continue reading →

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Aircraft interior: Toxic air?

Posted on April 30, 2018 by bill

VIDEO. L’air des avions est-il toxique ? Les émanations de gaz toxique en avion surviennent en moyenne tous les 2 000 vols. Certains appareils sont même obligés d’atterrir en urgence. D’où viennent ces émanations ? Que risquent les passagers ? Un reportage d’”Envoyé spécial”. … Continue reading →

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