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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.

Rugby: 18 year old Clermont winger knocked unconscious in his first Top 14 match.

Posted on January 8, 2018 by bill

Rugby : “Encore des éléments d’inquiétude” pour l’ailier de Clermont Samuel Ezeala, grièvement blessé dimanche. Worrying elements for Clermont’s Samuel Ezeala, seriously injured on Sunday. Même si Samuel Ezeala, l’ailier de Clermont, récupère de son K-O, Jean Chazal, neurochirurgien au … Continue reading →

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Snow fall in Algeria on Aïn Sefra (عين الصفراء).

Posted on January 7, 2018 by bill

#Neige au #Sahara : L’air froid qui est descendu de l’Atlantique Nord vers l’Espagne a atteint le Maroc et l’ouest de l’Algérie la nuit dernière. Résultat : la neige est tombée sur les hauts plateaux, comme ici à Aïn Sefra … Continue reading →

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French Alps: Risk of avalanches.

Posted on January 7, 2018 by bill

Les Hautes-Alpes et la Savoie placées en vigilance orange pour des risques d’avalanches. Haute-Alpes (05) and Savoie (73) put on orange alert. Onze autres départements restent concernés par des vigilances aux pluies, aux crues ou aux inondations. Eleven other departments … Continue reading →

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Storm Carmen hits France: 26 departments on orange alert.

Posted on December 31, 2017 by bill

Ce qu’il faut savoir sur la tempête Carmen qui va frapper la France pour le Nouvel An. What needs to be known about storm Carmen which is going to hit France into the new year. Météo France a placé 26 départements … Continue reading →

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French president spends Christmas in the Pyrenees.

Posted on December 28, 2017 by bill

Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron passent leurs vacances dans la station de ski de La Mongie, dans les Pyrénées. Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron are holidaying in the ski station of La Mongie (en route to the Tourmalet), in the Pyrenees. Le … Continue reading →

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Nazi collaborators names published after 70 years.

Posted on December 28, 2017 by bill

Les noms des collabos de la seconde guerre mondiale déclassifiés. Second WW names declassified. Depuis 2015, un document recensant le nom de 100 000 personnes qui ont collaboré avec l’occupant nazi  est déclassifié. L’immense majorité de ces collaborators ont été … Continue reading →

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Rugby: Guy Noves sacked as Head coach.

Posted on December 28, 2017 by bill

Rugby : Guy Novès et son équipe visés par une procédure de licenciement pour faute grave ? Selon “L’Equipe”, Guy Novès et ses adjoints seraient visés par une procédure de licenciement pour faute grave. Cette démarche permettrait à la Fédération française de … Continue reading →

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Affaire Maeles: Missing child: Main suspect arrested for previous murder.

Posted on December 18, 2017 by bill

Affaire Maëlys : le principal suspect Nordahl Lelandais mis en garde à vue dans une affaire de disparition d’un militaire Le suspect principal dans l’affaire Maëlys a été placé en garde à vue, lundi, dans le cadre d’un autre dossier, celui … Continue reading →

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Froome and asthma: Sky money could win.

Posted on December 15, 2017 by bill

Cyclisme : ce qu’il faut retenir du contrôle antidopage “anormal” de Chris Froome. An anti-doping  drug test carried out on Chris Froome during the Vuelta in Spain on the 7th Sept revealed a concentration of twice the allowable level. He … Continue reading →

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School bus struck by train near Perpignon.

Posted on December 14, 2017 by bill

Collision entre un TER et un car scolaire : une enquête est ouverte pour “l’infraction d’homicide et blessures involontaires”. Collision between a train and a school bus: Investigation launched for “Reckless Homicide and unintentional injuries”  La collision s’est produite vers … Continue reading →

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