A belated happy new year to you. The reason you have not heard from me for a while, besides demonstrating my powers of procrastination, is that I was worried that…
My friend and former business partner Niall died so I’ve been quite sad these last few days. After a brave, decade long, battle with a brain tumour he passed away…
Yer man, the ex-Fianna Fáil guy, now head of the charity Goal, said on RTE news that they had over 1,000 volunteers to go help fight the spread of Ebola…
"Do you know what Mark?" asked P.M of XYZ Landscapes when he was in the yard a couple of years back. "I'm sick having to keep reinventing myself in this…
“All a man needs is a library and a garden” Cicero, Roman Philosopher, senator and writer of fridge magnets, which is how I know this quote. Two things to note…
Henry Shefflin lifted his 2 children up along with his 10th Liam McCarthy cup this afternoon. What an achievement. Both teams are, to a man, incredibly dedicated and it makes…
So Scotland voted no. The cowards. As I said on Facebook I'm loath to comment on politics - I've enough opinions on other subjects with which to offend people -…
“Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore so do our minutes hasten to their end” – Sonnet no.60. Like Shakespeare’s contemplation of mortality I too have been thinking…
My father always said if you’ve nothing positive to say then keep your mouth shut. Might have had something to do with the fact I’ve 3 brothers and 3 sisters.…
‘Ooh, I’d love to have your job’. That’s a sentence we don’t often hear in the depths of a wet and windy January. It’s much more frequently heard on long…
