This week beginning 10 July 2006 has been particularly bad for Irish families. Road deaths appear to be dramatically rising, although the way the media portrays it you would think […]

Looks like Pat Kenny is being brought up over a comment he made about a psychic telephone service. He seemingly made unacceptable comments about the worth of the service that […]

It would appear that Irish people spend 3 times more on alcohol than our EU counterparts. Not making light of a serious situation but doesn’t alcohol cost 3 times as […]

In recent days we have seen the controversy over the statutory rape legislation in Ireland. Yesterday a man sentenced for the rape of a 12-year-old girl was set free because […]

A story in the Times today covers how only 170 out of an estimated 37,000 childminders in the country have applied for a tax exemption brought in by the last […]

My poor old weblog has suffered recently at the hands of focussed thought. As such I have decided to split my ramblings into two and try to divide my publishing […]

Hollywood hath no inspiration like real life: A story I heard on the Last Word (Today FM) yesterday seemed so bizarre I could hardly believe what I was hearing. Seemingly […]

A phrase that surely sums up the weekend; a weekend that saw Munster finally claim the European cup after so long trying. Hats off to Peter Stringer, who by all […]

Just along the same tune as my last post, the thought has occurred to me of how many podcasts I listen to regarding work related stuff. Indeed, how many people […]