Category: Life in General


  • Kayaker rescued off Wexford coast Tuesday, 30 March 2010 17:37 A man who was reported missing while kayaking off the coast of Co Wexford has been rescued by helicopter this […]

  • As one minister is subjected to โ€œthe biggest, worst libel in Irish historyโ€, another has settled a long-running libel action. It has emerged that Martin Cullen, the retiring minister for […]

  • “When integration is actually exclusion despite what the letter of the law says.” Towards the end of 2009 I published the first of a planned series of articles on the […]

  • “Question my attitude? I’ll show you f**kin’ attitude!” I was very fortunate to grow up in Ireland’s oldest city, Waterford, while even at times of recession and underdeveloped localities, kids […]

  • Yes for the last week or so, I’ve been conducting my own Louis Theroux style documentary, hence the title chosen for this blog posting. They say that you should never […]

  • Just a few of the things on my mind today: 1) People who walk into warzones with the ambition of refusing to let people fend for themselves and get into […]

  • This Friday the people of Ireland will go to the polls and at this moment in time I have no doubt that the Lisbon Treaty will be approved by a […]

  • Gobs-Mac’ed!

    Today I turned a day older; I’ve decided to celebrate each day of life from now on rather than waiting 365 days in between birthday celebrations but yes, they do […]

  • A couple of weeks back I was talking to Siรขn about what I perceived as the shameless pro-YES campaign being run for the Lisbon Treaty. I’ve been taking notes of […]

  • Yes, today is 09/09/09 and for many it will be remembered as the day that The Beatles’ catalogue was re-released with remastered tracks for all to enjoy. Not me however. […]