The weekly ritual that is the reading out of ‘interesting’ bits of the paper from home took place in the henhouse yesterday. Given that my partner is from Donegal it is the Donegal News that she tries to entertain me with. After a few pages of court reports involving scraps, using false driving licences bought […]
Tags:Closed-circuit television·Crime and Justice·Cross-examination·Donegal News·Garda Síochána·Public order crime
It’s probably no surprise to read that I’m a Yes voter. I voted Yes to Lisbon the last time and I’m voting Yes again – this time with a lot more passion and understanding and conviction. This time I’ve been more incensed by the lies being told by the No side, by the poor campaigns […]
Tags:EU·European Union·Government·Human rights·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty
…at 7p.m. I’ll be joining Cultureshock’s presenter Fionn Davenport and some other guests to discuss Political Satire. Whilst satire goes back centuries and was present in essays, cartoons, theatre and even poetry, today we seem to mainly associate it with television and web related content. I’ve been watching a lot of it in the last […]
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Currently in Malaga (as in the birth place of Picasso rather than Torredelargerlout) en route to Seville continuing the love affair with Spain. The weather is pleasant enough, no woolies needed. The cigarettes are €3.10 a pack, the locals are friendly and the food is rather good. The hotels booked have laptops in every room […]
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In our apartment block or in the car park. He jumped to his death. I don’t know anymore than that and neither will most other people as suicides don’t make the news and probably rightly so. However I haven’t stopped thinking about him and also his family. I was leaving for work when I noticed […]
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