You may have noticed there is an election campaign in full swing. Then again, you may not and nobody would blame you. The election for Seanad Eireann is a low-key affair. No-one is really sure what it actually does although it seems to be some sort of cross between freemasonry and Toastmasters International.
As it’s such [...]
I’m gutted. I never thought it would come to this. Even when the negotiations were pretty advanced I always believed that somehow things wouldn’t work out. No, of course I’m not talking about the formation of the new government. The cause of my distress is the news Ikea has got the go-ahead to open a [...]
Twenty’s been posting about the weird life of the work-at-home writer. Substitute Marlboro for Major, wine for beer, pasta for M&S steak pies and, well, no beard for an untrimmed beard and that’s been my life since Monday too. I’m not sure how much work I’ve got done but I’m getting very good at Spider [...]
I’m neither a lesbian nor a particular fan of accordion music but I thought this story was really rather sweet…A Craigslist wedding. Maybe I would be a fan of accordion music if I ever heard anyone playing Praise You on it.
Hi, Primal Sneeze, if you’re out there. Just to say I’ve tried three times to answer you on the Droop Quota and WordPress refuses to accept my comment. I’ve no idea why.
Anyway, belated thanks for it and kudos to your superior knowledge. Ashamed that I didn’t Google it before posting. Had I done so, I [...]
One thing I’ve always liked about doing what I do for a living is that you get to meet people you wouldn’t otherwise. This weekend, for example, I’m interviewing Jung Chang and Alexandra Tolstoy, who are both speaking at Immrama, the travel writing festival in Lismore. Not that Jung Chang strictly counts as a travel [...]
June 10th, 2007
Sandwiches, a flask of tea, chocolate, a few apples, water, a map, a compass and a torch: I’ll need the lot. I’ll probably have to bring a tent and a sleeping bag as well, and I’ll definitely need a pair of hiking boots. Above all, I mustn’t forget my cigarettes and matches.
No, I’m [...]
June 3rd, 2007
They’re coming, you know. You might think you’ll never be caught but you’re wrong. It might be this year or next, or even 20 years from now but some fine day, you’ll know you’ve been “revenued”.
Last year, it was the builders’ turn. The Revenue has gleefully revealed that it scooped up €125m in [...]
May 27th, 2007
If you woke this morning feeling irritable and agitated, you could be in the early stages of election coverage withdrawal. Do you know the names of all the candidates in constituencies other than your own? Has your television viewing in the past month been strictly limited to the news, Prime Time, Questions & [...]
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