All this talk of “Fire and Fury” got me thinking really hard about what is really the most annoying thing about this White House and this POTUS. While on my morning commute to work stuck in the corner of a packed carriage I remembered the words my Mam used to describe Donald Trump when I […]
2017 – Thanks for Nothing.
I cant say I am not glad to see the end to 2017. It has been a horrible year, in fact the last few years have been horrible. As the year comes to a cold, wet, deary end and I reflect on the year and think of those who are no longer here I can […]
The State, Her Agencies and Contempt.
Friday yah. We all love Friday, we look forward to the weekend. Maybe a pint or a glass of wine, a late night or simply just look forward to a lie in. This Friday however marks another shameful week in the in the History of this State. Their have been many such weeks but this […]
History in the Making.
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson Today is today that great exercise in democracy takes place in the most powerful land in the world. The land of immigrants the land built by those who came to her shores to build new lives. […]
In the City of Chicago.
Donnacha Ryan (centre) celebrates following Ireland’s 40-29 victory over the All Blacks. Photograph: Getty Yesterday in a City high on that winning feeling a team came to try and overturn another Century old record. This team came on the back of a highly emotional month in which the loss of of their own hit […]
A Letter to America.
How are you all? Good? Not so good? So Tuesday/Wens is the big days. The time when you either pick a complete Wuss or a completely untrustworthy person to be top cat in the big house on Pen Ave. It’s a really poor hand your being dealt and to be honest while it may be […]
Social Media and Sport, no place for hate in either one.
The third Sunday in September is a unique day in Irish Sport, in Irish life, in the life of the Irish home and away. The third Sunday in September spans the generations, it spans the 32 counties and the imagination. It is a day when in the words of the Great Marty Morrissey “We are […]
