Micheál Martin reckons Ireland needs Fianna Fáil now, more than ever. Why?  Because, eh, Jack Lemass thought Europe was a very good thing and because, eh … well, that’s it, [...]

I’m a lazy bastard, but that’s why you love me, right? No.  Sorry. That would be somebody else. Anyway, after much badgering, nagging and general bitching, I finally came into [...]

There was some bonkers stuff in the news this week, but for sheer lunacy, it would be hard to beat the story of the Ash Wednesday forehead burnings. What happened? [...]

The Iona Institute needs to pay back the tax relief it didn’t qualify for.

You might remember this post from last year about the nesting eagles in Mountshannon Bay. They had two chicks, which was a huge  breakthrough in the reintroduction of this magnificent [...]

What about Ivor Callely? Remember him?  The small but perfectly-formed perma-tanned politician who has weathered more storms than the Irish Rover, the  schooner Hesperus and the good ship Venus. Now, [...]

There’s something in the human spirit that drives us to seek humanity in the face of monstrosity and of course, for Europeans there is nothing more monstrous than the Nazi [...]

It’s true that Vladimir Putin fits the profile of the ultimate Bond villain.  He looks sinister, he’s a former KGB officer, he’s a karate black-belt and he’s as gay as [...]

What is wrong with us?  Why can’t we just admit what everyone knows, that there is something fundamentally wrong with the Guards? Talk to any solicitor in any one-horse town [...]

Limerick Council renames bridge for no good reason