I've had a lot of complaints from Dublin people about my last post on the Munster-Leinster game. I realise now that my comments caused great offence and I thought I [...]
Great Brutal Dictators
Suppose you woke up one morning and discovered you were a brutal dictator. Never mind how it happened – maybe aliens caused it or it was by magic. One day, [...]
Bock Joins the Scientologists
Some years back, I called to see the Scientologists in Florida. Lovely people. Here's my diary from that experience: I'm getting truly sick of all these eighty-mile round trips to [...]
Anti-social behaviour orders
I see the new Anti-social Behaviour Orders are ready to roll. According to today's papers, the adult version will be available for the new year, with children's asbos following in [...]
Denunciation
Years and years ago, our house in Dublin was broken into. The thief didn't get much because we didn't have much, but he took a treasured clock which was a [...]
House Prices
Listen to all this talk about soft landings. Hard landings. Negative equity. It's all bollocks. As far as I'm concerned, the crash can't come soon enough. If you have a [...]
Radio Dublin
Wrinkly Paddy points out that a small fire in a large apartment block merited headline news on our national broadcaster, RTE. Parochial? Ah, go on, then. Yeah!
Munster 25 – Leinster 11
Well, there you go. About 500 of their supporters made the arduous two-hour journey from Mount Merrion to Limerick, where they were promptly stuffed 25 – 11. What do you [...]


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