Here’s a shot of the lifeboat off the West Cork coast.
What do you think those white parcels in the water are?

That’s right: Colombian Swimming Powder.

Irish readers will know about the dispute in Cork about opening the new maternity hospital. The nurses’ organisation says the proposed staff levels are too low for safety and they won’t operate the hospital unless numbers are increased. Well and good. I don’t know. (Not being a nurse, or a [...]