It’s not my place to comment on the politics of our neighbouring country, except to say this: I admire them.  I admire the British politicians.
I admire the fact that they’re prepared to resign, in contrast to the gobshites who populate our body politic.
I admire the fact that, for the most part, they don’t expect to [...]

I thought it would be good to give the political ranting a break, just for tonight, and I was actually going to tell you a joke instead of venting and cursing and posturing and projectile vomiting.
But no.
Bertenstein just won’t go away, will he?
What sort of bollocks is he talking now? What sort of shit [...]

I see our government has decided to go to the country.
Great. Time to start torturing those political reptiles that call to your door once every four years. After all, even if you didn’t disagree with their policies, it’s very hard to like a heavily-sweating man in a bad suit with a gigantic belly [...]

See?
And they laughed at me for being such a big fan of Stargate! Ha! I bet they’re sniggering on the other side of their faces now that scientists have discovered an earth-like planet only 50 million light-years away, orbiting the Sol-like star, Mu Arae.
See? See??
Ha!
I suspect this discovery is more significant than the scientists realise. [...]

I was listening to an item on the news about a new report from the Comptroller and Auditor General. This report is about hospital [tag]consultants[/tag], or more particularly about whether we’re getting value for money from them. A very topical matter indeed in this country.
I googled it and and found the report, entitled [...]

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 [...]

What about all this talk of the stock market? There’s no escaping it, is there?
Turn on your radio, and there will be somebody explaining that the trend in share values is downwards. There’s a surge in the Japanese Yen. Interest rates are going up. America is heading for a recession.
Listen to [...]

Would you like to hear the story of the great big bridge and the tiny little mouse? OK then. Settle in and pull up those cosy covers while I tell you the story.
You see, what happened was this. Once upon a time, the government built a road from one side of the [...]

I see that Bertie is still adamant we won’t ever use nuclear power. Ever.
That’s because Bertie is a nuclear scientist and he knows all the ins and outs of nuclear power. The same as he used his deep knowledge of computer security to call us all Luddites when we questioned the e-voting machines.
Bertie [...]

I don’t know.
I have no idea what it means to be Irish. In spite of the fact that – as far as I’m aware- my people have lived here forever, I feel very reluctant to call myself Irish, because I don’t know what the term Irish means. I feel even more uncomfortable when [...]