by charley | Mar 25, 2016 | Current Affairs
From the April 2016 issue of Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’. At this stage – the third week in March – I should be able to report that the dust has settled on the February election and that for good or bad the country is back to business. I SHOULD be able to,...
by charley | Mar 20, 2016 | Current Affairs
I can’t say that I was sorry to see that Lorraine Higgins has been unsuccessful in getting nominated to stay on as a Senator. A lady who comes across as singularly condescending and unpleasant, she is so enamoured of her own appearance that if she were made of...
by charley | Mar 5, 2016 | Current Affairs
It was almost as if they had read my mind, saw that I was a bit fed-up at the opportunities we missed in last week’s election; and then decided to cheer me up by giving me a right good old belly-laugh. Not one but two – count them, two – ex-Dublin Lord Mayors came out...
by charley | Feb 10, 2016 | Current Affairs
Remember me telling you about the nasty old threatening letter I got recently? Well… by recently I mean that it arrived on January 20th and came (just to make me feel special) from the imposingly-named Central Arrears section of the Allied Irish Bank group. It warned...
by charley | Jan 21, 2016 | Current Affairs
Your banker is your friend. No; it’s true. Honest. They worry and fret about your welfare and if you should wander into the red, then they want to advise, comfort and soothe you immediately. Take this full page letter (five paragraphs) that I received from Allied...
