by charley | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Let’s be Careful out There…” Obviously written just after Liam Neeson upset the Usual Suspects — and before the most boring, right-on Oscars in history — this appears in Chicago’s Irish American News for March, 2019. It was the regular watch-your-backs...
by charley | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Who’s that Knocking at the Door? Chicago’s Irish American News, February 2019 “Well, how do you do? I see you’ve met my faithful handyman. He’s just a little brought down because when you knocked He thought it was the Candyman.” The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Most of...
by charley | Dec 11, 2018 | Current Affairs
Chicago’s Irish American News, December 2018 Good old Sinead O’Connor. Well, as was. Between the jigs and the reels I haven’t found a lot to smile about these past few months, but Sinead’s latest shenaninigans are… oh, different. Even for...
by charley | Aug 31, 2018 | Current Affairs
“All I ask is a Merry Yarn… when the Long Trick’s Over…” Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’ September 2018 It’s not the earliest memory I have of my parents, of course it isn’t; but it’s certainly one of the nicest. There was my brother Donald and me – he, six...
by charley | Jul 28, 2018 | Current Affairs
Tricky Mickey Lowry & Other White Collar Crooks Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’, August 2018 “What business had they, bringing me here to the special criminal court in Dublin?” wailed dodgy TD Michael Lowry after being slapped very mildly on the wrist with a...
