by charley | Dec 12, 2014 | Current Affairs
I had meant to post this some days back. If you missed this letter it is well worth reading…not to mention startling in its implications. A big ‘thank you’ to Kathy Sinnott. “The Irish Exemption” Update on Current Situation by...
by charley | Dec 11, 2014 | Current Affairs
There was a ‘sinister fringe element’ at the Anti Water Charges March today in Dublin. The thing is that it was rather heavily represented not by those who were there to peacefully protest but by those who represent our government. For me, that sadly...
by charley | Dec 2, 2014 | Current Affairs
This is a reprint of a piece posted December 2012. Not much has changed. Like many another in Ireland I have found myself, in the years since the Recession kicked in, at times coming perilously close to falling through the...
by charley | Dec 2, 2014 | Current Affairs
The death of a homeless man on the streets of Dublin in the early hours of yesterday morning brought back memories of Rachel Peavoy. At the time of her inquest I wrote variations of a piece for the New York Irish Examiner USA and for Chicago’s Irish American...
by charley | Nov 27, 2014 | Current Affairs
On Being Lectured to by Mick Wallace and Lorraine Higgins… I’m not the better for that, I can tell you. That was twice in two days this week that I’ve had my flabber gasted. Twice. You would think that with living in Ireland I would be immune to that sort of thing,...
by admin | Nov 17, 2014 | Current Affairs
Back Door Joanie and Other People with Big Brains “Money and corruption are ruining the land Crooked politicians betray the working man Pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep And we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep.” —Ray...
