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What filter did you use on that? 19 Aug 2013 | 12:46 am
At first, it was yellow. The other night, I was compelled to take my camera and capture the apocalyptic sky that had formed outside my window. Those of you with limited imaginations, and who wish to ...
Childlike 7 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Last month, I left myself somewhat open to criticism, slipping into what my marketing department would refer to as 'downsizing in terms of the proliferation of articles'. I have an adequate excuse, ho...
Gonna Be Some Sweet Sounds Coming Down 18 Jul 2013 | 01:07 am
Marvin Gaye was an American soul singer and songwriter. In the 1960s, he had a string of hits with Motown Records, and later, in the 1970s, he had further successes with the What's Going On and Let's ...
Mr Cab Driver 24 Jun 2013 | 02:53 am
More than two years have passed since Jimmy Nugent, a humble taxi driver from Clondalkin, lead us temporarily out of the desert of recession into the dessert of prosperity. The glory of his words shon...
I read it, but I didn't really understand it. 16 Jun 2013 | 03:05 pm
I have been troubled since last June when the Bloomsday festivities finally broke the back of my literary tolerance. The gaudy posturing and tired antics of Joyceans and 'Joyceans' weighed heavily on ...
Living in Ire-land 8 Jun 2013 | 10:46 pm
When I was a young man, in the depths of my scholarship, I never accurately estimated the way in which my adult life would play out. There have been a significant number of pleasant surprises, but the...
Roma Lone 31 May 2013 | 12:53 am
Battered into a fragile state by my endless duty to correct erratically placed prepositions, the hyper-realism of those who perpetually live in the present tense, and those who play the wondrous 'gues...
THIS IS IMPORTANT: YOU MUST READ!!!!!! 27 May 2013 | 02:17 am
It's not often I involve myself in political campaigns, but I have been recently moved to rally behind a cause I just cannot ignore. I saw this picture a few days ago and, even before I had read the d...
Let's Be Having Ye. 24 Apr 2013 | 10:23 pm
I have received some nasty messages over the past couple of weeks, after I posted what must have been a wake up call for many of you. Like the light of day on the eyes of those who have long lived in ...
Two Tributes 16 Apr 2013 | 12:57 am
A few years ago, when I was more active in literary circles, I was a prominent remember of the Oscar Wilde Society in Dublin. As our beloved playwright had failed to produce anything in such a long ti...
