Saturday, December 05, 2020

Stop carding me

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Okay America. Enough is enough. When I was asked for ID 20 years ago at the supermarket checkout for my beer purchase I thought it was ki...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

Tom Seaver's first death

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We're all talking about #TomSeaver as if he has died & that's because any of us who have dealt with a family member with dement...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Why don't Irish people care about school bus safety?

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Senator Ross is the Minister for Transport but he " cannot make any demands " as to how school buses operate because it is the rem...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Thank you Donald for causing Florence to weaken

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Yesterday a Washington Post editorial on Hurricane Florence said Pres Trump was "complicit" in the storm's threat. That was b...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Dear God! Common sense on Irish immigrants?

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"Giving the 10,500 US citizens living in Ireland a special deal on residency could unlock a remedy for the tens of thousands of Irish ...
Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Ireland's "best performing schools" - would be great if someone knew how to measure such things

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This sort of thing drives me nuts – " Revealed: Ireland's best-performing schools - including those with 100pc record of sending st...
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Irish Examiner is in irrational, full-on panic mode over Brexit

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Sometimes I try to imagine what Ireland would be like if it was in Europe or even on planet Earth. It's a little mind game that the edit...
Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Last straw? Will unpaid bar bills finally end the Dáil Bar?

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The Dáil Bar is still open, still a disgrace, still as clear an indication as any that the people we elect to represent us enjoy a sense of ...
Monday, March 27, 2017

License fees on iPads & laptops is chock full of stupid

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So the Irish government is going to redefine what a "television" is which will allow them to say that anyone who has a laptop or ...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Water regulator sees the light on water metering

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Simply unreal. The water regulator (aka the Commission for Energy Regulation) says metering should stop so that there is money to repair th...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Children should not be allowed to vote

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James Doorley of the National Youth Council says that 16 & 17 year-olds should be allowed to vote . That's utter nonsense. They'...
Friday, August 05, 2016

No gain for Hillary digging into the Trumps of the 90s

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In the past few days I've seen articles about pictures Melania Trump posed for back in the 1990s - before she was married - and stories ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Cameron bows out a failure, but with honor

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© Daily Express I don't get the logic that says the Brexit referendum has left the UK divided . Well, maybe it has, but wasn't i...
Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Hillary's "home state" is not New York

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I was listening to "Morning Edition" on NPR this morning and during their discussion of the Democrats' battle they referred to...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Polish people should be thankful for the "miracle of Solidarity" & Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa is one of the great heroes of the 20th century. That some in Poland - including the current government, it seems - see fit to la...