Mass for Sunday in the morning and Mass for Christmas in the evening. As I said to my children, we get a day-night doubleheader . Merry Chri...

I had the highlight of my Christmas yesterday. Took time out during the day to go to the primary school's carol service. Fantastic. Ther...

If you're looking for the Newshound this morning, sorry about that. Big problems at my hosting company. Actually, they say this is a ...

A school bus driver on Long Island was asked to take his hat off by his employer because it "bothered" one of his passengers. Thi...

Loving It's a Wonderful Life is almost cliché these days, but I love it anyway. I love quoting it. I love talking about it. I love the ...

Never, never, never sign up for a direct debit . That's how I've always seen it and I'm not alone . I'm not sure if direct d...

In his column yesterday Tom McGurk almost dares the reader to google information about his topic. Fair enough, but would it have been too m...

Twice in the past two days I've gotten calls from Talk Talk trying to sell me their phone service. Nothing strange there, but there...

Is there another Ringaskiddy? I mean, other than the one in Co. Cork . The reason I ask is that the other day I got an e-mail from John Fitz...

I can understand why so many people rave about A Christmas Story . I can also understand why my daughters don't like it. I enjoyed it, b...

Spare me the arguments about risk equalisation . BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market is a disaster for Irish consumers. We had so...

Am I the only person who enjoys eating Kelloggs All Bran ? The reason I ask is the way they sell the product makes me wonder if I should tr...

I was watching A Christmas Story last night (more later) and thinking about all those scenes of snow, ice and cold. Made me nostalgic for w...

I like this column from John O'Sullivan. I can't really assess it for accuracy, but I like how he compares the policies and tallies...

The Daily Telegraph has been highlighting what it claims is the disappearance of Christmas in Britain. The Telegraph says references to th...

Okay, okay, I admit it. I ADMIT IT. I have abandoned Newstalk , at least during the week. I don't listen to their morning or lunch time ...

I flew Ryanair for last week's trip to London. You just cannot beat their prices. But, I am curious to see how poor their customer servi...

From today's Irish Independent : ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche has lavished his home town of Bray with a massive increase in funding. ...

I was in London on Thursday, the day of the tornado . I was in London with the whole family on one of our exhausting days of touring. We wer...

The 'beautiful game'. Ha! I'm watching the final seconds of what is an embarrassing sporting spectacle. The fans are booing both...