Munster play Llanelli tomorrow evening in the quarter final of the European Rugby Cup. We're going by road, which means that Bullet and myself have to get up at four [...]

So the lawyers aren't going to suffer a crippling reduction in fees after all. What a relief. It looked for a while as if they were going to be forced [...]

I'm a bit worried about Scunthorpe United now, I have to tell you. They had two unfortunate draws in the last couple of weeks, throwing away four good points, and [...]

I thought I'd just share another of my (admittedly strange) selection of favourites. Here's Eels for you. A truly great band – or is it man? OK then, one-man band, [...]

Bleat-Bleat!! Wha — ? Bleat-Bleat!! Ungnnhh? Bleat-Bleat!! I shook myself awake. What the – ? Had I been dreaming? No. It was Philip, my electric sheep-butler. It opened its jaw [...]

There's a porn starlet called Paizley Adams. Did you know that? I think that's great: big Ian and Gerry, together and made flesh, so to speak, in the ample form [...]

Do you remember this? I thought you might like to see what a rapist looks like. This is Adam Keane, the rapist from Daragh, County Clare. The DPP has recently [...]

Irish readers will know about the dispute in Cork about opening the new maternity hospital. The nurses' organisation says the proposed staff levels are too low for safety and they [...]

Did you ever hear of Frank Shortt? Probably not, but I won't be long telling you who he is. Frank Shortt owned a bar in Donegal, and in 1995 he [...]

Right. We've had a lot of badness mentioned here over the last few weeks. We've had murderers and rapists. Kiddie-fiddlers, frauds and violent thugs. Crooked cops. Traffic wardens. Barry Manilow [...]