It's not my place to comment on the politics of our neighbouring country, except to say this: I admire them.  I admire the British politicians. I admire the fact that [...]

I thought it would be good to give the political ranting a break, just for tonight, and I was actually going to tell you a joke instead of venting and [...]

I see our government has decided to go to the country. Great. Time to start torturing those political reptiles that call to your door once every four years. After all, [...]

See? And they laughed at me for being such a big fan of Stargate! Ha! I bet they're sniggering on the other side of their faces now that scientists have [...]

I was listening to an item on the news about a new report from the Comptroller and Auditor General. This report is about hospital [tag]consultants[/tag], or more particularly about whether [...]

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 [...]

What about all this talk of the stock market? There's no escaping it, is there? Turn on your radio, and there will be somebody explaining that the trend in share [...]

Would you like to hear the story of the great big bridge and the tiny little mouse? OK then. Settle in and pull up those cosy covers while I tell [...]

I see that Bertie is still adamant we won't ever use nuclear power. Ever. That's because Bertie is a nuclear scientist and he knows all the ins and outs of [...]

I don't know. I have no idea what it means to be Irish. In spite of the fact that – as far as I'm aware- my people have lived here [...]