I sold 30 books last month (April 2024). The breakdown was 20 Kindle/paperbacks and 10 audiobooks on Amazon’s Audible platform. It was just an average month with no sales promotions or advertising whatsoever. I must admit I get a good kick out consistent book sales, week in week out, for years now. I do not… Continue reading Book sales last month (and the quiet satisfaction)
Author: Terry Gorry
Mount Street, Ireland, 2024
It’s only when you walk up Mount Street that it strikes you. The tents. Tents everywhere. On the footpath, in all the side streets, near the International Protection Office. I was walking out to the Workplace Relations Commission in Ballsbridge yesterday and walked past these tents. It is hard to believe this has been allowed… Continue reading Mount Street, Ireland, 2024
WRC mediations
I am attending a WRC mediation meeting today at Lansdowne House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. My experience of mediations in the past is that only a small number are successful. So much so that you would question the value of such attempts to settle given that I will be gone from the office for most of… Continue reading WRC mediations
Fearing for Kildare footballers today
As a long suffering Kildare GAA fan reading Dean Rock’s preview analysis of the Kildare v Louth game in the Leinster Championship in Croke Park made difficult reading yesterday morning. It upset the smooth passage of the porridge down my throat, to be honest. Dean Rock fancies Louth to beat Kildare today. Why? Because of… Continue reading Fearing for Kildare footballers today
Transactional versus relational videos and brand building
I have published a video this morning entitled “Structural surveys, Trump’s porn, misinformation, a day in the life | Terry Gorry Solicitor Law Vlog”. It is a “day in the life” type video showing what a typical day in the life is for me in my solicitor’s practice in Enfield. Many people like these type… Continue reading Transactional versus relational videos and brand building
Enoch Burke’s defamation action
I read yesterday in the Irish Times that Enoch Burke’s defamation action against Mediahuis Ireland is to be heard next week in the High Court. The defamation proceedings are over an article published in the Sunday Independent in 2022, when Burke was imprisoned in Mountjoy for the first time. I wonder if Burke is successful… Continue reading Enoch Burke’s defamation action
Puzzling over my Vespa/cycling videos
I’m in two minds about a particular type of video I intend making and publishing on my YouTube channel. The video type to which I refer is footage from my cycle and/or Vespa rides with a GoPro or Osmo Action 4 camera. I cannot make up my mind as to whether to keep law and… Continue reading Puzzling over my Vespa/cycling videos
I’m proud of this call
My forte would not be human relations or the touchy-feely stuff. Any strengths I have probably lie elsewhere, I will admit that. I am capable of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Not out of malice or intention but out of clumsiness and a dearth of those skills that my wife possesses. So… Continue reading I’m proud of this call
I want my property back
I have a RTB (Residential Tenancies Board) hearing this morning with one of my own tenants. I had a previous hearing with this tenant and he went in and told the adjudicator that I was the best landlord he ever had and he would bring the rent up to date. I was persuaded to accept… Continue reading I want my property back
The Trump criminal trial in New York-2 things I will be watching for
The Trump criminal trial in New York commences this morning with opening statements in the case. It will be fascinating and is expected to last for 6 to 8 weeks. Two things I will be looking for over the course of the trial are Trump’s hubris and narcissism will be big factors in determining the… Continue reading The Trump criminal trial in New York-2 things I will be watching for