Finding legal diamonds in the Twitter sewer

I am not the biggest fan of Twitter. I have often described it as a cess pool, an open sewer, feral, and so forth. But it keeps drawing me back, and on some rare occasions I come across a post or tweet or link that I love, or I find really useful or interesting. I… Continue reading Finding legal diamonds in the Twitter sewer

Blogging every day for 12 months-how it’s going

I made a commitment back on 31st January 2022 that I was going to blog every day for 12 months. This blogging was to be done on this website and was entirely separate from blog posts that I might write for my law based websites such as BusinessAndLegal.ie or EmploymentRightsIreland.com. It was to be entirely… Continue reading Blogging every day for 12 months-how it’s going

The curse of knowledge, and the great opportunity that presents itself

I was contacted by a client of mine recently who was interested in buying a retail unit for his professional practice. He was confused about what was actually being offered for sale, however, and asked me a number of questions about it. The questions appeared to me to be stupid questions. As far as I… Continue reading The curse of knowledge, and the great opportunity that presents itself

Making a short movie/VLOG and the bittersweet attempt to capture memories

I’m making a short movie or vlog about our day trip to Kinsale and the Old Head of Kinsale on 19th March 2022. I have quite a good deal of camera footage and the temptation is to just dump it on a timeline and add some music with a few captions thrown in. And if… Continue reading Making a short movie/VLOG and the bittersweet attempt to capture memories

Ballinadrimna Graveyard

I visited Ballinadrimna graveyard yesterday morning. I believe it is long since closed and I don’t think any burials have taken place for many years. Walking around the graveyard I was struck, once again, by how many of the names on headstones were names of families still living in the parish-for example, Cusack, Miggin, Gorry,… Continue reading Ballinadrimna Graveyard