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The little person with the monumental list of grudges makes an appearance on St. Patrick’s Day

I have been watching St. Patrick’s Day parades for years now but this year I saw something novel and unwelcome like a virus. I saw one of those little persons with the monumental list of grudges abusing a group in a parade and getting arrested for a public order offence. He was shouting offensive comments… Continue reading The little person with the monumental list of grudges makes an appearance on St. Patrick’s Day

You’d miss the club finals on Paddy’s Day

I watched the All-Ireland GAA club finals at some point in the last 3 months or so. I just can’t remember when. But you would miss the club finals on St. Patrick’s Day. For years, there was not much else happening save for parades of tractors and trailers and articulated lorries and vans in small… Continue reading You’d miss the club finals on Paddy’s Day

I have been amazed by the service from DJI getting a replacement drone

I availed of the DJI insurance scheme last week and have been bowled over by the service from DJI. The first drone I bought was lost in the river Boyne in December 2022. When I bought a replacement, I also availed of the DJI insurance cover scheme. This gives me two replacement drones in a… Continue reading I have been amazed by the service from DJI getting a replacement drone

A remarkable statement in the Enoch Burke Court of Appeal hearing

Enoch Burke made a remarkable and absurd statement yesterday in his Court of Appeal hearing against High Court orders that were made against him in his employment dispute with Wilson’s Hospital School. He said, “The only thing the State is bound to honour by the constitution is religion,” he told the court. The natural conclusion… Continue reading A remarkable statement in the Enoch Burke Court of Appeal hearing

Is Ruth Coppinger right? Would the deference being shown to the Burke family be shown a trackie wearing “Anto”?

Ruth Coppinger tweeted the other day about the amount of deference being shown to Enoch Burke and his family in the High Court. Burke was physically removed by the Gardai from the court last week, and this was the second time he had shown up unannounced and unlisted in the High Court in a matter… Continue reading Is Ruth Coppinger right? Would the deference being shown to the Burke family be shown a trackie wearing “Anto”?

When you have achieved a victory, tighten the strings on your helmet

I cannot recall where I came across this quotation, “when you have achieved a victory, tighten the strings on your helmet”. But I take it to mean that the time you are most vulnerable and in danger of doing something stupid is when things are going well. I have always been of this view, and… Continue reading When you have achieved a victory, tighten the strings on your helmet

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