Different people have different opinions about those Gatso Speed Vans that are common sights along our highways and byways. Some...
Author: John O Connor
The Cats get their claws out
The Cats get their claws out
The lines of battle have been drawn in Kilkenny and a combined offensive led by the County Council and the GAA will fight any...
Lennon’s long lost guitar fetche $2.4m at auction
Lennon’s long lost guitar fetche $2.4m at auction
The acoustic guitar John Lennon used during the recording of The Beatles’ ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘She Loves You’ and other...
Should we be worried about our hospital?
Should we be worried about our hospital?
Many people, myself included, believe that, over the years, jealousy and begrudging parish-pump politics between adjoining...
A Master Photographer
A Master Photographer
The regional newspapers of this country have always featured photographers who were and are something special, a definite cut...
Abducted by aliens? …you’re totally sane!
Abducted by aliens? …you’re totally sane!
Regular readers will know that, in the past, I have quoted from the excellent science columns in The Irish Times written by...
A Snack Box And a Honda 50 – Where Would You Get It
A Snack Box And a Honda 50 – Where Would You Get It
After nearly 20 years in the wilderness, Kentucky Fried Chicken is reintroducing that most southern of southern gentlemen,...
The Pope Should Buy a Television
The Pope Should Buy a Television
As well as obviously being a genuinely humble and holy man, Pope Francis is turning out to be a bit of a character to boot....
Ferrybank Native Producing Toy Show
Ferrybank Native Producing Toy Show
The Late Late Toy Show is an iconic annual event that practically every family in the country looks forward to and this year it...
The ‘walking home alone’ app
The ‘walking home alone’ app
It seems there is an app for everything these days but I think the new ‘Companion’ app is worth considering for a number of good...
Letting the Tramore air refresh the privates!
Letting the Tramore air refresh the privates!
There wasn’t much publicity about it because the organisers wanted to avoid the newspapers and possible controversy but, two...
Forget the calories; just opt for quality
Forget the calories; just opt for quality
If you are weight watching, do you look at an item of food and wonder how many calories it contains? Well, according to Dr...
