Cutting back, reducing overheads, tightening the belt, watching the bottom line; there would appear to be as many ways to do it...
Nichola’s Week
Off With His Head!
Off With His Head!
A somewhat worrying trend is emerging. You could call it a serious trend, or a trend towards seriousness. Either way this is...
How to choose a husband
How to choose a husband
Instead of looking for someone who says they like children, look for someone who children seem to like instead. During a recent...
Deadly Heroin
Deadly Heroin
I happened to catch Prime Time on RTE last Thursday and a report by Richard Crowley on the increasing heroin problem in rural...
There’s always something!
There’s always something!
There’s always something, isn’t there? No matter how good your life is, it’s never perfect and even if you do...
Taxing the pain
Taxing the pain
There is no doubt that the party is well and truly over. The last stragglers remain and it’s time to pay the bill. When...
Failure: Not such a bad thing
Failure: Not such a bad thing
There’s scarcely a comment on any subject at present that doesn’t reflect or centre on economic meltdown. If you...
Laughter is a serious business!
Laughter is a serious business!
As a general rule there isn’t much to laugh about at the moment. I’ve even noticed that the news programmes on all...
Credit crunch kills romance
Credit crunch kills romance
News just out suggests that the credit crunch is having a very negative affect on romance these days. In a recent survey nearly...
The Receiver’s Handbook
The Receiver’s Handbook
I don’t understand the world of big business and high finance but I do know a little about people and a lot more, it would...
The war is over!
The war is over!
Though it has been a long and hard campaign with many defeats and intense battles, I have won the war and emerged the victor....
Parenting in a recession!
Parenting in a recession!
We all know that parenting can be tricky, but I just learned that parenting in a recession is a whole other ball game. In the...
