When the new government handbook on emergencies landed on my doorstep this week I was slightly disappointed that there...
Nichola’s Week
Depressing News
Depressing News
It is actually quite a challenge to live happy today. Pick up a newspaper, turn on a radio or watch television news and let the...
Small Change
Small Change
Given the current state of the health service, the impending credit crunch, crime and the daily revelations about Bertie’s...
Life Imitating Art
Life Imitating Art
Last month I attended a play in Lismore which was an original work written by Dungarvan man Hank Regan. The play, a comedy, was...
The good old days are today!
The good old days are today!
Many would have us believe that ‘way back when’ the world was a much better place. It may not have been as technologically...
Cars and People
Cars and People
Another weekend of horrific road deaths, bringing to 63 the number of people killed on our roads since the first of January....
The Language of Love
The Language of Love
I’m very aware that the flowers you received on Valentine’s Day have well and truly wilted by now but love...
Sunday as it should be
Sunday as it should be
I’m just back from a few days in the Austrian city of Vienna. Given its central European location, just east of Prague,...
Less is definitely more!
Less is definitely more!
I’ve stumbled across something quite by accident and without even realising it. I’m on the fringe of a new movement...
Curb your credit card spending for Lent
Curb your credit card spending for Lent
I really don’t like the way Easter is coming so early this year. It seems that Shrove Tuesday and all its pancakes crept...
Danger at the office
Danger at the office
You would think that unless your loved ones worked down a mine or engaged in some very dangerous pursuit, waving them goodbye to...
Time to be healthy
Time to be healthy
It’s that time of year when diet and fitness seems to be on everyone’s lips. I always think it is strange that...
