Whether you’re a business owner or an employee, I think everyone is watching the pennies and the pounds (sorry, cents and...
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Desperately seeking Dennis
Desperately seeking Dennis
Recently discussing Halloween costumes in our house, the suggestion was made that we try to find a Dennis the Menace outfit for...
A cut too deep
A cut too deep
I was contacted by a lady this week who had been utterly dismayed to hear media reports that St Brigid’s Family and...
Bitter pill to swallow
Bitter pill to swallow
I must have been having a brief lapse in consciousness last week when I went into Boots to buy a bottle of shampoo. That is, the...
Not to be sneezed at
Not to be sneezed at
I considered staying away from the Spraoi Festival this year. One of my very favourite weekends of the whole year and I...
You are what you eat, right?
You are what you eat, right?
Just as I was heading for the front door to go to work the other morning, a promotional leaflet from Supervalu publicising the...
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies
What’s the biggest fib you’ve ever told? Perhaps more interestingly, what’s the little porky you find...
The long road travelled
The long road travelled
I was at a meeting of the City Council on Monday night when the news filtered through that Breastcheck would FINALLY be coming...
Girls Only
Girls Only
Remember the slightly bold marketing campaign of Yorkie a few years ago, that told us the chocolate bar ‘wasn’t for...
Trouble on the line
Trouble on the line
No matter what the cause of the tantrum, no matter how bored or frustrated he is, the one item that is guaranteed to distract my...
Raise the Last Glass
Raise the Last Glass
When the news broke that the staff of Waterford Crystal had taken possession of the Visitor’s Centre last January, it was...
Sisters aint doin it for themselves
Sisters aint doin it for themselves
There was probably little or no furore when, in the run-up to Ireland’s first local elections in 1899, The Kildare...
