Tales of the Tellurians Archives - Page 9 of 38

Leave the judges and their poor boxes alone

The matter of District Court judges using the ‘poor box’ as a means of defendants avoiding a conviction is once again back in...

Air Quality in New Ross “is worse than Beijing”

Former Tánaiste Mary Harney will always be remembered as the minister who saved thousands of lives by introducing smokeless coal...

Mobile Phone Health Debate Back on Agenda

The debate about mobile phone radiation and whether or not it is damaging to health is back on the agenda. It first emerged...

A farewell to Dick Warner

President Michal D Higgins led the tributes to Dick Warner (70), the golden voiced documentary maker with a poet’s turn of...

Did Judge miss a golden opportunity?

A distinguished, Kilkenny-based artist was escorted out of Athy District Court recently for sketching Judge Desmond Zaidan....

Joe Dolan still drawing the crowds

It seems the late Joe Dolan is still as popular as ever and while the authorities in his native Mullingar are very proud of...

The Prince of Gaffes

Even though he is probably a right contrary old sod, we will miss Britain’s Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is...

The Last Dance at the Olympia revisited

A prior commitment, coupled with a morbid fear of Sieges of Ennis, meant that I missed out on Saturday night’s hooley in...

Kilkenny blocks naming of new bridge over the Barrow

Fresh from their success at blocking a boundary extension from Waterford into South Kilkenny, politicians from the Piltown...

Tales of the Tellurians – January 3rd 2017

An editor’s inspired choice As we enter the New Year, I recall an incident that occurred a few years ago in a newspaper...

Tales of the Tellurians – 13th December 2016

Saddened and dismayed by dramatic boundary headline Probably one of the most dramatic headlines to appear in a regional...