Coffee I was out strolling last week and at the end of my loop around town I headed up John Street up to the junction at the theatre Hall...

Temperatures plummeted this week and there were several yellow and orange weather warnings with flurries of snow and heavier falls of...

STROLLING IN THE TOWN PARK IN NOVEMBER 2024 I go for my morning constitutional sans earplugs; sans phone or other distractable gadgetry...

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Its that time of year again when we change the clocks even though nowadays most of our time pieces are changed electronically. The older...

I must say that winter has arrived when you read about the hurricanes hitting America and you see nightly scenes of devastated...

I was away for a holiday break in Clare and Kerry recently and I discovered a distinct lack of awareness of the English language among...

It was Saturday September 28th, 2024, when I decided to discard my lethargy and comfort of Gorey Town Park strolling and to renew my...

I was reading a very interesting article in a newspaper recently about WASPI women in England. They were a group of women who were...

As the auld saying in Kerry goes “You can’t bate the bit of culture’. Culture was in abundance around Gorey on `Friday September...

It was Helen Keller who said “life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” We all like some excitement and adventure in our...

I was having a drink many moons ago in the IFI social club in Lamberton, Arklow and a man came in enquiring if his friend was on the...

In my younger days I knew that beans [beanz] means Heinz because of the advertising they got on radio .  We also had the lovely moral...

We hear a lot of talk about air miles and carbon footprints and there is a global effort to reduce them to save our planet from...

There is little joy in growing old, some maturing people say As they get stressed with the ageing process, trying to cope With health,...

Good friends are special and rare If you have some you are lucky We must treat them with respect and kindness They are genuine and real...

Summertime cometh and with it comes a flurry of unwanted guests which are food for some and major household pests to others. I speak...

Whenever I hear the word butterfly, I recall my late father and his horror when he saw the cabbage butterfly, or large white, appear in...

It was July 29th, 2024, and the summer season was just galloping by with no sign of good sunny weather arriving. I walked out in the back...

I was walking downtown recently when a fear óg walked out of his workplace, obviously on his break. His first interaction with the free...