It was the mid-nineties and I was working for large multinational. I had won a prize for being absolutely brilliant or something. Being the heady days of the dot com boom, the prize was equally heady. Myself and the other absolutely brilliant employees from all around Europe and the Middle East were to be brought [...]
It went well. By my standards anyway. I hid the car around the back, locked the front door, turned off the lights, phone and radio, and settled down to work. It’s surprising how much you can get done without distractions. I left word with the dog to tell any neighbours who called to invite me [...]
I had to do it. What choice was there? If I didn’t buy my adopted nephews and nieces presents they’d never talk to/try to talk to/gurgle at/dribble on me again. So I hit the shops.
An Irish rugby jersey for Oisín. By the time the season kicks off he’ll fit into it. And a tee that [...]
I made this list. But I didn’t check it twice. So apologies for any errors.
An end to world hunger. No use to me. I’ll never be in a beauty pageant.
Our troops home. The fekers went for a few pints on Tuesday and haven’t been seen since. Ah shur let them at it – they’re [...]
As the year comes to an end we all like to sit back in front of a blazing fire with a nice glass of wine and reminisce on the utter bollix we made of the last 12 months.
Last night, sitting forward (my chair’s broken) over a warm laptop (the fire went out) with a big [...]
Ah Christmas! Don’t you just love it? Grandad bemoans the fact that Christmas isn’t as it used be. At least it is still the season of robberies and road deaths. That’ll never change.
Although the latest campaign by the Road Safety Authority might make a difference. In an innovative move they will be running TV ads [...]
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