Archive for June, 2008

Voting on Lisbon wasn’t easy

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I was just like any other day. Though listening to the news it may have seemed like one from the 70s or 80s - Don Tidy’s kidnap; fishing vessels in blockade; Britain’s nuclear programme. As an adolescent in the 70s I paid what attention to current affairs as they teachers made me. I remember most [...]

Missed anniversary. Missed opportunity.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Okay, okay. Look I’m a man. It’s not my fault I don’t remember birthdays and the like.
I had completely forgotten Áine Brady T.D.’s anniversary when I got a pamphlet from her in the post, but by then it was too late.
Áine Brady’s blogiversary was April 14. On that day in 2007, in the run up [...]

The coppers in your greasy till

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

I haven’t posted in a few days. It’s not that I’ve been overly busy or anything, but when you’ve nothing to say it’s best to say nothing.
And anyway, nothing of interest happened. Until yesterday, when I (got) volunteered to count and bag the proceeds of a street collection. Doesn’t sound interesting? The thrill of handling [...]