Archive for August, 2008

Guinness, Africa and the Environment

Monday, August 11th, 2008

I had my suspicions this wasn’t the first pub Peadar had visited today - he came through the door like a chicken with rubber legs. I buried my head in the newspaper. Not fast enough - he’d seen me and the free stool beside me.
· Practising reading upside down I see, Sneezy.
· Drunk again, Peadar?
· [...]

Tractors on the roads

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

In early July, the Road Safety Authority announced the release of a consultation document on the use of agricultural and works vehicles on public roads.
Head of the RSA, Noel Brett, said among the problems identified is that a 16-year-old can drive a tractor and trailer weighing more than 30 tonnes without a driving test and [...]

Bank holiday Friday

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Bzzz … bzzz … bzzz … bzzz … bzzz goes the phone.
Answer the fekin thing … answer the fekin thing … answer the fekin thing goes The Sneeze.
Bzzz … bzzz … bzzz … bzzz … bzzz goes the phone. Bzzz … bzzz …
Department of Vegetation, good morning goes the woman in her I’m-not-a-civil-servant voice.
‘Morning. I’d [...]