Kildare, unlike the west and south of the country, was relatively unscathed by the recent flooding. Some small pockets, most notably Johnstown and Sallins, were hit and hit badly. Even then the damage was confined to particular housing estates. I was visiting a client, a farmer, in one of those areas the other day. Small [...]
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 [...]
Burning oil is bad. Burning coal is bad. Travellers setting themselves on fire in Coolock is bad for the environment too. What we need are alternative sources of energy. Girls Aloud chained up in the basement rubbing their thighs together is an option I would like to look at. But I’m hesitant. What hidden dangers [...]
A tale of two hedges continues. They were cut, front and back, despite my protestations, a couple of weeks ago. They look so bare and pitiable, like Britney, it brings a tear to my eye. What couldn’t be cut was two large tress. One is an ash and will look great, if a bit lonely, [...]
It is not all that long ago that Ireland’s farmers were showered with grants for hedgerow removal. The reasoning was simple: taking out the hedges, filling in the ditches and laying new drainage systems meant larger field size and more arable surface area. Tillage farmers could use bigger, faster and more efficient machinery, and they [...]
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