I am an atheist. Moreover I class myself as a devout and fundamentalist atheist with a deep hatred of all religion. That Ireland’s social mores and laws are based on Catholicism has made me so. I hated having to attend a Catholic run school. But that’s all there was. When a judge once tried to [...]
And so the pig meat sage continues. And new questions are being asked with each passing day. Were the authorities overreacting when they ordered that all pig meat be taken off shop shelves, out of cold-stores and domestic fridges and destroyed? Probably. If the same traceability systems used for beef and mutton were in place [...]
There is trouble brewing, my friends. Big trouble. This could get dirty. Brother against brother. Well, mother against mother or father against father more like. The board of management of a primary school in the county has proposed bringing the opening time forward by half an hour from 9:20 to 8:50. 8:50 to 9:10 to [...]
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 [...]
There are a great many unsolved mysteries in this world, such as why cornflakes taste better with a soup spoon and why the phrase “soft underbelly of a Ford Transit” never made is past the editors of Homer’s second novel, The Little Lad. Such things trouble me deeply and keep me awake all day. Why [...]
In the late ’80s I worked for a small family firm that ran two separate businesses. The foreman of one of these suspected someone was stealing diesel at the processing plant and reported this to the owners. The Gardaí recommended the foreman discretely monitor the tank levels to find out how much was being taken [...]
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