On Saturday evening I enjoyed a drink and a chat with two old friends I’d never met before. The Internet’s like that. Just after they left I was joined by another old friend. One I had met before. But not for years. Not even on the Internet. He’s not like that. Which is a pity [...]
A man I never knew passed away the other morning. I wish I had known him. I know his son-in-law since we were infants. In Infants. Baby Infants. I know his wife almost as long. The Irish grapevine might get messages mangled more often than not, but if the message is important it spreads fast [...]
Who would write this? I miss my home, my baroque princess bed, Romeo my iguana and, of course, my family. Tiffany’s has yet to open a branch in Co. Meath but Mum was kind enough to treat me to a full Irish in a posh café. Medicine seems like the trajectory for me, but if [...]
I like lists. I made one last week using a sheet of headed paper the government sent me, a carpenter’s pencil I found behind my ear and a Robert Roberts coffee stain. You can try this at home yourself. Use a tea stain if you want. Or a biro. The choice is yours. First on [...]
Contrast these three snippets from recent Irish newspaper articles. (Headlines underlined) Katy on life support after heart attacks … Katy’s failure to respond to treatment is viewed as so serious that doctors have ruled out moving her to a more acute hospital in Dublin … Close friends revealed Katy was … Read the full piece [...]
I got a call yesterday. One I was expecting really. An elderly relation had just passed away. She reared a large family and I have always been close to them, but closer to one in particular. I let things settle for an hour after his brother had broken the news to me then phoned him. [...]
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