On the Road in Ireland It’s that time of year again when (belatedly in 2013) Spring has arrived and Ireland is at its greenest. The air is redolent of new shoots, the hedgerows aglow in the sunshine, the birds competing with each other in the trees. This is the time of year when I feel [...]
I’m in a particularly finite financial situation, yet they can all go off to Wales to yap about the sectarian parades and the equally sectarian response to the whole charade. Shut the whole fucking thing down and cart them off somewhere benign. Stupid. How much is this costing us Tax Payers? Too much! BBC News [...]
New series ‘The Fall’ is starting tonight on BBC2. Filmed almost exclusively in Belfast, the city itself becomes one of the four main characters in this five part series. Here is the trailer and follow the link at the bottom for a great, indepth view from cast and crew! BBC – Media Centre – [...]
Well, sure wasn’t I on a bit of roll last evening what with turning into Ghost Rider and terrifying the natives of South Derry. But the flames have extinguished in the cold light of day and here I am, back to normal, bald as a coot and as fat as a fool to talk about [...]
Just decided that I’m on a roll. Not riding some superbike to hell and back, but surely there is a reason why I lost my locks a while ago. I turned into the Ghost Rider. And I am sure it suits me. Prepare to shite yourself when this appears in your rear view!
It’s a Bit Spooky Round Here It’s probably only once or twice in an average Irish lifetime that we have a really Arctic winter, but the winter of 2010/11 was just such an event. Six whole weeks of heavy snow and freezing temperatures brought the poor old place to a total standstill, turning our country [...]
Christian Aid Week This Sunday marks the start of one of the biggest fundraising moments of the year – Christian Aid Week. From the 12th – 18th May, individuals, groups, churches and organisations will be helping Christian Aid to raise funds and support the work they do in communities such as the Gwanda region of [...]
We live in a place peppered with country roads, all somehow interconnected like a web. But off these paved side roads are another little Irish gift, the lanes, or ‘car roads’ – rough, unpaved single track lanes that connect only fields and farms, but which are often a quiet haven for wildlife and wildflowers. This [...]
When you are born in Ireland, wherever in Ireland, you grow up taking much for granted. When I was a child, growing up on a small farm in County Derry, the countryside was our playground, the coast a venue for summer Sunday outings – and that was it. Anyone my age will reminisce about how [...]
My little Nikon Coolpix 4800 was a revelation! Lifting the camera and being able to frame your image on a bright LED screen was something to behold – much like I would imagine stepping out the Victorian age into an unrecognisable future. But the real beauty of digital was the simple fact that when you [...]
