Latest thing I’ve been working on is the provision of recycling bins in Sallins. It’s something that’s always irritated me to be honest, that there were no local facilities, and it’s been into Naas or down to Clane with me and my bottles for the past several years.
The Naas facilities are close enough by but [...]
It would appear there are still old scores to be settled within the Northern conflict, something which was made apparent to me by a story reported in the week about an arrest made in a thirty year old killing in Armagh.
The case is that of the Celebrated/Notorious Captain Nairac, the original incidents enshrining the classic [...]
I had this in yesterday’s Times..
Madam,
What kind of mealy-mouthed begrudgery sparked letters to your pages over the past days denouncing the local celebrations of newly appointed Taoiseach and Tánaiste in Offaly and Donegal respectively.
Rather than pour scorn I believe we should rejoice in the confidence and pride of place so evidently demonstrated. In this era [...]
A while ago I became aware that people were having difficulties finding a GP surgery to take them under the recently launched GP Visit Card scheme. I was also aware that some surgeries considered their medical card lists closed and were no longer accepting any new public patients.
The GP Visit Card is sometimes termed a [...]
When I was in primary school (1980s) the curriculum was still very traditional and dominated by the ‘three Rs’ (Reading, wRiting, aRithemetic!)
I missed out on school extensions twice, firstly I was in sixth class when the funding came through for my primary school to be upgraded, and secondly I spent but only the last of my secondary [...]