Opinion
Overworked, undervalued: the angels saving our lives
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS A Friday in July last year, the summer sun two hours from going to bed. I made my way home through crooked country roads from a neighbouring town where I had had dinner with a friend I hadn’t seen in 30 years. I was driving with just one …
Off the coast of Western Australia, our Maniki crew reluctantly save Rednose from rocks and sharks
BY NED EGAN Final part Yep, worse. With the wind and the full weight of the big swells and rollers now directly in our rear, and the narrowing inlet being pressure-pumped by the three thousand miles of Indian Ocean between Jurien and Mauritius, the scene rapidly turned into a real rocky horror show. The Dutchie’s …
Are you ready for the Mock exams?
BY CLAIR WHITTY The mock exams are just around the corner both junior cycle and leaving cert exams are starting on 26th January. You might be feeling the pressure now that the exams are so close. Some of you will take them in your stride and be nice and calm about them. While some of …
The poet Ryan and Tim Dwyer’s tractor
By John Fitzgerald Jim Ryan of Coolagh, outside Callan- better known as the Poet Ryan- composed a lengthy poem in honour of the first tractor to see service in Coolagh, near Callan. The arrival in wartime of the famous tractor shook the district, some would say quite literally, to its foundations. Jim was something of …
The mystery of the pink, check shirt!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Around the middle of December most years my wife almost always says to me, over a cup of tea at the kitchen table or maybe a G&T in some cosy hostelry: “Gerry Moran, what am I going to get you for Christmas?” To which I usually reply: “Peace and happiness and …
Now is the time to declutter your finances
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR So, after last week’s article hopefully you have dealt with all the unwanted gifts from under the tree and have made a few euros into the bargain. Don’t stop there. Keep up the momentum. Decide that January 2023 is the date you will begin decluttering your finances. Review your spending …
Harry’s book doesn’t Spare the royal family
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON “I want my father and my brother back,” Prince Harry says in an ITV interview with Tom Bradby to publicise his explosive memoir “Spare’. The Duke of Sussex seems completely unconscious of the irony of his plea, given that the revelations in his latest broadside at the British monarchy …
How will this year unfold before us?
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Looking at the world right now, it would not take a genius to predict how 2023 might unfold for the now eight billion of us. This time last year — and although the signs were there — who would have thought that within weeks Russia would invade Ukraine, …
Going dry for January
BY CLAIR WHITTY Have you decided to go Dry for January and give up the beer for the month? I think this is worth your while doing. The break will be great for your liver. You’ll be surprised how much more energy you’ll have, and be amazed at your new and improved concentration and focus …
Off the coast of Western Australia, our Maniki crew reluctantly save Rednose from rocks and sharks
BY NED EGAN Part 3 He said he was going to dive, and try to cut the rope! Cut the rope? I was all for dragging Dutchie in with the chair-knot, and his deckie, and letting the bloody boat smash up on the reef. They might have lost some body parts to an opportunist Noah …
