Five years ago I was over in Harrisburg, PA on an extended business trip. The best part was that I got the chance to spend 4th July there, in the company of two friends from work. One of them lived there and her family were over from Ireland, so she gathered us together with her […]
Twenty-five years ago, on the 25th of June, 1990, Packie Bonner made that momentous save that brought Ireland to the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup. We really did hold our breath for that moment. It was incredible, I’ll never forget watching it. A moment when you thought we could do anything.
I really need to see this now. The classic thriller predicted the rise of Thatcherism and the transformation of London’s Docklands into an area of unbridled commerce. For the re-release of the film, I revisited the streets where mobsters once ran wild. The reputation of The Long Good Friday rests on two things. The first […]
I’ve been watching Detectorists, and have only one episode left. It’s a wistful & gentle comedy, the kind where laughs are spaced out and warm rather than rib-tickling. The characters are well-drawn and they pull you in to their world of metal detecting in the beautifully shot English Sussex countryside with ease. Well worth […]
*jaw-drops* Via: Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 performs near-vertical takeoff in test flight – video | World news | The Guardian
Groningen is a cycling heaven, bicycles, and perhaps more importantly, people, have been put front and centre as the focus of the city, rather than focusing on moving cars around. Bikes are a normal part of life, rather than being some sort of strange hobby. “The bicycle isn’t considered to be a strange ‘toy’, it’s […]
“We who are parents, brothers and sisters, colleagues and friends of Ireland’s gay citizens, we know how they have suffered because of second class citizenship. This referendum is about them, and them alone. The only children who are certain to be affected by this referendum, are Ireland’s gay children. It is their future that is […]
