The Dossing Times

There is a beautifully rich idea at the heart of ‘Ondine’, one which sets a story fused with myth and fairytale in a contemporary, but slightly askew world. The world is one of dysfunctional family cursed by drink, asylum seekers and illness, but also one of sleepy villages, where a fisherman, his life at sea [...]

The whole Willie O’Dea thing is quiet amazing really. While this story has come to light in the last few days. It is not actually that new. The judgement and case was solved back in December. Here is a Sinn Fein press release about the issue.

Defamation proceedings which were brought by Councillor Quinlivan against Willie [...]

Last Christmas my Dad, as usual, got me some reading. Among them was ‘Ghost Writer’. As with when I meet new people, I judged it immediately, relegating it to ‘lazy thriller’. Now while my opinions of people change (if somewhat rarely), my opinion of this book did not change, but in fact degenerated and then [...]

There is a new a Social Networking site. Based in Limerick. Not So Daft is the name.

So here I am a bogger from Tipp living in the heart of the English establishment Oxford. My office even has a view of a cricket pitch. Yes jolly good sport old bean and all that pa-larva.
I remember back at school when people were talking about where they wanted to go to Uni or work. People talked about [...]

George Lee resigning has sparked a bit of a debate in Ireland about the body politic. Much of it has been about whether he was driven by his ego over not getting enough of an input. This argument is a odd because this is what we want in Irish politics indeed expect from a politician. Too many politicians in Ireland tow [...]

The Eiffel Tower, The Colosseum, Buckingham Palace, The Empire State building architecture matters. Buildings are so much more then just vessels for housing their contents, they are symbols that represent the cities and the countries that they are part of. Without architecture city breaks, the delight of the middle class, would be far less common. People visit [...]

Initial thoughts on the list of Oscar nominations released this lunch time is that they represent an eclectic, if rather subdued list.
Most immediately, the mastery of ‘Up’ has been acknowledged, by being included in two fields, that of Best Animated Film and simply Best Film. This, along with the nomination for ‘District 9’, one of [...]