Monthly Archives: December 2012

I sit on the sofa at 6.45 am watching cricket on TV with the sound off. I’m reading from Paul Durcan’s latest collection of poetry, a Christmas present to myself. I can write poetry like that. In fact I have … Continue reading →

On 11th December Bill O’Herlihy, RTE TV sports presenter, launched ‘Curious Cargo’ a travelogue about voyages that Hilary and I made on freighters to the West Indies, South and Central America and into the Mediterranean. Click on ‘Travel’ on the … Continue reading →

Until recently so obsessively religious was Irish society that to be an atheist was to be a pariah. To a lesser extent this is still so today. On his recent visit to England the Pope likened atheists to Nazis. To … Continue reading →