Author Jude Collins

I have a problem with John Bruton. Among other things, he just doesn’t look or sound like a former Taoiseach. But then God made us all the way he intended and I’m not volunteering to enter any beauty contests myself. No, my main problem with John is his statement, uttered on the occasion of Prince […]

Oh dear. You have disgraced yourselves again, as  W B Yeats told the Abbey audience at that Synge play (or was it the O’Casey one?)  Like you, I’m horrified and ashamed at the scenes of rioting coming from London, Ontario. A lot of people got cuts and minor injuries, it seems, and thousands of dollars-worth […]

Oh dear. You have disgraced yourselves again, as  W B Yeats told the Abbey audience at that Synge play (or was it the O’Casey one?)  Like you, I’m horrified and ashamed at the scenes of rioting coming from London, Ontario. A lot of people got cuts and minor injuries, it seems, and thousands of dollars-worth […]

Last weekend QPR manager Mark Hughes was going a bit ballistic about a goal he says his team scored but the ref ruled they hadn’t.  The ref said he couldn’t see it from his angle so he couldn’t judge if the goalie had scooped the ball out before it crossed the line; the assistant referee/linesman […]

Last weekend QPR manager Mark Hughes was going a bit ballistic about a goal he says his team scored but the ref ruled they hadn’t.  The ref said he couldn’t see it from his angle so he couldn’t judge if the goalie had scooped the ball out before it crossed the line; the assistant referee/linesman […]

Tell you what. On this sun-filled St Patrick’s Day, let’s look at the Queen of England. Or to be more exact, the suggested meeting between herself and Martin McGuinness. Five things. 1.    There’s something faintly hilarious about the northern leader of a party which, for years, people would have chopped off their hand rather than […]

Tell you what. On this sun-filled St Patrick’s Day, let’s look at the Queen of England. Or to be more exact, the suggested meeting between herself and Martin McGuinness. Five things. 1.    There’s something faintly hilarious about the northern leader of a party which, for years, people would have chopped off their hand rather than […]

I attended a historic event last night – historic in both senses, of being unique and having to do with history. It was held in Berry Street Presbyterian Church and with the BBC’s Yvette Shapiro in the chair,  there was a panel discussion between Gordon Lucy, Eamonn Phoenix and Tom Hartley. The topic was the […]

I attended a historic event last night – historic in both senses, of being unique and having to do with history. It was held in Berry Street Presbyterian Church and with the BBC’s Yvette Shapiro in the chair,  there was a panel discussion between Gordon Lucy, Eamonn Phoenix and Tom Hartley. The topic was the […]

Oh dear. If you’re to believe the Irish Times this morning, RTÉ has got its knickers in a fearful twist about that tweet. You remember, the one that purported to come from Sinn Féin during the famous presidential Frontline  debate – or that was announced as same by Pat Kenny. You can get the timeline […]