Oh no. Oh please. It’s a bit like Hubert Humphrey all over again. Humphrey, you probably remember, was a US presidential candidate back in the middle of the twentieth century. He was known as the Happy Warrior because just when people thought he’d packed it in, hey, there he was again, bouncing on-stage, still smiling. […]
Author Jude Collins
Cometh the hour, cometh the uncle…
Oh no. Oh please. It’s a bit like Hubert Humphrey all over again. Humphrey, you probably remember, was a US presidential candidate back in the middle of the twentieth century. He was known as the Happy Warrior because just when people thought he’d packed it in, hey, there he was again, bouncing on-stage, still smiling. […]
Confidence, Freedom Riders and grim facts
I remember having a conversation with Mary McAleese when she was still a non-President and living in the north. I asked her did she miss living in Dublin where she’d worked as a law professor and – for a time – in RTÉ. She said she missed some things – the happy confidence of the […]
Confidence, Freedom Riders and grim facts
I remember having a conversation with Mary McAleese when she was still a non-President and living in the north. I asked her did she miss living in Dublin where she’d worked as a law professor and – for a time – in RTÉ. She said she missed some things – the happy confidence of the […]
Brendan Lillis, TV footage and two asses’ arses
I may not know much about the law but I know an ass’s arse when I see one. Two in fact. The first ass’s arse belongs to Justice Minister David Ford. He’s been called on several times by different groups to release Brendan Lillis. Mr Lillis was a former life sentence prisoner who got his licence […]
Brendan Lillis, TV footage and two asses’ arses
I may not know much about the law but I know an ass’s arse when I see one. Two in fact. The first ass’s arse belongs to Justice Minister David Ford. He’s been called on several times by different groups to release Brendan Lillis. Mr Lillis was a former life sentence prisoner who got his licence […]
David Norris implodes – grief or relief?
Tragedy and comedy have a habit of linking arms and marching onstage when we’re least expecting them. Certainly the gruesome twosome have put in an appearance at the collapse of David Norris’s bid to become President of Ireland. Norris was the front-runner even before he announced his candidacy so a lot of people must […]
David Norris implodes – grief or relief?
Tragedy and comedy have a habit of linking arms and marching onstage when we’re least expecting them. Certainly the gruesome twosome have put in an appearance at the collapse of David Norris’s bid to become President of Ireland. Norris was the front-runner even before he announced his candidacy so a lot of people must […]
"We don’t want to fight but by jingo if we do…"
If you’re interested in the use of words, check a headline in today’s Guardian: “Cross-party committee attacks defence cuts”. Beneath that it says “Defence select committee warns Britain’s influence will decline unless the armed forces get adequate resources”. I’ve quoted the psychiatrist in Fawlty Towers before and I’ll quote him again: there’s enough there for […]
“We don’t want to fight but by jingo if we do…”
If you’re interested in the use of words, check a headline in today’s Guardian: “Cross-party committee attacks defence cuts”. Beneath that it says “Defence select committee warns Britain’s influence will decline unless the armed forces get adequate resources”. I’ve quoted the psychiatrist in Fawlty Towers before and I’ll quote him again: there’s enough there for […]