Think about Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Grey-haired, handsome, wealthy, sophisticated. The head of the IMF, hotly tipped to win the French presidency from Nicolas Sarkozy. Then suddenly he came crashing to earth in spectacular style, as he was taken off a plane at JFK and charged with raping a hotel chambermaid. The network cameras captured him in […]
Author Jude Collins
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Michael Healy-Rea – a rare pair
Think about Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Grey-haired, handsome, wealthy, sophisticated. The head of the IMF, hotly tipped to win the French presidency from Nicolas Sarkozy. Then suddenly he came crashing to earth in spectacular style, as he was taken off a plane at JFK and charged with raping a hotel chambermaid. The network cameras captured him in […]
David Dunseith – the death of a good man
You kind of miss David Dunseith, don’t you? When he ended (or was ended) from his place as presenter of Talkback on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidió Ulaidh, it was like a mini-death – that time of the day no longer had his cheerful, gently-cynical air-presence to light it up. As I write I’m listening to a […]
David Dunseith – the death of a good man
You kind of miss David Dunseith, don’t you? When he ended (or was ended) from his place as presenter of Talkback on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidió Ulaidh, it was like a mini-death – that time of the day no longer had his cheerful, gently-cynical air-presence to light it up. As I write I’m listening to a […]
Booze and the Twelfth – inextricably linked?
It’s good to hear the PSNI plan this year to crack down on public consumption of alcohol at Twelfth of July parades, to confiscate it, to make arrests; good too to hear that the Orange Order supports this stance. But what did you expect them to say – we’ll go soft on drinking and look […]
Booze and the Twelfth – inextricably linked?
It’s good to hear the PSNI plan this year to crack down on public consumption of alcohol at Twelfth of July parades, to confiscate it, to make arrests; good too to hear that the Orange Order supports this stance. But what did you expect them to say – we’ll go soft on drinking and look […]
Those revolting Greeks
The Greeks, it seems, are revolting. Out on 48-hour strike, clogging the streets, waving placards, ATTACKING POLICE. But hold on, they’re not all like that, these are a minority who’ve spoilt it for all the rest…No, sorry, that’s what you say when you’re a headmaster ticking off pupils. No, this is a minority that is […]
Those revolting Greeks
The Greeks, it seems, are revolting. Out on 48-hour strike, clogging the streets, waving placards, ATTACKING POLICE. But hold on, they’re not all like that, these are a minority who’ve spoilt it for all the rest…No, sorry, that’s what you say when you’re a headmaster ticking off pupils. No, this is a minority that is […]
In praise of curvature
“A bridge going from nowhere to nowhere” was one caustic comment I heard from a Derryman over the weekend. He was referring to the Peace Bridge that was opened by Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in attendance. In contrast to that, I heard some other Derry people say it was a […]
In praise of curvature
“A bridge going from nowhere to nowhere” was one caustic comment I heard from a Derryman over the weekend. He was referring to the Peace Bridge that was opened by Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in attendance. In contrast to that, I heard some other Derry people say it was a […]