Brexit? We naturally dislike being wrong, but as I saw my youthful dreams of a united strong and friendly Europe becoming defiled, demeaned and dashed on...
Country Living with Francis Farragher Just as we were all slipping into a bit of a sulk about our wet Winter and cold Spring, then along...
Country Living with Francis Farragher A very disturbing thought crept through my mind over recent weeks based on the notion that this year, I should contemplate...
Country Living with Francis Farragher ON long winter nights, I occasionally give myself pats of reassurance that my lifestyle is overall pretty good, apart from the...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Now that they’re taking small copper coins out of circulation, perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate just what qualifies as currency...

As a pumped-up political prima donna in the early 1980s, I’d talk long and loud of the evils of something called the ‘Military Industrial Complex’. Back...
On inefficiency in the garden and at the airport There’s all manner of fancy pants compost making drums, rollers, boxes and barrels you can buy, but...

Our city mayor, Frank Fahy, is a busy man. If he’s not opening events and making speeches in an official capacity as first citizen, he’s doing...