Part fairytale, part parody of Teresa May / Brexit, a poem for children about Witch Wendy who could neither stay or go without breaching geis, being mastered by Gráinne, a simple village girl, whose birth was foretold in curse of her dying grandmother.
The crazed vanities of man Who cannot see all are the same Thinks the other the source of his ill That he …
34 years after he deposed Ruadhri O Bradaigh (Rory Brady) accusing Brady of a “sop to unionism” when Brady sat down to …
Catalonia votes for independence. Spain will not allow it… why can Kosovo and Kuwait have freedom but not Catalonia and Kurdistan? Not …
In the Trumpian age, this verse of mine from seven years back or more is apt… Blind men with eyes that see …
“Was it for this the Wild Geese fled?” Poor Irish – how lucky are we In these modern times, in our land …
There went out the question from one who was not yet there About the month of September and the Banagher Horse Fair …
Freedoms cries brought the statues down The Reich lay in ruins as a new regime Promised freedom of a version of the …
Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, …
The furore being kicked up over urban horses by supporters of Mike Cubbard a city council member rumbles on. Something of a …
Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me. ~ Fidel Castro Source M.I.A. If not by man, who so often …
The markets are nervous of what will happen when Brexit, maybe Irexit worries the financial men Who amble and gamble and even …
One arm of Galway City Council commissioned a derelict wall to be painted by a professional graffiti artist as the 2020 City …
Chicken Little of the modern age “The sky is falling” the media rage They follow him through the darkest wood He knows …
Jeremy Corbyn is a real working class hero, who won’t blink unlike America’s Bernie Sanders. But the Tory machine, and their Fabian …
Watching Gemma O’Doherty’s documentary on the missing child Mary Boyle nearly forty years ago is chilling, with interference at a political level …
In memory of and in solidarity with the victims of the PULSE nightclub shooting in Orlando. While its probably a lone wolf …
No more we talk of the Tuatha De Dannan Or the Danish fort dwelling Aos Si No more of the Pooka or …
Background – James Bannon of Fine Gael in Longford got questioned today by Garda (police) about removing voting leaflets belonging to Sinn …
The Krays are the stuff of, as the film title suggests, legend, and it was a must see when the film of …