I don’t know much about Scotland. We were always assured they are our lost Celtic cousins in a way that the English are not. It’s fair to say though that…
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Don’t be a maverick – go out and watch the movie
You can hardly get out of bed without being assailed by publicity for the new Tom cruise movie. A sequel to the ‘cult classic, top gun’ and one reviewer wrote…
Starmer abandoning the Palestinians to placate the rabid right
Back in the day there was never a dull moment in Irish politics. A broken economy, a low level civil war on our border, mass emigration and unemployment and endemic…
Ages since I had a decent pint of Guinness
A phone call this morning at the ungodly hour of 10am. It’s me old mate Charles and he’s in town today and t’would be great if we could meet for…
How much longer can sport survive the criminality of its rulers
The squawking sound around English football is nothing more than chickens on their way home to roost. It reached a natural and inevitable apotheosis in Moscow on Thames or if…
One nil to Putin.
Readers of this column will be aware of who defends Ireland and and the answer to the often asked question why are we so rich. The proper question should be…
Its a shitshow
The strategy is clear enough. As Britain sends its navy into the med and Black Sea and up the baltics the ruskies send theirs into the Brits backyard to give…
Mr Bonesaws checkbook calls the shots
BT sport has been flogging the Spanish super cup Classico for over a week. But for all the hype they never got around to telling us the match would be…
How the masses are manipulated by the elites
As a matter of interest the AO (Aussie open) will not be available on Irish tv. Nor will it be so on the bbc,itv,sky sports, bt sports or indeed at…
No wonder poor Cork can’t win at gaa
So Morcambe (a genuine shithole in the northwest of England) went down to play spurs in the third round of the FAke cup. Unsurprisingly they took the lead and held…