Here’s an admission. I’m in debt. Up to my (insert whistle here). We’re talking a six figure sum.
Continue reading “Why I’m glad I’m in debt”Category: People Column
I have complete sympathy for any shop, business or private house plagued by gangs of unruly young people.
Continue reading “Don’t demonise the kids”The nuclear debate is hotting up again. The ICTU has thrown its weight in saying that the debate should be opened up – meaning that nuclear power should be considered.
Continue reading “Still no need to go nuclear”Justice Minister Michael McDowell isn’t pleased with the judiciary. He thinks they are deliberately not enforcing mandatory sentences for drug trafficking. He’s probably right. And they’re right too.
Continue reading “Mandatory sentencing is dumb justice”There are few people unhappy to see articulated trucks out of Dublin city centre (except truck drivers). As a cyclist in town in the past I can recall moments of sheer terror when HGV’s have towered over me. Unfortunately, many cyclists have paid for this with their lives.
Continue reading “HGV Ban – good idea, bad timing”Do they get it now? Do they see what Croke Park means? It’s very difficult to demonstrate abstract ideas like identity but Saturday week’s Ireland v England rugby match might well have done the trick.
Continue reading “Not just a national stadium”“ACCIDENTS don’t happen by accident”. That was the slogan that probably heralded in the age of thuggery when it came to matters of health and safety.
Continue reading “This man should not have been tried”OUR Deputy Mayor Aodhan O’Riordain has a plan to improve the lot of Dubliners. He wants to fine people up to €500 for urinating in public and to make it an arrestable offence.
Continue reading “A wee bit of tolerance, please”The latest report from the EPA makes clear that Ireland’s emissions are rising steeply again.
Continue reading “Climate – Dubliners dying now”I attended one of Sinn Fein’s public meetings on its Ard Fheis decision to support the PSNI up North.
Continue reading “Let’s make the unionists an offer”
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