This weird spikey plant was spotted at Errislannen, near Ballyconneely, Co Galway. It grows upwards like an echium, though straighter and thicker, and was grown from seed collected in Tresco. Anyone got any idea what it is? The brain is getting exhausted from all the racking I’m giving it…Have found out; it’s a Puya chilensis: […]
Here they are – the family of swans as they grow up in Blackrock. According to a Man on a Bike who stopped to comment as I took these pics, the mother and father are two years old; the original pair was killed by foxes. The parent swans chase the babies away when they can […]
A letter from the Irish Times on our post democratic state: Madam, – Now that Fianna Fáil seems destined to be in power forever, it is time to amend the Constitution and our electoral laws to match political reality. Fianna Fáil, as the natural party of government, should be permanently allocated 80 Dáil seats without […]
A letter from the Irish Times on our post democratic state: Madam, – Now that Fianna Fáil seems destined to be in power forever, it is time to amend the Constitution and our electoral laws to match political reality. Fianna Fáil, as the natural party of government, should be permanently allocated 80 Dáil seats without […]
Love the mixture of colours in the bottom image; yellow aquilegias for a start.
Like most reasonable people, am profoundly depressed by the results of the “election”.That we may have a coalition based on two independent TDs, who were expelled from their parties because they are borderline criminal (Cooper Flynn and Lowry) but still get elected, beggars belief.That people don’t understand that the only reason Bertie has anything to […]
Lady Icarus – new edition
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Simms book – launch November 7
“Lady Icarus” – sold out! As are the Markievicz books!
Cork – “the most comfortable jail”
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