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 […]
Had noticed just one swan lurking around the water in Blackrock Park recently and decided cygnets were on the way. I was right – at 6pm this evening there they were – all eight of them – although therre had been no sign earlier. Now the park has three adult swans – and although what […]
From the Guardian, Fri 18 May (and a new book) “Britain, on the 10th anniversary of Tony Blair’s arrival in Downing Street, is a place whose default mode for earning its crust is to employ the gift of the gab. The Germans may have the engineers, the Japanese may know how to organise a production […]
There we were, a bunch of athletics fans, about to head home after the 116th Clonliffe 2 Mile Road Race in Glasnevin, when three men, looking less than beautifully turned out (blame the gusting wind) approached.Imagine our astonishment when we realised that one of the three was our own beloved Teashop Bertie the Likeable.“Oh no,” […]
At the weirdly early hour of 8am last Sunday, our Teashop, Bertie the Likeable, decided to call the election most sane citizens have been dreading for the past few weeks. Already, the charmless features of the men and women pandering for our vote are adorning every lamp-post in the country. Imagine the mind set of […]
Lady Icarus – new edition
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Simms book – launch November 7
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Cork – “the most comfortable jail”
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