This week Paul was traversing the roads of Ireland engaged in the noble synergy of pick-up and delivery. While effortlessly navigating a narrow road in Lahinch, County Clare Paul found the reaffirmation that romantic Ireland is alive and well. In our supposed age of wealth and greed where we have le... read

This week Paul was contemplating the culinary and takes us on a tantalising road trip of the taste buds. While enduring the morning traffic crawl on the Naas dual carriageway Paul felt almost awake but dulled by the traffic tailing off into eternity. Paul was listening to ‘Long Legged Woman Dr... read

This week Paul witnessed a woman of advanced years making a slight mistake while navigating a roundabout. Paul approached the roundabout in textbook style and came to a halt precisely behind the white line to await entry on to the circular traffic facility. Paul noticed a rare red-rumped swallow per... read

Paul has some good advice for drivers in garages. This week Paul witnessed a woman ask an attendee to put water in the engine for her. The young man opened the bonnet of the woman’s car and went to refill the water canister on the other side of the forecourt. The woman decided, much in line wi... read

After yet another late-night flighty debate with my volatile and treacherous friends on the beginnings and consequences of moving the clocks during Spring and Autumn; I set out to discover the intriguing history of ‘Daylight Saving Time’ (DST).

Benjamin Franklin, living in Par... read

When miss McCarthy qualified with a masters degree at 23 from NUI Maynooth, she thought the world was hers for the taking. Some time later, with a collection of rejections that became a family joke, miss McCarthy became Miss McCarthy, the self-proclaimed, self-fulfilled wonderfully adjusted second l... read

Plato wrote in his Symposium that the philosophers gathered together to proclaim and explain love. So much respect had they for the subject that there was none of the usual wine-quaffing and drunkenness. Socrates was there, as was Aristophanes who spoke about Zeus and how humanatity was created a... read

Ireland Needs Bismarck To Conquer Harney’s Health Service

The Bismarckian system is used by the countries leading Europe in healthcare; those countries are Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and Holland. This social... read

1959 - Ruth Handler introduces Barbie at New York City's Toy Fair. "Barbie #1" has a sly sideways glance and a black-and-white striped swimsuit. The doll decidedly resembles buxom ‘Lilli’ the German doll who was sadly bought over and axed to make room f... read