SINEAD IN HER PRIME

I have a confession to make. I read the Daily Mail – often. I don’t buy it. (Does that make it better?). But I do read it online. When I am writing at ‘My Kitchen Table’ my coffee break is usually accompanied by a log onto dailymail.co.uk. Here I can be entertained...

THE NATIONAL (SOME) WOMEN’S COUNCIL

In today’s Irish Independent there is an article by Celine Naughton entitled “Why women shouldn’t think of abortion as a ‘dirty little secret”. The article is about a new website which has been set up by two women Lynn Coles and Bernadette Goulding and which aims to...

CELTIC TIGER GREED OF OUR RETIRED POLITICANS

Every Monday morning I head out to East Coast Radio in Bray to take part in a panel discussion on events in the news. Regular readers will know that I love radio – and would love to do more.I generally tend to steer clear of heavy political or economics topics as I...

A PASSAGE TO HOLIDAY MEMORIES

An item on the RTE News the other night, triggered a deluge of very happy childhood memories for me although the story itself was sad. It featured the little Waterford village of Passage East, on the River Suir and the herd of feral goats who live on the steep hill...

MY CURTAINS

I have a short and light article on the writing.ie website today. Entitled ‘My Curtains’ it recalls some of my dear mother’s adventures in making my clothes when I was a child!It’s one to read over your coffee… enjoy.You can find it...