It's like a scene from Dances with Wolves. A young woman with braided blonde hair rides a pony, bare-back across the camp, chased by screeching barefoot children and skinny black and white barking dogs. Smoke wafts in the damp morning air, drifting out across the heather, the forest and mountains that surround and shelter this secluded site. [...more]
Two pairs of ladies panties, prison officers accused of lying and a video tape which John Gilligan has never viewed as he maintains the Governor of the prison has refused to give him a video player. [...more]
A bird brained documentary from RTE's legendary chief news reporter simply doesn't fly, but it's the best comedy the station has done since Hall's Pictorial Weekly. [...more]
Prostitution is rampant in rural Ireland and it's getting worse. That's the stark message this week from support group Ruhama who contend that pimps and criminals behind the sordid business are getting harder to track down due their use of technology. Trafficking of foreign women for the sex industry is now endemic throughout the country they claim, while shockingly Irish women are being forced back on the game, due to the recession. [...more]
A cookery book completely produced as a local enterprise in Laois is proving a surprise best seller in the run up to Christmas. 'Jim's Kitchen' the brainchild of Mountrath chef, Jim Tynan has already sold two thousand copies just three weeks after its launch and is on its way to selling out. [...more]
Like many people I know, I used to drink-drive a lot. Saw nothing wrong with it. Drink driving is still widespread. The authorities know this and continue to turn a blind eye. [...more]
We've been fighting them on the streets, now we're fighting them on the beaches. Ireland's dreaded litter louts have been out in force this summer and we have the beer cans, broken bottles, dirty nappies, coke cans, plastic cartons, and cigarette butts strewn in the sand to prove it. Blue flag beaches are dropping like flies. [...more]
‘If the Irish climate went up for sale, there would be a stampede for it.’ - Bill Wann, former director of Met Eireann By John Whelan Where are the weather girls when you need them? A cursory call to Met Eireann this week and no sign of Evelyn Cusack, Joanna Donnelly, Joan Blackburn, Jean Byrne, Karina Buckley, [...] [...more]
You cannot restore the country’s financial stability, integrity and independence while pandering to selfish or sectional interests. Everything must be on the table for consideration. [...more]
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