Cancelling trains

Irish Rail really should think carefully before taking epoch-making, Earth shaking decisions. Take for example the one they made this morning and announced at 8.53 to the normally mild-mannered commuters at Coolmine Station. ‘We regret that, due to (something...

Being nice to the religious

I find myself in a moral dilemma. I’ve forgotten why I’m supposed to be nice to the religious, any more than I ought be polite to a pickpocket. I suppose there is a basic standard of courtesy I ought to offer all my fellow humans: don’t set fire to...

I love this time of year

Late October is dreadful in many ways; children excited about possible encounters with representatives of the undead community, teachers giddy with the excitement of being allowed out to protest in the centre of Dublin, stores trying to work out if it’s time to...