Occasional Scribbles

Sixty five per cent of people around the world want to work for an organisation with a powerful social conscience

A misty, darkish December day in the Wicklow Dublin area but in many ways a perfect day to spend in the hills, especially after a break of s...

Irish Dominican Lambert Greenan died in Irondale, Alabama, US on Thursday. He had reached the noble age of 101. He was born in Newry in ...

From the Birmingham News. Father Lambert Greenan was born Laurence Greenan on January 11, 1917, in that part of Newry that is in County A...

It really is scary. President Trump behaves like a buffoon, Michael Cohen's evidence in New York yesterday explains how Trump is a l...

According to a report in yesterday's guardian one in six pints of milk produced around the world is lost or wasted, according to resear...

Anyone who has eyes to see will now realise that the road infrastructure in Dublin is at breaking point. It can't be far away before...

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column. Michael commane   When last did you pop into an ...

This is from Saturday's guardian and a great read. https://www.theguardian.com/po litics/2018/nov/25/why-wont-ni gel-farage-answer-...

At least between the years 1967 and 1969, again between 1976 and 1979 the Dominicans spent large sums of money attempting to eradicate dry r...

John McEvoy was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's 'Saturday Live' today. His interview made for great radio. When my best fr...

In the current issue of The Irish Catholic  the editor tells his readers: "In Ireland, it is becoming increasingly clear that conscient...

On this date, November 22, 1942 Friedrich Paulus sent a telegram to Hitler telling him that the German 6th Army, which was under his comman...

A creamery truck delivering goods to SuperValu in Rathgar in the early morning. Clever.

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column. Michael Commane Back in the 1970s I was consciou...

In today's Gospel reading (Lk 18: 35 - 43) when the blind man calls on Jesus to cure him the people in front of him told him to keep qui...

According to a just published UN report approximatley 14 million people, a fifth of the UK population, live in poverty and 1.5 million are d...

On this date, November 18, 1961 President John F Kennedy sent 18,000 military advisers to South Vietnam. A nice way of saying an invasi...

Ned Foley in his workshop yesterday. Ned is from Blessington, Co Wicklow, an engineer and teacher by trade. Spent a number of years in T...

A quote from American Cistercian priest Thomas Keating, who died on October 25. The primary issue for the human family at its present le...

An exhibition of modern art was opened yesterday at Dublin's Royal Hibernian Academy. The exhibition is a Methodist art collection. ...

On Monday and Tuesday evening on RTE One Television Sergeant Maurice McCabe and his wife Lorraine told the story of the turmoil they have ex...

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column MichaelComane If you have access to Netflix, then ...

President Macron speaking in Paris yesterday. Note President Trump does not seem to have headphones on. Maybe he is a fluent French spea...

Railway enthusiasts will be glad to hear that Irish Rail is currently building a new platform at Limerick Junction. The platform has bee...

The 'Thinkg Anew' column in The Irish Times today. Michael Commane If I were to tell someone that I was thinking of the relev...

On the night of November 9, 1938, 80 years ago today, ordinary German citizens led by Nazis, who were also 'ordinary Germans', smas...

A young woman asked a priest how could she recover the faith into which she was born. He replied: "Be kind".

Today is Intersex Day of Remembrance. It was the theme on Thought for The Day on BBC Radio 4 this morning. A good day for members of...

The piece below is from the current issue of The Tablet. The author is Australian Jesuit Richard Leonard, who is a regular contributor t...