Occasional Scribbles

It is reported that former FAI boss John Delaney has walked away from his job with a pay-off of €500,000. Delaney has been on gardening leav...

There is an article in the  current issue of The Tablet written by James Alison. James is a gay man and a former Dominican priest. ...

Thirty years ago today German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher  appeared on the balcony of the West German embassy in Prague and sai...

Dominican priest Joe Heffernan died in Tallaght Hospital on Thursday, September 26. Joe was born in Dublin in May 1932. He made his profes...

The majority of vehicles in the Dublin Bus fleet have been built by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland. The bus builder has gone into administr...

A clever advertisement. This is the gentleman who talks so eloquently about the importance and reverence of the Latin Mass. All spoof an...

English Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn gave an extensive interview on BBC Radio 4 this morning. He seldom appears in radio or tv interv...

The quote below from Pope Francis is brilliant. It shows what an insightful man he is and how he is so aware of those priests who work and l...

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column. Michael Commane Is there a chance that you might suff...

Diarmaid Ferriter writes an interesting piece on the current beef row in The Irish Times on Saturday. He writes that the current controve...

This weekend's edition of The  Irish Times carries a piece written by Michael O'Regan. Michael is a journalist with the paper. ...

Another Boris and parliamentary shenanigans. On this day, on September 21, 1993 Boris Yeltsin triggered a constitutional crisis in Russ...

The current issue of The Tablet carries a piece by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin on the late Cardinal Etchegaray. Below is the final paragra...

BBC 4's 'Today' presenter John Humphrys is retiring today from the programme after 32 years. This morning he interviewed Tony ...

On morning Ireland on Monday Hugh Doyle representing the Beef Plan Movement spoke about his group's worries and concerns. He came acro...

On September 18, 1851 The New-York Daily Times was launched. It later changed its name to The New York Times .

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column. Michael Commane Have you noticed they are now ta...

This is an interesting read. https://www.theguardian.com/co mmentisfree/2019/sep/15/donald -trump-nuts-impeachment-25th- amendment-2020-ele...

"Speech writing by committee doesn't work." -Miriam O'Callaghan, Enda Kenny's speech writer,  on RTE Radio 1 yesterd...

The 'Thinking Anew' column in The Irish Times today Michael Commane In the early days of Irish television the station aired...

Fr Terence McLoughlin, who died in Galway on Monday, was born in Mohill, Co. Leitrim in 1929. The family moved to Galway when he was a child...

Dominican priest Terence McLoughlin died on Monday afternoon. He was a member of the Dominican community at The Claddagh, Galway. He died ...

Today is the fifth anniversary of the death of Northern Ireland politician Ian Paisley. Tempus fugit.

This is a great read. https://www.theguardian.com/po litics/2019/sep/05/bumbling-bo riss-speech-at-police-academy- was-classic-dom?CMP=shar...

This week's Independent News & Media Irish regional newspapers' column. Michael Commane I’ll be back in Croke Park on Sa...

The scandal of the Holocaust, violence, conflict, continue. Humanity has still to learn true humility. Archbishop Eamon Martin on the oc...

The Office of Public Works spends €1,000 per week on security protecting empty buildings.

It is reported that Cardinal Pell has written a letter from his prison cell taking issue with the upcoming Amazon synod. He writes that th...

On Wednesday evening on the main evening news on BBC 1 Television a Conservative MP said that the Tory Party he joined was an open, forward ...

This article in yesterday's Guardian makes for great reading. https://www.theguardian.com/ commentisfree/2019/sep/04/ boris-johnson-...

Jacob Rees-Mogg in the House of Commons yesterday. This is the man who talks about respect. He is a devotee of the Latin Mass. Why might...