Occasional Scribbles

Below is a story about how a customer is treated by Vodafone and Revolut. It appeared in The Irish Times yesterday and written by Conor Pope...

The  lead story in the Sunday Independent yesterday was  how a complaint about DJ Carey was not taken seriously. His former partner, Sarah N...

  “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”                                                 ...

The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...

This blog began in June 2007. Like everything in life it has changed over the years, maybe even grown up and today looks at reality through ...

Channel 4 News last evening carried a special report on Conor McGregor. One of his supporters said that she had no confidence or trust in po...

This week’s column in The Kerryman newspaper. Michael Commane The Lauren Sanchez Jeff Bezos wedding has been in the news. Neither of them is...

Three interesting dates: On this day, July 1, 1990 The German Democratic Republic accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency; later that year...

One result of the US bombing in Iran is to unite the Iranian people. There is an excellent history of the Iran Israel conflict in the Weeken...

Wrong tánaiste and misspelt This caption appeared in The Irish Times on Friday. Might it be that the real tánaiste knows a sub editor in the...

Justine McCarthy in The Irish Times yesterday. The writer of this blog may not agree with all of what she says but it is an interesting piec...

It’s a year ago today since that car crash debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, where Biden had his senior moment. Shame on ...

Watching Nato Secretary General  Mark Rutte joking with US President Donald Trump over his use of bad language was stomach-turning.  Is this...