I read it in the newspaper so it must be true Sept2306

Personally, I’ve always had the impression that The Sindo was written by no more than three people. Now I think I can see where I may have got that impression. The Phoenix magazine has an interesting article this week about The Sunday Independent. The headline is Sindo’s family tree grows even bigger and it goes [...]

Cork does English translations

About an hour ago, I discovered that Cork does humble. Then I realised that Cork does humour. And now I’m shocked that Cork does English translations. But can they do humility? This is your first lesson in de frases of de Cork biys. C’mere I realise some of the feenos and de wans have pure [...]

Cork does humble but can Fianna Fail?

I attended a conference in the Burlington Hotel today. There were a lot of Cork people there, including the Cork Hurling team, but, thankfully I didn’t have to talk to them. I did, unfortunately, have to listen to Batt O’Keeffe. He’s a Fianna Fail politician from Cork and a Minister of State for very important [...]

Funny epitaphs

I was up in Northern Ireland this weekend and it’s grim up North. Please excuse me while I use another cliche but nice place, shame about the people. I simply can’t understand why they insist in driving at 50mph in 60mph zones. Nobody overtakes, nobody gives way, and the end result is massive lines of [...]

I read it in the newspaper so it must be true aug30

Hugo Rifkind’s People column (half way down) Back at work today, Tony Blair yesterday hosted a summit on social exclusion at Chequers. ‘Listen,’ we ask the Downing Street press office. ‘Social exclusion. Chequers. You guys must have spotted the incongruity here?‘ ‘ Um, no,’ says the press office. Ah well. Can we come? ‘ No. [...]

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