hmmm Pizza
From breakingnews.ie
A pizza delivery man was recovering in hospital today after being shot in Galway.
The 21-year-old was hit in the hand when a man wearing a balaclava fired into his van in the Whitestrand Road area last night.
Two other males in the vehicle at the time were uninjured in the attack.
A 42-year-old man who was [...]
Stormy Clonea
Loony Louth
A taxi driver called Friday drove me to my hotel last Saturday from the pub. And, indeed, he was a very good driver.
A friend needed a passport renewal form and called into Drogheda Garda Station for one. She couldn’t get one because the Superintendent (or Sergeant) had the key to the stationary room and [...]
Devious putdown
A friend of mine said the most evil, devious, vicious, dismissive comment about a semi-public figure I’ve ever heard. It was a classic example of parish-pump politics. He said, ‘yer man will be attending 4 or 5 communions this year.’
For those who are non-religious/non-Catholics, it meant that he’d been shagging anything that moved [...]
Victory is ours - sorta
This has got to be an urban myth!
Aughrim in Co Wicklow won the 2007 Tidy Towns competition. Apparently, one of the local councillors said that ‘pride’ had now been restored to the town after the 1691 Battle of Aughrim.
Only problem is…the Battle of Aughrim took place in Co Galway on the opposite [...]