Business as usual? A letter to industry. Reposted from Pendemic.ie

Business as usual? A letter to industry. Reposted from Pendemic.ie

Business as usual you say? Usual SLAs still stand I presume? Oh right. Meanwhile ….. We tune in for regular State of the Nation addresses We tear up and are proud of our leaders’ Together Apart rhetoric Even if Leo borrows some lines from the Terminator movies Meanwhile ….. There is an invisible serial killer…

Monster

Monster

The three little ones…that’s what we were called being the youngest in a large family. We are huddled on the deck. It feels like a rowing boat. I can see the plain wood benches but I hear an engine. This day, we thought, would never come fast enough. A family friend taking us out on…

Uisce Beatha, literally

Uisce Beatha, literally

It’s good to have friends that know you. Friends that don’t humour you by agreeing to come to your boring hotel pool and jacuzzi but instead go ahead and plan an open water swim in the WhatsApp group despite the howling winds and lashing rain. Friends that know, before you know, that you’ll never turn down…

21 Reasons to Vote No Way

Despite the dearth of media coverage and general discussion, Friday’s referendum will ask us a second question in addition to marriage equality; namely reducing the age at which candidates are eligible for election to the office of President from 35 to 21. The proposal is contained in the Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of…