Our Irish Health Service is in crisis. Overfunded and overcrowded, it is also woefully managed. Discontent in the Health & Safety Executive, (HSE), is expressed from the very lowest quarters right up to the millionaires in their lofty towers. But … Continue reading →
To introduce my latest car to you properly, I feel the need to compare it to the one it replaced. I'd had a couple of Saabs for a few years and the combination of the qualities of those cars and … Continue reading →
Time was when you had something for sale there had to be a demand for. The equation was simple. If what you had was not wanted by anyone, you couldn’t shift it even it you offered it free. If there … Continue reading →
A recent letter to the Irish Examiner caught my eye. The writer told us that, “While women constitute half of our population, they are seriously under-represented in national politics. Out of the 4,452 Dáil seats between 1918 and 2009, only … Continue reading →