Wearing my "Forest Ireland" hat I have been on a few radio shows already today defending the innocent electronic cigarette. The chinese guy who invented that wonderful device should have thought of a different name for it because when the … Continue reading →
The road outside my house is the de-facto Northern ring road around this city. I know this because whenever I'm away from home overnight in some idyllic spot, I can't sleep because there are no heavy trucks thundering past my … Continue reading →
Last April & May I wrote a couple of pieces citing a rash of emergency landings by various aircraft in Ireland. The nature of these unnecessary landings were frivolous enough in each case but each one involved dumping thousands of euros … Continue reading →
Referring to e-cigs as 'tobacco products' so that they can be taxed is akin to referring to bicycles as motor cars and applying a carbon emissions tax to them. But that is just what the EU intends to do. To … Continue reading →