Did you know that a person who hates men can be described as a misandrist, and the corresponding noun is misandry? But there are currently only 29 examples of misandrist in the Oxford English Corpus, while misogynist appears more than … Continue reading →
When the news filtered in about the car attack in Charlottesville it was presented here as an open and shut case. The scenario was that demands had been made for a statue of Robert E. Lee to be taken down … Continue reading →
My home County of Cork is also the biggest in Ireland. The distance by road from its most easterly to westerly point is the same as the distance between Dublin and Cork. It is a large and varied county with … Continue reading →
“According to the report by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI), the average cost of building a three bedroom, semi-detached house in the greater Dublin area is €330,000. The construction costs, or ‘hard costs,’ come to €150,000, amounting to … Continue reading →