By Enda Craig. Conned the Public Irish Water, the EPA, and the Health and Safety Authority have conned the public into thinking that they have to chlorinate to protect drinking water quality from microbiological contamination and it would be dangerous […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Champions League Invites There has been some controversy, recently, with the big football teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, the big Premier League clubs and top Italian clubs arguing that the top teams that didn’t qualify for the Champions League could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cavanagh Brothers New CD The Cavanagh Brothers, perhaps Inishowen’s top band, have just released their latest album which is a mixture of new songs and their classics. There are songs on here that have won major song contests in Moville, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tony Bramwell I got a message today from Tony Bramwell. It said “I’m on Radio Foyle at about 2.45 to after 3 I think!” I would think that he must be going to talk, and be questioned about, the sad […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Padraig MacLochlainn Padraig McLochlainn of Sinn Fein was in a titanic battle with Independent Thomas Pringle for the 5th and last seat in Donegal. He was in 6th place till he got the second preference votes of a fellow Sinn […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Charlie McConologue Charlie McConologue of Fianna Fail was elected after just the first count. The Quota was 12,218 and he got 12,533 votes. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Dohery finished second and Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher of Fianna Fail finished 3rd. Fine […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My Vote I don’t really know the parties very well here. I know their names but not what they stand for. I wasn’t sure who to vote for. Till my son read me out something he found on the internet. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Donegal’s Generous People I read in the Inishowen Independent’s Barr Talk today that the cost of a marriage, when everything is included, is €24,360 on average. That’s what we spend on them. It seems that Donegal people spend the 5th […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Play AeroDrums I was watching the UK Dragons’ Den on TV the other night. On it they had a couple of guys looking for an investment for their Aerodrums. Using their equipment you can play the drums without even having […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
David Bowie and Me Many years ago, my wife was friendly with a Japanese girl in London. She got to know her through me. I worked for Japanese car company, Honda, in Chiswick in London as an IT Projects Manager […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…