Make It Easy On Yourself and Stomach

I do love Easy Food magazine. The recession certainly needs its ethic, and it’s one publication that’s been patiently honing its act and biding its time until we’re all poor enough to require it. Now, I’m not saying it’s the home of remedial food, but it certainly takes the responsibility of its title very seriously […]

Am I Wry? No.

This is purely self-indulgent, self-help. Just for me. Enjoy, or look away now. “Am I wry? Oh my! Fallacy! Fallacy in my words. Am I wry?”

Thank Heavens For Jolly Japes

Heartfelt congratulations to that bastion of pop excellence, and all-round nice man, Richie Egan AKA Jape, who was crowned winner of the 2008 Choice Music Prize at Vicar Street last night for his essential album Ritual. It’s not only a thoroughly deserved win, it’s unlikely to be received as begrudgingly by the blogging community as last year’s surprise Choice, […]

There Ain’t No Show Like A Joe No-Show

Stand by your wallets, fools – you and your money are soon to be parted. Although it sounds like one of those more-money-than-sense events they used to throw on in the old days of the economic boom (if that ever really happened), some promotional genius really believes this is a winner. Joe Dolan – The Reunion Show runs for […]

FF Pinning Recovery Hopes On Secret Assets

Like many of Social & Personal‘s loyal male readership , I wondered when Fianna Fail’s most devastating secret weapons would be unleashed. I should have guessed, really. Where better than their Ard Fheis? Yes, we’re talking Mary Coughlan’s legs. I hasten to add, dear reader, that this is not a personal opinion. Back in July 2008, Social & […]

Give Up Yer Aul Shopping

And so it came to pass that a senior member of the Catholic Church in Co. Galway got mildly peeved about Sunday trading. Fr Stephen Farragher, who works (except, presumably, on a Sunday) as administrator to the Tuam archdiocese, has suggested shops shouldn’t be open for very long on the Sabbath, and also advocates a return to the […]

Masterchef – It’s Final Week

“Pointing out the obvious in clichéd soundbites DOESN’T get hammier than this..!” An army marches on its stomach (and apparently plays hide-and-seek behind the heather too), especially a Scots one, but that’s no excuse for putting the three finalists in charge of their dinner in the open air of the Scottish Highlands, on Masterchef (BBC2) last night. As […]

Oh no, the recession’s going to be THAT horrific…

At last, an unexpected and very welcome side-effect of the recession: it seems business at Ireland’s golf clubs is going to be down by around 25% this year, according to a report in today’s Irish Times. It also appears that all those excuses fat excecutives used to make about conducting their “business” on the golf course were, as […]

Don’t Be Cruel…

Just to make absolutely sure the public are firmly on the side of our over-abundance of taxi drivers, they rolled out the big guns on TV3 News last night. Step forward this big hunk o’ love, Derry “Elvis” Coughlan, a man who firmly belongs to the Ted Bovis school of Presley “tributes”. Like his colleagues, Mr Coughlan just can’t […]

Carry On Comic Strips

Oh, how corrupted we’ve all become…