Cork Hill in the Sunny Noon

At the risk of sounding incredibly prententious, I call this picture 'Cork Hill in the Sunny Noon'. I know, I know, that makes it sound like something from the National Gallery but there you go. I snapped it whilst standing outside the gates of Dublin Castle one sunny noon in May, 2010. Although town was busy at the time, this photo - like all photographs - seems to capture a moment. In this case (if one ignores the hurtling omnibus), we steal some precious seconds of stillness from the frenetic pace of city life. As I said, at the risk of sounding incredibly prententious...

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The Far Enchanting Shore

v.1 I felt the breath of angels As I walked out the door They came from the future From a far enchanting shore. I spoke to my robot When I got home at night I asked it to show me God's eternal light. chorus First we're here And then we're gone x2 v.2 I danced with the angels In the morning on the beach They spoke to me of places That were just beyond my reach. I spoke to my robot Later in the day I told it I relied upon The things it had to say. ...

A True Story

Wherein we encounter Mr. Grudge Galmount... Forget wood. He wanted to be a carpenter of words. So he persevered and wondered if he was writing the longest suicide note in history. He was jolted in his mind to St. Valentine’s day in 1996: “Morning time blinding sun, Terrible letter has come, ...

Refugee Effigy Punch-Drunk in Bludgeon Pub

(Taken from The Evening Lies 07/07/2017 by reporter Todd Flesk) Proud pub landlord Ronan Colreavy spoke yesterday of his delight at an effigy of a refugee he has displayed in his bar The Wife Beater in Bludgeon city centre. “The reaction has been fantastic, my regulars love it and it’s great for business,” gushed Ronan, licking his lips and showing euro signs in his eyes. The idea was hit upon by a few of ‘The Lads’, as the pub regulars are known. They had been drinking all day, after an important Premiership morning clash, when Dano Scutts (a drinker at The Wife Beater for over 20 years) got onto the subject of refugees. He said he was sick of seeing blacks all over the place and that they had ruined whole streets with their stinking shops. Jimbo Rancid, a stalwart patron of The Wife , stated that he was starting...

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