Most annoyingly my last post disappeared at the point of saving.

I was sharing a little story which I thought some hapless priest might be able to use in a sermon or a Thought for the Day. 

We're just back from our holidays in West Cork.  The house we stayed in had a fridge with magnets of those little VW buses from the sixties.  Well the first day there was an almight row.  Teresa (2) insisted they were buses.  Mary (4) was determined they were magnets.  I can hear it now on Radio 4 or Radio ...
Continue reading ...

I recently attended an informal seminary reunion - about fourteen or fifteen of us gathered in a rather dodgy looking French restaurant next door to the Ballynafeigh Orange Hall - it looked like the sort of place the UDA commanders used to meet in upstairs.  That said the food was lovely and the service was excellent.  It's interesting to see how some people have changed physically, while others haven't at all in 15 years.  And how personalities remain the same throughout. 

Apparently I was tr...
Continue reading ...

"Senior Irish football managers are said to be concerned about the drift of many young Irish men towards football clubs in other countries.  It comes after three under-21s and a full professional opted to join Inter Milan.  One senior manager told the Daily Mirror that the four players are the latest in a steady trickle of Irish players going abroad.  He cautioned that the style of play found in clubs like these is very much geared towards a continental experience and they may not even speak ...
Continue reading ...