WITCHES
Philip Casey, writer, poet and playwright, has passed. Philip knew a lot about pain, but he never raised it with me. I knew him only as friendly, witty, compassionate and diffusing a stillness that belied his gregariousness.
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THE HOODED MEN & THE HEAVY GANG
Recently overheard simultaneously in Gogan’s Lounge, The Scotch House and The Palace Bar public houses, Dublin.
Unique Flann O’Brien and Myles na gCopaleen discussion.
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COSGRAVE’S HEAVY GANG
Congratulations to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for his article ‘Cosgrave’s support of the Garda Cast a long shadow.’ (Irish Times Sat, Oct 14, 2017) emphasising the role of the impartial historian to rise above historical revisionism/denialism.
No garda, to my knowledge, has ever been jailed for corruption or perjury in Ireland, to my knowledge. Then again, no garda has ever been tried for either. That’s because no garda has ever been charged- the result of no garda ever being investigated for corruption or perjury. Catch 22.
GOD SPEAKS TO BREATNACH BLOG
I contacted God for the Breatnach Blog to get a deeper and more in-depth interview on the referendum issues……His position could be summarised as the following…
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MY BUCKET LIST
The fortitude of Nelson Mandela
The single-mindedness of Che Guevara
The wit of Oscar Wilde
The voice of Richard Burton
A few true sentences
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PRISON OFFICERS BACK BREATNACH BLOG
The Irish Prison Service has officially admitted that over 139 prisoners had their confidential communications with solicitors bugged.
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GARDA WHISTLEBLOWERS BACK BREATNACH BLOG
‘…an alleged garda assault on a prisoner exposed a recording device in a stud wall..’
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KILLER SWANS DROWN DUBLINMAN
The killer swans lay in wait in the rushes of the Grand Canal.
VERONICA GUERIN’S SECRETS
Not long before journalist Veronica Guerin was shot dead in Dublin in 1996 we met …and she confided she was working on a particular investigation of police corruption … she and I discussed sleaze and bribery in the Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force.
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SEASHORE VOICES
The voice from nowhere stipulates how I should take care of dog poo. I am early-walking the path behind the sea-breaker wall, close to Dublin’s Salthill train station, accompanied only by my intimate shadow and the sound of the voice of my mother.
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