Let the People Speak – Irish Water Potential Referendum
Why not also a vote on the property tax issue? I proposed same on Boards.ie some years back to a muted response …
Marching for Water in Tullamore
Rain falls from where some denied it falls Washed the streets over which protesters calls Echos to where the water falls from: …
There Is a Cottage in the Country
Sometimes, Irish Americans whose ancestors left the country generations before can be too nostalgic…
Lake In All Its Splendor Spoiled
A lake in all its splendor spoiled By a group of babbling chavs It was the opinion on being observed As “have …
More Than Just Another Memory
To ride a horse is to ride the sky, Someone once said somewhere… Well I was not with horses raised, But I …
Marching Past Trinity College
Written after the “Right to Work” march on June 1, 2010 —oOo— We marched there, chanting slogans Past the gates of Trinity …
I Said I’d Make a Voodoo Doll
This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of …
Another Enemy Less For Enda – Trevor Murtagh Tribute, R.I.P.
Enda’s taking them down, one by one, on behalf of the EU and the Banks His cronies get commissioners jobs: Merkels way …
Life Itself For Sale
The water we drink is up for sale That falls free from the sky The frackers for profit pollute the groundwater Its …
Big Government makes Banagher a one horse town – Blog
Big government has made Banagher, a town famous for its Horse Fair, for being packed with horses, a one horse town. And …
They Took from Us
We lost our fire stations, it costs to much to save our lives Not enough folk die from fires, is the reason …
Cute Hoor Councillors vs Artists Minding their Own Arses – Debating the One Per Cent For the Arts Scheme
The issue of public funding for the arts, in a time of austerity, has been a hot topic in the bars and …
Lady Godiva the Good
Lady Godiva the Good Decreed that ride through town she would As sure as that on the ground she stood Unless her …
Unable to Understand the Anger
Unable to understand the anger That seems to emanate From some folk who fight the world Because they are from an estate …
Capitalism Is Sick
How much is enough? The question I ask Of the shareholders rich Who bring to talk The board of a company Who …
Lessons Learned from Bog Bodies
We live – or try to- in this our failed republic, The joys and sorrows that that brings, I read an article …
A Persistent Commoner – The Late Tony Benn
“I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner” “I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing” – Tony …
Windmills Wave at the World in Wonder
Childlike waving, standing, live scarecrows, In excited fury and the breeze grows, Arms spinning wildly, and then slow, According as the wind …
Letter to Santa
Dear Santa, I am a taxpayer, Im been good throughout the year, Ive paid up all my taxes, and did not cry …
We Are All Greeks Now
The world it is but waters deep Churning, and but fish we are, and small And the bigger eat the smaller The …