Carnsore Point: Ireland Goes Nuclear
In 1977 Fianna Fáil Minister for Industry and Commerce, Desmond O’Malley, announced the government’s intention…
Browsing: Garreth Byrne
The Comics of Yesteryear
Most people whose Irish childhood was spent between the mid-1950s and mid-1960s wistfully remember the…
Local Government Falls Short
Long ago I read a wry assertion that local government in Ireland is ‘central government…
Leitrim’s Glass Half-Full
In a recent article Frank Armstrong traces the historic decline in the population of Leitrim,…
Spent Batteries
The shop sign was in a Youghal side street, and it said Afro Crafts and…