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It Occurs To me: Getting shirty with our Ryan!

Cavan people get a hard time about being ‘thrifty’ but as a cousin said to me years ago in McShane’s pub in Cornafean, “I’d give you the shirt off me back…if I had a shirt!” Meanwhile in Tyrone, as you can see from the accompanying photo, there is a ...

01 Jun 2024 at 11:04

Local News

It Occurs to Me: Bus travel getting more farcical by the week

I’m blue in the face over the years when it comes to complaining about bus travel. Over a month ago, the Galway-Sligo-Derry Expressway was almost an hour late by the time it landed in Donegal and almost two hours by the time Derry was reached! Yes, ...

02 Nov 2024 at 09:29

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: The death of customer services

As I write, a court has heard that telecoms company Eir employed a deliberate policy aimed at preventing customers from logging complaints. RTÉ reports that “District Court Judge Anthony Halpin branded the company "a disgrace" and said it should ...

20 Apr 2024 at 11:00

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: What time does the right ‘rise’?

We’re constantly hearing about the ‘rise’ of the far right in Ireland. Funny how most of the ne’er do wells probably don’t ‘rise’ until midday before unwrapping their flags and spewing their vitriol on people who are different. During the very ...

11 May 2024 at 11:02

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: The electric car debate

Don’t be alarmed by the accompanying photo! Spotted the ‘yock’ in Ardara some time ago and couldn't resist a wee photo. I was somewhat concerned a few years ago that the phrase “Suckin’ Diesel, sir!” would no longer be part of motoring ...

13 Apr 2024 at 11:00

Donegal Life

A Christmas story . . . . Message in a bottle, all the way from Donegal

Donegal Democrat columnist Frank Galligan met Jimmy from Senegal the last time he was in Lanzarote and subsequently ran into singer-songwriter Rory Gallagher in Ardara. "'From Donegal to Senegal' stayed in my head and as I've been ...

26 Dec 2022 at 16:55

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: Rory’s winning matches

Big Danny from Doocharry hugged me so hard, I had to count my ribs afterwards! Eoin from Letterkenny was caught between us, but he survived and commenced hugging everybody available! The setting was The Irish Viking Bar in ...

15 May 2024 at 14:55

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: The Donegal Town merry-go-round

On May 23 on the front page of the Donegal Democrat, the headline read “Public Meeting on Donegal Town one-way system concerns”. The article was written by Siobhán McNamara, as a result of which (and social media), the ...

08 Jun 2024 at 11:13

Local News

It Occurs to Me: Millie's tribute to Creeslough

Many years ago, I first visited the Mullingar Scribblers to facilitate storytelling and creative writing workshops. On the way home, I called to the Maxol Station for petrol, and when the proprietor heard my accent, ...

23 Oct 2022 at 19:34

It Occurs To Me: The real concerns of ordinary people

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: Maga - make aurals grow again?

Mmmm? One thing that struck me about the Sunday Independent poll which showed that 72% of people believe that asylum seekers and refugees should be housed in more affluent areas was this: what percentage of the 72% ...

10 Aug 2024 at 12:36

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: The O’Donnell - Forgotten music maestro

In November 1979, Brian O’Donnell died in Belfast. His Irish News obituary read: “Brian O’Donnell, Irish traditional music adviser to UTV, BBC and the Northern Ireland Arts Council has died. He was 61. Mr. ...

29 Jun 2024 at 11:03

It Occurs To Me: Plan for Donegal goes off the rails

InishLive

It Occurs To Me: Jack Cooney and Kilcar

Eamon Ryan has long been accused of not being in touch with rural Ireland and his latest pronouncement only adds to that perception. “This is an important day for the island of Ireland. This is not just ...

24 Aug 2024 at 12:50

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