Dublin

I’ve never professed to being an animal lover. Perhaps it has something to do with losing a succession of pets as child to poison and

I travel. Quite a bit. And I’m no stranger to unusual ‘bring back’ requests, but this was the first time I’d been asked to bring

I love having you home, but I couldn’t afford it if you moved home permanently. So said a mate of mine as we spent a

His name was McCarthy. Stephen, I think. Or was it Patrick? No matter. It was definitely McCarthy. And he was definitely Irish. Considering I was

I can’t ever remember being in Donabate. But then again, given what my memory is like, I’m open to correction. No doubt even more years

Since I first left Ireland back in 1990, I’ve had two homes. ‘Home’ is wherever I happened to be living at a given moment in

I’ve been in Ireland since Wednesday and have been on an emotional rollercoaster for most of it. This has been my longest absence in years

I am the first to admit that I will need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the technological 21st century. A toddler picked up

As cigarettes creep towards a whopping €10 a pack in Dublin, and Budapest begins to get used to the new smoking laws, I’ve only now

Some of my questions are never answered because they are never asked. Some of my questions have never been born. Then some questions pop up

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