An Irishman's DiaryI MET a friend recently who was carrying a square umbrella and I thought him slightly eccentricFri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT'S NOT a criticism of conventional theatres, but I'm a sucker for the trend towards staging plays in historic ruins and monuments…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Bookies' satchels lighter as slump nibblesGalway Race Festival: attendances nudge up, but betting is downThu Jul 31 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryFURTHER TO my trial for alleged misuse of the word "none" (to wit, causing it to be followed by a plural verb), I may have been…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI MENTIONED recently the tradition by which newspaper unions are organised into "chapels", each overseen by a father or a mother…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI WENT to see The Weir at the Gate the other night, and very good it was tooWed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHEN the Irish boy-scout movement, inspired by Robert Baden-Powell's English model, held its inaugural meeting 100 years ago, …Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHERE, oh where did those 20 years go? "Which 20 years, Daddy?" The 20 years since the 1988 European Soccer Championships - Stuttgart…Wed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN THESE exciting days for Dublin architecture, when every new building seems to make a bold visual statement, spare a thought…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryDO IRISH burglars have secret codes that they mark on houses during field research? If there are any burglars reading this, they…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE LONDON Times reports that Britain's orchestra managers are in a "tailspin" this weekend, as the music industry's two-year…Sat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI SEE Barack Obama has been accused of borrowing his campaign slogan - "Yes We Can" - from the internationally successful children…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIF THE Easter Proclamation had been written by lawyers instead of poets:Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe case of a middle-aged Australian couple who went on a spur-of-the-moment weekend away and returned to find the homicide squad…Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryYOU'VE PROBABLY heard that old quiz favourite, or variations thereon: "When did Christmas Day fall on Easter Monday?" The Christmas…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN THE dying days of pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, I once answered a mysterious magazine ad seeking comedy scriptwriters for a new…Thu Feb 28 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryExciting news from the world of computer games, where the next generation of technology promises to eradicate that scourge of…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI was driving up to Cavan last Saturday when a strange thing happened in the back of the carThu Feb 21 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryAccording to the French Revolutionary Calendar, we are now emerging from Pluviôse - the Month of Rain - and entering Ventôse, …Wed Feb 20 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere is a certain poignancy to the news that Billy Bunter is 100 years oldTue Feb 19 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's Diary"To his dog, every man is Napoleon," remarked Aldous Huxley. "Hence the constant popularity of dogsThu Feb 14 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryGood luck to Paul McGuinness in his campaign to have people who illegally download music struck off the internetWed Feb 06 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe vexed question of an Irish honours system surfaces every few months, to no effectFri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhen I was growing up, a popular song in our part of the world was Mickey Mac Connell's Only Our Rivers Run FreeThu Jan 24 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt was 90 years ago today that Major Robert Gregory, the only son of Lady Gregory, died on the Italian frontWed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThis time last year, a letter appeared in the Irish Examiner suggesting that Munster rugby had "lost the plot"Tue Jan 22 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI used to cringe whenever his name came up in history class. Not that he was any relative of mine, so far as I knewWed Jan 09 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn the light of tragic events elsewhere, the untimely death of Christy Hennessy seems like a story from another eraFri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI know that the central aim of Operation Freeflow is to keep motorised traffic moving. The plan may even work, occasionallyTue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryMost human body parts have been doing the same thing for as long as they can rememberFri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIf you tune into BBC Scotland today, you might notice something odd. There will be no records playing. Or jinglesWed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryAn exciting development in traffic calming is a contradiction in terms, I knowThu Nov 15 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhy are there no songs about the Dublin-Sligo train service? Maybe there are, and I've just missed themWed Nov 14 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryConcerned reader George Colton writes to me about a recent report on the sports pages to the effect that Danish cyclist Michael…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIf you think the streets of Dublin are dangerous now, be grateful you didn't have to walk them 200 years agoThu Oct 18 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryFor a word of medieval origin, "tawdry" is still doing brisk businessWed Oct 17 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryExciting news from the world of British poultry, where a leading producer has reported a huge increase in productivity since …Tue Oct 16 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt seems apt that the Vatican-approved crusade to save professional soccer's soul should begin with AC Ancona, a team in the …Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhenever my children ask if they can have a dog, I always take a firm line. We don't have room for a dog, I tell themThu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt's a grim fate for a revolutionary who wanted to change the worldTue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe importance of music in people's lives is witnessed not only by the songs we love. The ones we hate are even more tellingFri Oct 05 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryMy apologies to Samuel Johnson, but London is no longer a reliable guide to whether a man is tired of lifeThu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI want to begin today by saying a big "thank you" to the people of Argentina for all the e-mails you have sent me over the past…Wed Oct 03 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryI'd be interested to know if the German ambassador has any thoughts on the subjectFri Sept 28 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryOne of the annoying things about Ireland, I find, is that you can't take an overnight train journey anywhere in itThu Sept 27 2007 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAs many parents will know, trying to get your children to sleep at night can be a stressful experienceWed Sept 26 2007 - 01:00
