I STILL have the pen I got for speaking at a conference of managers in the public service back in 2009.

I WAS undergoing a series of medical tests recently.

THERE was a great little campaign in Ireland for media literacy a few years ago.

CUTTING-edge engineering projects by CIT students will be on show at the 27th annual Cork Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering Exhibition at the Bishopstown campus on Thursday.

I WAS chatting to someone the other day whose pleasure (or pain) it is to spend a lot of time on the ministerial corridor in Leinster House.

A FEW weeks ago, I wrote here that the Taoiseach’s apology to the women who had survived the hardship and abuse of the Magdalene Laundries represented significant social progress, for which he deserved a lot of congratulations.

I HAVE a friend called Ger.

DEAR Eamon,

I SENT a few texts home during the week, complaining about the heat and humidity, and about how I kept having to slip into the pool to cool off.

WHEN you think about it, the really surprising thing is how surprised we all were.