THREE years ago we bought a Martello tower, because we’re nuts.

GREEN shoots? I have them.

CHAIRING the Four Angry Men in the Opera House on Thursday last was a fascinating experience, not least because they played to a packed house.

WE in Ireland have a general response to external disaster such as the earthquake in Haiti.

IT’S the level of treachery from the AA that’s getting to me, and, if the Met Éireann forecast is accurate, we’re due a lot more of it.

A WRITER named Ambrose Bierce, some considerable time back, published a wry reference book entitled The Devil’s Dictionary.

GIVEN the capacity of every mobile phone and computer to provide you with a diary application these days, you would think that diaries in the physical sense would be dying off.

I AM going to choke the girl who sings the ad for the sat nav gadget.

THEY’RE cheap; they’re pretty; they’re conversation-starters; they’re useful.

ONE of the sure-fire stocking-stuffers this Christmas is a little paperback called My Mother Always Used to Say, a collection of truisms gathered by Valerie Bowe, with all proceeds going to charity.