Dia dhuit from Erin, Lionel Murphy – bearing a good Irish name and a streak of independence – heard a particular case in the High Court of Australia about an Australian Aboriginal bloke called Neal. Neal had rebelled against authority on his mission in Queensland. Murphy was often the dissenting voice in that conservative bastion and …Read More
Beannú from Ireland, Foodies have no sense of history. They must have had it surgically removed – some time between the nose job and the boob job. We are in Dingle in County Kerry, Ireland. This is a truly beautiful place, drawing visitors from far and wide to enjoy the scenery on one of the …Read More
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya’, Why are the Irish so happy? With crappy weather, widespread poverty and the Catholic church’s ridiculous constraints on daily life, you’d think they’d be the most down-at-heel, sad and forlorn people around. Add to these constant torments, they have a tortured history of poverty, famine and disease. …Read More