The eejit

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A few weeks back, on the first day of Lent, a Dublin journalist excitedly penned an article concerning the health of An Taoiseach Bertie Ahearn. Rumours abounded that the Teflon king was unwell, and didn’t he appear on Irish TV that very day speaking from the Dail, sporting a serious-looking bruise in the middle of his forehead?

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When it was first told to me, I believed the story of the man who guiltily buried the savaged body of his neighbour’s cat – on the assumption that the foul deed was done by his own dog, sworn enemy of that same pussy – only to find that Towser unearthed the corpse and delivered the muddy remains to the other’s doorstep. In similar fashion (am I just gullible?) I also believed the man who recounted the following story, alleging it had happened to him.
 

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