I apologise for my poor production over the last few days and it was not because the Church was pulling itself apart and generally making itself into the anathema it is desperately becoming, but because late last week I was co-opted on to the editorial panel for the 2010 edition of The New Ranger an annual magazine brought out by… (more…)
Last night I witnessed the most inept, senile and out of touch display of accountability by the bishops of Ireland that has ever been known, when they set up the three stooges, McAreavey of Dromore, Brennan of Ferns and the holier and more stupid than thou, our own Jones of Elphin. Although this press conference was expected and in fact… (more…)
It is remarkable to see how far removed from reality are some of the bishops, when they are considering asking their parishioners to collect so much a year to help pay the legal costs and reparations brought about by priestly sexual abuse. But at least Brennan of Ferns and Walsh of Killaloe are putting their abstract ideas on the table,… (more…)
The newspapers made great reading this morning as various long-running stories progressed towards some sort of conclusion. The Eamonn Lillis murder trial is slowly winding its way to a guilty verdict. It seems he is now saying “fair cop, guv” after initially telling the Guarda that an intruder murdered his wife. I am always surprised by the husbands of Ireland,… (more…)