by charley | Jun 19, 2018 | Current Affairs
How to Make Further Misery for Children with Cancer Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’, July 2018. I have a story to tell. And because it is about a children’s cancer charity that is very dear to my heart, it’s not a good story. Nor do I think that my tale will have...
by charley | May 28, 2018 | Current Affairs
Pain, Confusion, Betrayal… and the HSE Chicago’s Irish American News, June, 2018. “Hi Leo. Today is the eighth of May. It’s my sons’ confirmation, Seamus and Mario. “I’m just back getting changed, ready for the party. But, while I’m...
by charley | May 1, 2018 | Current Affairs
Blowing Earth’s Dust Away… Chicago’s Irish American News, May 2018. I never wanted to have children. I came to that decision back in my twenties; and it was about the most sensible one I ever made, in a lifetime of doing things that weren’t all that sane at all....
by charley | Apr 15, 2018 | Current Affairs
Dream Cathedrals & Memories of the Past Irish American News, April, 2018 It’s all good, this time around. I was at the cinema this evening, at a film by the name of Game Night. It was an upbeat, very funny antidote to that over-hyped, over-rated and...
by charley | Mar 9, 2018 | Current Affairs
Gerry Adams and A View from Ballymurphy Appears in Chicago’s Irish American News, March, 2018 Heaven knows that I’m not exactly the greatest Sinn Fein supporter in the world. Or supporter of any of the other power-based political systems, dress them...
by charley | Jan 30, 2018 | Current Affairs
Roaring Backslappers & Raging Bull Talkers Chicago’s ‘Irish American News’, February 2018 “I’m not on speaking terms with half of the people here because I tell them what they don’t want to hear while they stand...
