Need a doctor—call a cop?

There was a time when women were not allowed to practise medicine. Times have changed but for better or worse?

Thanks, Mr Carnegie

The old stone-cut cornices of our Carnegie Library have been painted orange, portico and gutters two shades of green; otherwise not much of the exterior has changed. Inside, all is changed, utterly.

Once upon a sea of thought

breathless on a sea of mirrors
grey the sullen swell
their thoughts becalmed.

A Case of Celtic Cat Burglars

a more fitting sentence
for ripping out the nation’s heart and soul, might be to provide
each with jemmy, black mask, and little black bag, tools of their trade

A little bit of Malarkey on St Patrick’s Day

On one day each year we
makeover, paint our faces
wear funny hats
and indiscreetly
relax completely

The girl who fried bullets

by peter mcniff

“I’m getting out of here,” Imelda said.
“Hold on a minute,” I said. “I want to see who dies in the end.”
“How many more people do you want to die?”

The first murder in Greystones, County Wicklow

Gave talke about the first case of murder in Greystones, Co Wicklow.

Harbour barker

Councillor Scottie McWoofter says
Buffalo Lil should wash her mouth
after speaking out about the harbour

railway encounters

I love the shock of sounds
the sudden ping of steel expanding
the points snapping to attention

Lil’s War on Hummers and Harbour

She wants the harbour restored to its former glory
“I would rather have that wreck back in place,”
she says, “Than the concrete monster

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