Are we ever to blame for our misfortune?
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
If someone burgles your house because you left the window or back door unlocked, do you at least have to share a portion of the blame?
The thought occurs on...
Show some real resolve with New Year promises
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
New Year, New You – or so they say. But unless you’ve access to your own cosmetic surgeon, the chances are it will be hard to tell the difference...
Tired over Christmas? Blame it on the turkey!
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
You can picture the scene at almost every dinner table in the country – Christmas afternoon, dinner eaten, granny snoring in the armchair, the feast looking like it had...
Conflicting emotions on the season of Christmas
Is there a person out there who hasn’t conflicting views about Christmas? On one hand, you have the hard sell, the commercialisation that begins as soon as Halloween is over – down with the...
Just cold comfort for those who fell through the cracks
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
A woman stopped traffic on the road outside the hospital as she dragged her bedding to the other side to make a nest for herself for the night in...
How money can signify the stages of your life
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
Money has many manifestations; it's the root of all evil and it can't buy you love but it still manages to make the world go round and Dire Straits...