When it comes to being lucky sometimes it’s all in the name
Unfortunately the secret to gambling success comes too late for those who are now shirtless after a barren week in Ballybrit – but now it turns out that they probably failed, not because they...
When semi-flexible is as good as it’s going to get
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
emi-flexible adult – that's how my train ticket described me. Not as good as completely flexible obviously – but still a lot better than utterly intransigent.
Semi-flexible in this case...
Family Fun Day – is that the ultimate contradiction?
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
here are few phrases in life more guaranteed to bring you out in a cold sweat than the threat of a 'Family Fun Day'.
In case you don't get the...
Actual friends meet face to face – not on Facebook
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
here was a great cartoon once that encapsulated the conundrum of the social media age; a widow talking to her friend in a funeral parlour with no one else...
Being out of touch could be great for your health
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
It can be difficult not to in a world of technology that means you’re always at the end of a phone – but you should be warned; taking your...
Rough sleepers in doorways on a rainy night in Galway
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
On a torrentially wet night that had more in common with winter than summer, just after midnight they bedded down in doorways in a vain effort to find shelter...