A funny man who lightened all our everyday tribulations
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Most of us like to think that we’re busy as bees and think that we cannot be done without (talk about being full of our own importance), but here and...
A green ‘encounter’ that the Leitrim farmer will never win
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Like a lot of others dabbling in the world of farming, I’ve something of a bell in my ear for the last couple of years listening to EU pontifications about...
Good riddance to a hidden Ireland of not that long ago
Country Living with Francis Farragher
On an August Sunday last year, as a group of us travelled down from Dublin after our hurlers had been beaten by Limerick in the All-Ireland hurling final, we stayed...
The great ‘Green Dream’ but it will be ‘Micawber’ finance?
Country Living with Francis Farragher
The Green Wave is sweeping across our lands and honourable and all as its ambitions may be, it is kind of mildly disturbing to see the different parties and individuals...
A curious weekend of light and shenanigans is on the horizon
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Almost in the blink of an eye since we bade farewell to Christmas and the New Year has Midsummer’s Day crept up on us and while there’s been no talk...
Forecasts, quackery and the predictions that never cease
Country Living with Francis Farragher
In the latter days of May, a colleague of mine recounted a casual conversation she had with a fellow bus commuter on one of our dank mornings at the end...