Has Southgate singlehandedly saved the reputation of football?
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
England’s football manager Gareth Southgate may be the man who goes down in history for achieving the impossible – and it’s not necessarily England winning the World Cup.
No, this...
Beano’s big birthday bash is a chance to relive innocent days
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
Even after all these years, you only have to see the cover and its famous masthead to guarantee a smile – because the Beano comic was part of all...
Coming to terms with sporting life as a perennial substitute
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
There are few more futile roles in life than that of the perennial substitute; the guy who togs out throughout all four seasons, but who never gets anything more...
Picking up those threads of friendship right through life
A small group of old school friends gathered recently for a lovely night out. The first indication that we were now more than 35 years past the Leaving Cert was that food replaced pints...
A future where the AI man can deliver a bedtime story
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
Those who made their mark in any form of the arts used to console themselves with the notion that – while they might not make tons of money from...
Size matters – but let’s not work ourselves into extinction over it
A Different View with Dave O’Connell
Growing up, I didn’t know anyone who had size twelve feet; now there are shoes of that size scattered around our house like small canvass boats just waiting for...