First things first - BAH HUMBUG to the whole bleedin' lot of yis!!
We're back 'On Air' after our Christmas and New Year Jollies, which were particularly hectic this time, due to the Grandchildren getting more numerous, older, wiser and harder to please!
Time was when we could put a thrupenny bit (!) into their Christmas cards and sure they'd near spend most of it on you in the corner shop but now the corner shop is a Turkish barbers or phone repair shop (yeah, right...) and a few bob is no use unless ya can Revolut it or scan it from your phone or watch, apparently!
Anyway - on Wednesday, 8th January 2025, we'll be doing some reminiscing of a different sort -
Ireland, 1920's - false pretences and titles were used by Leinster House to persuade the gullible that it was in their interest to locate, imprison and/or execute those who still sought and fought for a peaceful proper justice for Ireland...
From 2003 ; even twenty-two years ago, this phenomenon - while perhaps less noticeable to those who considered it unlikely, immoral and unworkable - was used as a method by State politicians to keep journalists 'sweet and on-board' and today, in 2025, to suggest that it is one of the reasons (if indeed not the main reason) why some people actually decide to become a 'journalist' should sound unreasonable and unlikely only to the gullible...
Ireland, 1920's - his commitment to a 32-County Ireland had put this man in the sights of gunmen and mercenaries from Westminster and now that same steadfast commitment had placed him, once again, in very real danger from Irish gunmen and mercenaries who were once in the same sights as he was. He was in the bedroom of a venue in Dublin when his old comrades kicked the door in...
From 2002 - the tolerance people have for illegals is gone. There is a mood in the State that immigration laws need to be toughened up : that was 23 years ago, but it wasn't this State that was being referred to...
Ireland, early 1920's - poverty, labour unrest, strikes and threatened strikes, military and political upheavals and, as those issues were to the fore, the body of a man was found in a ditch. The man had a military background, but had made his peace with all concerned. Or so he thought...
The lads tell me that we'll have a 12-parter ready to go for Wednesday, 8th January 2025, including the above five pieces, so put us on your list for then.
Don't have me to come down the feckin' chimney after ya...!
Thanks for checking back in. We missed ya...
Sharon and the team ; see yis all on Wednesday, 8th January 2025.
