Columns

Welcome to this hell’s purgatory for the “discarded waste of society awaiting society’s incinerator”. “Welcome to Hell” (by ‘Death Row’ activist and ‘Lifelines’ founder Jan

“I wanna thank God, my green homeland of Ireland (cue tears), the Dalai Lama (cue handkerchief), and everyone who bought our album (cue full breakdown).”

“Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685. He had 23 children and practiced on an old spinster in the attic.” This is a direct quote

“Is it yourself that’s in it? Wait ‘til I tell you, how the hell are you at all at all?” “Sure I’m grand, thank God!

At the tender age of 10, was I perhaps the youngest ever 1st year at Sligo Grammar School? I did turn 11 shortly after, but

“Stress” was the new twentieth century illness and all of our lives involve stress. Before I go on, I am totally unqualified to talk of

A little while back, I told you of some of the amusing comments we get after our shows. I also mentioned in that column about

Day 1 – Newark airport : “Good morning, you’ve been randomly selected to have your luggage searched, come with me.” So off I toddled with

In 1997, I was engaged by Singapore Lyric Opera to sing the small, but scene-stealing role of Snout (The Wall) in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

“Gold priests and wooden chalices in Ireland in Patrick’s time, Gold chalices and wooden priests as the wretched world stands now.” This anonymous sixteenth century