God, we needed that. For so many reasons we needed to beat New Zealand but not least, may I submit, as an antidote to all this Brexit bullshit we’ve been enduring for what seems like t… Read More

I’ve decided to resign as Brexit Secretary. And yes, before you point it out, I realise I never had the job in the first place. It’s just that so many people are resigning from i… Read More

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Miggledy is going to win. Let’s get that out of the way before we say anything else. Miggledy has this wrapped up and the clown show that’s opposing him can do nothing about it… Read More

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50th anniversary of definitive Beatles album The post The Beatles at Abbey Road. Tomorrow Never Knows. appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Why do we expect Bus Éireann to be a commercial entity? We don’t expect the fire brigade to generate a profit. We don’t require our national police force to make… Read More

Donald J Trump has accepted an invitation from Enda Kenny to visit our country in his capacity as president of the USA, as opposed to simply being some random boorish clown who happens to ow… Read More

A lover scorned is a hard enemy. Eamon Casey revealed the awful truth to Ireland that we had believed a lie for 150 years. The post Bishop Eamon Casey Dies appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Much has been made of President Donald Trump’s aversion to alcohol and yet his behaviour is that of a man who drinks heavily at night, alone. His tweets speak of it. His rages speak of… Read More

They sold human hair to English wig shops. Think about that. With the collusion of the State, they enslaved young girls, imprisoned them, tore their babies from their breast and imprisoned t… Read More

There’s nothing new about the Garda attempts to destroy Maurice McCabe using false accusations of sexual abuse. Indeed, this technique is such a normal part of Garda procedures that th… Read More

Trump is right. Putin isn't the only killer. Problem is, Trump doesn't see anything wrong with being a killer.. The post Trump to O’Reilly: “You think our country’s so inn… Read More

We need a new name for the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. After all, we can’t keep calling him That Idiot, That Clown or the Tangerine Tosser, but luckily Don… Read More

Could we ever have imagined in our most disturbed fantasies that a hubristic imbecile like Trump might now be occupying the Iron Throne? I didn’t see it coming any more than his oppone… Read More

The jewel wasp is a remarkable insect that knows precisely how to take over a cockroach.  First it stings the insect to temporarily paralyse its front legs.  Then it inje… Read More

Fuck this blogging shit. I’m too busy with other projects. It’s been nice knowing you, folks.   Maybe I’ll drop in here now and then. Who knows? The post Fuck this blo… Read More

State telling women what to wear The post French Fashion Police overruled as Burkini ban lifted appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

One of the greats The post Louis Stewart dies appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Puzzle of Irish Olympic tickets in Rio The post Pro10 – the Olympic ticket distribution company that doesn’t distribute Olympic tickets appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Pat Hickey, our homegrown Olympic Ozymandias The post Pat Hickey, Irish Olympic boss, arrested in Rio appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Embarrassing antics in Rio. The post Ireland’s Rio Olympics appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Is he nuts? You decide. The post Is Donald Trump mentally fit to be President? appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Medieval psychobilly The post Imelda May at King John’s Castle appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Archbishop has no confidence in Irish priest-school The post Maynooth sex scandal – Archbishop pulls out appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Something far worse than Hitler The post Killing Heydrich appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Could you not just keep your dick in your pants? The post Longford family reject €42-a-week 4-bed house and take over another appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Water and rabble rousing idiots The post Drinking water out of lead pipes appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

RTE, apparently, is in hock to the tune of €2.8 million, on the face of it, a huge amount of money but not in the broader scheme. This sum might not, for instance, come anywhere close t… Read More

Limerick bid for European Capital of Culture 2020 The post Reviewing the Limerick 2020 Bid Book appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

No hair-doctor too dear for the socialist French president. The post Francois Hollande’s monthly €10,000 haircut appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Memory of old xenophobe controls modern Britain The post Curse of Enoch Powell destroys David Cameron appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Free the Father Ted One The post Warrant issued for arrest of Father Todd Unctious appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Walking the baby The post Masculinity appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Electric tennis racquets The post Moths appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

What a terrible ringtone Bad To The Bone is. Ba-ba-ba-baaaad  … I lie in the dark with staring eyes, fumbling for the phone. What?? Is someone dead? Baaaad to the bone … O… Read More

Men's colours The post Abstract expressionism and the harmless house painter appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

It took about ten minutes to work out something was wrong and another twenty to find the cause, but it was all my own fault. The vague sense of unease. The feelings of impending do… Read More

The greatest democracy in the world has a problem with guns. The post Why is it harder to buy anti-psychotics than a gun in the USA? appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Orlando killer was just another in a long line of American mass murderers The post Orlando murders reveal darkness at the heart of the American project appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Religious education in Ireland has been a contentious issue for generations, just as it has been in many other countries, but Ireland is almost unique in Europe in making religion an integra… Read More

Britain might leave the EU. A foolish move. The post Brexit and the language of the barrow-boy appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

I hate painting. I hate it with a passion normally reserved for Brussels sprouts and Enya albums. I hate it more than listening to Brian Lally commentating on a GAA match. I hate it more tha… Read More

Muhammad Ali, gone from among us The post Muhammad Ali — the Greatest appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Let's make money from the Nazis The post Trump and Pegida visit. Making Ireland’s Mid-West fascist friendly. appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

A barbaric summer pleasure The post Cooking out – why do we barbecue? appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Paul Costello designs a small cheeseboard The post Paying €60 for a short plank in Dunnes Stores appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Barbecue while the sun shines The post Chicken Bhuna appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

It’s a year, one full year, since Ireland voted in a referendum to make all our citizens equal, and the Irish people voted overwhelmingly to do the right thing. As a veteran of previou… Read More

Keep your aggressive dogs at home. The post Dog Attacks appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Magnificent country artist dies The post Guy Clark appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Delicious and quick vegetarian lasagne recipe The post Vegetarian lasagne recipe appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

I was idly chatting with a friend, as one does, when I remembered a story someone else told me recently. Two stories, actually, but related to each other. Three, for all I know, or four… Read More

The Queen for the Castle The post Imelda May for the Castle appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Political gobshitery at its finest The post Danny Healy (Rae) and climate change denial appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Leicester City for the league? Regular readers must be wondering if I’ve lost my dobbers. Have I gone over to the soccer dark side? Well, actually, I always had one foot in the soccer… Read More

Everyone should get what Paul Murphy got. The post Paul Murphy free legal aid story deflects from real injustice appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

What do the Hillsborough disaster, the Toxteth riots and the Battle of Orgreave have in common? Wait!  Before answering that, let’s just remind ourselves what they are. The Hillsb… Read More

The Irish Water charges will be suspended if Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil manage to cobble together some sort of political fudge in a desperate attempt to retain power. Are we… Read More

Arrogant as a surgeon, surly as a bus driver, aggressive as a junior lawyer, he lands at my feet while I fork my sadly-neglected garden. He cares nothing for me, nor for the threat I might p… Read More

We Irish have an elastic relationship with reality in so many ways. We convinced ourselves for years that we punched above our weight in Europe, until the time came for Europe to help us dur… Read More

Rock royalty gone too soon The post Prince dies, reducing the world’s sexy motherfucker count by one appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

How to punish a mass murderer? The post Anders Breivik human rights violated in prison appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Suspended sentence laws overturned The post Criminals welcome High Court ruling on suspended sentences appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Pope confronts bigots The post Pope takes Syrian Muslim refugees to Rome appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Urban gardening made possible The post Use my garden appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

João Carvalho beaten to death The post João Carvalho beaten to death in MMA fight appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

The triumph of imagination The post Breakthrough Starshot: Stephen Hawking announces interstellar travel appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Local rag bashes immigrants The post The Limerick Post and anti-immigrant scaremongering appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Banning art in Ireland The post Irish Political Allegory painting banned from exhibition in Cork School of Music appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Another one-off leaves us The post Michael Curtin — novelist, storyteller and decent man appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Dreadful office design proposed for Dublin The post Exo, Dublin’s highest office block, gets planning approval appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Look who's reading your mail The post Israeli company helps FBI to crack iPhone appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

How mankind was saved The post The story of Easter appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Hi everyone!! I know it’s been aaages. If you want to see what I am up to with life and business you will always find me on Snapchat. Add me on Holosskinniamh I love to connect with pe… Read More

In a shock development today, Rehab CEO Angela Kerins resigned from her €240k post, citing family reasons. My family would love to see me wearing a peaked cap with gold braid, and so wo… Read More

Are you as baffled as I am by all this stuff about who knew what and when, who first called and what letters went to what ministers? Normally, when I find myself completely stumped, there&rs&hell…Read More

It’s been ages since I put up a recipe, so I thought maybe I’d try this really quick one.  You can prepare and cook this all in about 15 minutes, which I like, being lazy. … Read More

I went to a talk today by Richard Mosse, and it changed my mind. One of my favourite books ever was PJ O’Rourke’s Holidays in Hell, in which he describes himself as a trouble tou… Read More

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On the face of it, there’s nothing to dislike about the decision by the Censorship of Publications Board to ban a book entitled The Raped Little Runaway. It’s revolting. Who coul… Read More

Chickens, bears and aliens The post One bear-sized chicken or 100 chicken-sized bears? appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Goodbye The post Goodbye Auntie appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Robber-turned-actor becomes actor-turned-robber The post Damien Dempsey defends Love/Hate actor Stephen Clinch appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Medication, not doping? The post Maria Sharapova and the Meldonium doping scandal appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Time to drop out The post Conor McGregor beaten by Nate Diaz appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Half-baked criminal The post Burglar caught by his own footprints in flour from neighbour’s apartment appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Trump's paranoia comes to Ireland The post Trump wall in Clare holds back Mexican Muslim Wave appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

The word soccer is not new The post Soccer is not a new word for football appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Wider vision is required The post General election 2016 hardly an earthquake in Irish politics, but perhaps a small upheaval appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

It's not often we get to make them suffer. The post Time to enjoy the election count blood-letting appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

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Most people in the world have no right to vote. Let's value it. The post Use your vote in the general election 2016 appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

South African case throws up huge moral dilemmas. The post Zephany Nurse abduction presents huge ethical dilemmas appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Boris is an honourable man The post Boris Johnson backs Brexit appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Crooked official dies The post George Redmond — the corrupt administrator who destroyed Dublin’s built heritage appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

No difference between the traditional Irish political parties The post Fine Gael and Fianna Fáíl must eventually combine appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Thirty-five years after the Stardust, the people of North Dublin continue to suffer The post Stardust fire 35th anniversary appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

We need to celebrate modern Irish rugby, not complain about it. The post Six Nations 2016. France 10 – Ireland 9. appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More

Huge scientific discovery The post Gravitational waves confirmed – Einstein was right about everything appeared first on Bock The Robber Read More