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So where do rumours come from? Not a day goes by that we are not all subjected to a daily dollop of untruths, writes Paul Allen While waiting for a coffee to be served the other morning. The very helpful waitress served up the very latest news of the Omicron variant of Covid 19. She...

Have you ever wondered where words, song lyrics or poems come from?   The new book “The Lyrics’ takes you on a magical mystery tour around Paul McCartney’s 154 songs (whose birthday is 18th June 1942).   Paul is undoubtedly acknowledged as the greatest living song writer of his generation.  Now aged 79,  let’s revisit...

  Peace, Power and Words Politicians pretend to take our future seriously. ‘’All we can see is endless talk and very little action,’’ the words of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Yet, despite her frustration with rapid change, you only have to look at the vast number of protesters to know the power of political exchange....

      Floki Who?   Last time in London, a very interesting campaign was spotted, “Missing Doge, Get Floki” The dog belongs to none other than serial entrepreneur and Tesla boss, Elon Musk. Apparently, this new digital coin was set up off the back of Musk’s new prized pooch, Floki. The digital currency with...

The Greatest Show on Planet Covid   For over 170 years, World Expos have created a platform to showcase the greatest innovations. The latest and largest Expo labelled the world’s greatest show by movie star Chris Hemsworth, has finally launched in Dubai, 12 months behind schedule. The 182 days exhibition will showcase 192 participating nations...

Who was Angela Merkel?   As Europe draws a breath from Angela Merkel’s decision to call it a day and retire at 67, we decided to take a look at Europe’s true leader. For the past 16 years, the trouser-suited German Chancellor has been unquestionably the most powerful female politician since Thatcher. We in Ireland...

Will retailers get Elves on the Shelves this year? There was many a double take over the last few days in supermarkets across the country as we started to see the seasonal mountains of tins of Christmas sweets on sale. Even noted brand Quality Street got in on the act where you can choose your...

Guest blog from Niall O’Dowd, prominent Irish-American journalist and founder of newspaper Irish Voice, Irish America magazine and online news outlet Irish Central. He is also the author of Fire in the Morning (O’Brien Press) about the Irish who died on 9/11   There is direct line from attacks on 9/11 to rise of Trump...

Where have all the fans gone? The grass is cut, the pitch has been beautifully lined, football is back and the transfer window just closed. Consultancy firm Deloitte have an excellent study for fans of the beautiful game. The spending power for the five big leagues in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France was almost...