Yesterday while I was talking with some students of mine about influencers and social media, a very polite student of mine called Marta...

Depending on how you read the title you might be inclinded to see it that Schrödinger is Irish or that I am talking about his Irish. His...

Yesterday was El Dia de los Libros which honours Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare who died on this day in 1616 but I was...

My 584th blog is a look at the incredible award winning actor Jack Nicholson on his 84th birthday. Happy birthday Jack Nicholson, you...

As it was pointed out by one of the owners, or the MC on the night, comedians can't see your smile behind your N95 mask so it is very...

The nightlife in Spain, during the middle of the day. (Appeared in the Irish Times & Athlone Advertiser Discussed on 2FM, Midland Radio 3...

Despite butchering the pronunciation of "impudent" I enjoyed the feed of vocabularly that I had to quickly digest for this month´s James...

The Kardashian klan are out in force to stop a real life photograph of Khloé Kardashian from circulating on the internet which heaven...

As a teenager, I watched tonnes of Star Trek which was shown at 5pm and again at 10pm on Sky1 which meant I could find myself watching...

If I was Sinn Fein I would tweet Live Long and Prosper on Easter Monday. It is the only logical thing to do really considering that April...

I was disappointed when the first commentary I heard about Star Trek´s latest new franchise Discovery was all about an antifemale lead...

As environmentalists worry about our inability to tackle even the notion of Climate Change, the climate changed in March 2020 to a...

When I was home in Ireland in December, I kept comparing Coronavirus cases in the locality to a reverse pyramid and compared it to the...

Whenever I listen to Miley Cyrus´song Nothing breaks like a heart, I always hear this powerful ballad that reminds me of Dolly Pardon´s...

(Read on Athlone Community Radio) They say, "No news is good news" but clearly they have never tried working in a newsroom, and I found...

I find it a bit of an enigma to call the British Erasmus program the Turing Scheme and I don't mean that it is a mystery, I mean I think...

I just learnt today that the Japanese word for umbrella, ella, ella is casa and I was reminded of this beautiful Japanese umbrella that a...

There is something very Déjà vuey for me about watching the new Netflix series Lupin. I am very impressed with the new French series...

They say, "No news is good news" but clearly they have never tried working in a newsroom, and I found an interesting comment this week in...

My parents received a Christmas card from Spain last week so I think it is time to talk about the Post Apocalyptic world we live in where...

Where do you see yourself in five to ten years? A typical question you might be asked in a job interview but ask it to Dr Pablo Martínez...

I saw this well-known actor posting this picture on Linked-in while writing about a project he was directing, and I thought it would be...

(My experience travelling to Ireland in December) I love the Traffic Light System that we have known for over a hundred years but I think...

An Taoiseach will need to make plans fast for Saint Patrick's Day 2021 and I would hope that he cancels the traditional trip to...

I was very surprised to see an article saying that An Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar wanted to see armed guards at hotels in an effort to enforce...

The idea of putting armed guards outside tourist hotels in Ireland seems like overkill but believe it or not the suggestion was made by...

With the utmost respect to our former leader, I think he should take a sick day if he is going to suggest that armed guards be placed...

The Mother & Child Homes in Ireland should leave many people soul searching. They say a picture paints a thousand words but the picture...

Switching the typewriter for Social Media, Mrs Fletcher offers some sound lifesaving advice This Lockdown Voice comes from my former...

Over recent days, I've been tempted to write about the situration in America and about Brexit, now that it has finally happened. I've...

I love the image of the Resolute desk and the colourful history it has had but I can't understand how underutilized it has been in recent...

It's AGGAAMM time again, (and no a cat didn't walk across my keyboard) It's time for the Annual General GAA Meeting in Madrid blog post...

I'm not ready to post 555 but need to reserve this space so I can share some other blogs quickly.

Painted Black on the the Darkest of all days (As heard on Athlone Community Radio) While walking from the overcrowded metro station to my...

Do you need to getaway from it all? If like me, you like to see more than just political posts and presidential tweets then check out...

I'm going to dive right in here and say that Coronavirus isn't that dangerous. I was talking to some teenage students about sports and...

Naturally, I wanted a lot off but that's not what I got It's Black Friday again and I don't know how to feel about that knowing that...

I believe that we all need to come together and fight for issues even if they don't directly effect us. When I was a student leader in...

Has Boris Johnson learnt nothing over the years? Years ago, I used to look at Theresa May and wonder when she was going to do her Brexit...

Hank Lockman, originally from Athlone, is always sharing some wonderful insights into Ireland's past, black and white photographs of my...

Caught between a rock and a hard place. I know I already wrote a blog about Mayor Rudy Giuliani's press conference and admitted that we...

What the hell did he Google to get this result? Was he looking for something to give him an election or was he worried that the campaign...

I was asked by a journalist for El Pais newspaper in Spain if they could interview me about the border in Nothern Ireland last year and I...

Do you ever feel like Joe Biden is the 21st Century version of Konrad Adenauer? Who, I hear you ask is Konrad Adenauer but don't worry I...

However you spell Biden, it's time to say Bye Don. Back before Coronavirus, I was helping out with photographs of the Pete Buttigieg...

I really enjoy JP Burke's poetry and must check out his detective novels too sometime. I started Lockdown Voices with a poem by JP as one...

That said, he won't suggest you inject disinfectants where the sun doesn't shine, and his closest advisors won't suggest BEHEADING your...

Avoid Printerpix this Christmas, you will probably be very disappointed Every other day, I receive an e-mail from Printerpix trying to...

BEFORE we look at the next James Bond, let's look at over 50 years of Bond, James Bond. Growing up with Bond films, I am sure I learnt...

If you don’t believe in either ghosts or the possibility of supernatural spirits then you may want to stop reading now as there is...