@wwaycorrigan I have been known to write the odd letter to Irish newspapers when I feel the need arises. This might surprise readers but sometimes certain issues annoy me. Below is a screenshot of my latest letter, published in Ireland’s Sunday Independent on 08 December...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] When presenting his popular mid-morning talk show on one of Ireland’s independent radio stations, Today FM, Ray D’Arcy would let it be known when an issue truly annoyed him. ‘I’m sick of...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] Medellín, Bogotá, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cali, Bucaramanga. In roughly that descending order, these are the top cities for immigrants to Colombia. As populous, fairly well-connected, and relatively...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] It shouldn’t surprise those familiar with Colombia to be told that many of its citizens are proud of their land’s rich biodiversity. ‘No country is more beautiful than ours’, is a common...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] Hubris. Melodrama. Scheming and screaming. Refusal to accept one’s errors. Refusal to accept defeat. No, I’m not referring to South American football teams — although, all the above do apply to...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] For native English speakers of the Old World, namely inhabitants of Britain and (whisper it) Ireland, it can be hard to accept that our New World ancestors have better language conventions than us. For some...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] While not officially a mechanic, my father is fairly well-versed in the workings of the combustible engine, its accompanying components and other such machines. In the rural Ireland of his youth, the sight of a...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] In my early adolescence, I was a regular attendee at mass. Oh, how impressionable the young can be! I bought into it to such an extent that I used to think that I was on a higher plane than those, such as my...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] ‘Please secure your own oxygen mask first before helping others to secure theirs.’ That epigraph is, as some of you will be aware, advice given to passengers by aeroplane cabin crew in the event of...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] No pain, no gain. The meaning of that proverb needs little explanation, expressed in various guises as it has been throughout the ages. I can’t think of any success of note I’ve had — yes,...
