The High Ground

Living outside Mohill, Co Leitrim, the author John Mc Gahern was a loved and respected resident who lived his life quietly among the local people.
 
Dedicated to his memory the “High Ground” café is now open above the Gala convenience store on Main Street.

Swine Flu

Which flu is it exactly?  Ultan started to get sick last Saturday with fever, coughing, asthma and the usual virus symptoms.  He mentioned how a kid at school had mentioned he might be coming down with swine flu and wasn’t seen for a week.

The Dragons are back

Two of the dragons from RTE’s Dragon’s Den were on Ryan Tubridy’s show on RTE 1 this morning.  Don’t you just love Ryan Tubridy and his effervescence early in the morning?

The National Federation of Fish Friers

Founded in 1913, the Federation of Fish Friers in Britain appears to be the place to go to learn how to run a fish and chip shop.  They have training sessions and recessionwoman is going on one November 2.

Let the Hare sit

“Let the hare sit” is an old country expression applied to situations that are heated and getting out of control.  It’s a call for calm and reflection before acting in haste.  It’s a sensible idea, but the poor hare may not be such a lucky creature.

The Hungry Road

Hunger is a hard word in Ireland’s history.  The famine of the 1840’s wiped out our population.

These words are dry in our day where diets are more prevalent than hunger.

I have never been physically hungry and in modern day Ireland I probably never will be, but I am hungry for money.  I want to make a decent living and raise our family. 

I am hungry for the feeling of a day’s work with a day’s pay with a little more thrown in for my creativity in establishing my source of income.

If someone else pays me they should get the extra for the creativity.

I am an entrepreneur and I am on a hungry road, full of holes and cliffs and ditches and wrong turns.

This is the core of an entrepreneur.  Hunger!

I’m glad I got that straight!

To Lisbon or not

Michael O Leary (CEO of Ryanair) and Declan Ganly (founder of Libertas) had a debate on the Miriam O Callaghan show on RTE the other night, regarding the Lisbon Treaty.

Rougey Walk

The Rougey walk on the cliffs in Bundoran, Co Donegal is truly breathtaking.  It is perfect for a bit of exercise as it goes up and down and has steps on and off the beach.  Who needs a gym when they have Rougey.  A mile goes very fast with all the visual attractions of the town of Bundoran on one side, and the thrashing Atlantic on the other.

Recessionwoman becomes businesswoman again

I admit the reason for my permanent state of recession is due to my permanent state of self employment.  Obviously, if I had got a reasonably good qualification at an early stage in my life and simply followed that path in a steady job I would have ploughed myself out of all my recessions.

Johny Morelli

Morellis is a traditional fish and chip shop and family restaurant outside Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim owned by an Italian man called Johny Morelli.  It is next door to Carrick shooting range where I bring my kids and on the way to Mohill where I go to see my mother.  I now spend Saturday nights with Mum who is fumbling with independent living along with a lot of help from family and a terrific carer.