Last time I voted my Dad was still alive. Last time I voted, I was living in England and trying to figure out who was going to get my single vote in the constituency of Brent East. I had to walk about a hundred paces from home to the local primary school to cast my vote. … Continue reading voting in a new election
australian life
road deaths
OK, I know I said I would stop with the statistics, but this one was on my mind. In the UK in 2008, 2,538 people were killed in road incidents. In Ireland, the number killed in the same year was 279. In the whole of Australia in the same period, 1,464 people were killed in … Continue reading road deaths
crime capital
It seems every morning I open the Age newspaper website, at least two of the main headlines refer to another murder, stabbing, shooting somewhere in Melbourne. The other thing that is beginning raise alarm bells is the number of serious injuries or deaths on the roads, so often by young people still on their P … Continue reading crime capital
a hot night
We lie in bed reading. It is after eleven at night and still in the high thirties temperature-wise. The sash window by my head is open, as is the back door and courtyard door, to catch any chance of a night breeze to cool the house. "What's that noise?", I ask. It has been going on … Continue reading a hot night
Máiréad Doyle 