Tales Of The Gurrier

Of course, it is well known that before my  space program days I spent some time in the U.S.  Until now that period in my life has been classified information. I can now reveal to the public my involvement in a top secret super-soldier program run by the Reagan Administration to create an army of [...]

‘Single Malt,’ were there ever two more beautiful words in the English language? The single malt is the king of whiskeys. True appreciation comes only with long years of intense and strenuous practice. I present my small collection of single malts in no particular order of merit and my tastes and experiences are purely subjective.

Talisker, [...]

It is little known that in the early 80’s I was selected to become a member of the Irish Child Space Program. Here you see me about to embark on our first mission to the Moon on the lunar orbiter LÉ Muirchú.
The catastrophic results of those early missions are still classified material and the the [...]

SCENE: A cafe in Tallaght.
THE GURRIER and THE GIN LADY sit at a table, drinking coffee. A conversation drifts over the quiet hubbub of the cafe.
LADY 1: Yeah, I’m gettin’ mink eyelashes put on.
LADY 2: Mink?
LADY 1: Yeah, they’re mad expensive so they are, like €200.
LADY 2: €200?
LADY 1: Yeah, I want the pink ones [...]

I have avoided posting on Irish politics these last 18 months, as it has been far too depressing a topic to face. During that hiatus many, many, grossly unpalatable and disgusting behaviours have been proudly exhibited by the shower of clueless, lumpen, fuckstibles on Kildare street and foisted upon the unfortunate public as evidence of [...]

It was reported on Morning Ireland today that some Irish property developers, unable to pay back the huge loans they received from the banks now the economy is in the toilet, are planning on suing said banks for giving them the money in the first place.
Should it go to court those banks, some of which [...]

A quick one from the 2008 unposted archive.
Oh local newspapers, how do I love thee.
This article appeared in the Blanch Gazette and I quote from it liberally as no comment is necessary.
Suspended sentences for identical twins
Drug-addicted identical twin brothers who hid their faces with tea towels when they robbed €42 worth of Easter eggs on [...]

Breakfast Whiskey is a term coined by Warren Ellis to describe the kind of emergency whiskey one sometimes must imbibe when nothing else is available or affordable. Breakfast Whiskeys are generally consumed in the pub with friends when a round system is in operation. In my early, neonate days I drank Breakfast Whiskeys with soda [...]