The other night I was out for a short walk around the block here in Glendale - a simple ritual to clear the head and digest the last of the dinner. It was one of those beautiful L. A. sunset evenings when even the palm trees seem to be half-asleep.

American Catholicism can be a strange bird. A core belief is that Catholicism dovetails nicely with the presumption that being rich is God’s blessing – with the unstated corollary that being poor is always your own fault.

With a little searching, you'll find a photo on the internet from Sharm el-Sheikh that tells you everything you need to know about Donald Trump's much-trumpeted Middle East peace deal.

We had a good summer in and around the Ox Mountains. There have been no complaints, but the fact remains that there are few things that exercise our minds more than the weather.

Have you noticed how in recent years Halloween has become as big a deal as Christmas? For some people it is certainly the bigger festival of the two, which is a big change from the days of my youth.

At present the two Catholic dioceses of Tuam and Killala are edging towards a merging of the (soon to be former) dioceses into a new union of both.

We are witnessing a particular species of Irish government farce unfolding in the grey corridors of Leinster House where millions of taxpayers' money evaporates.

“Liaaaaaam!” She was mortified the first time I beeped the car horn at someone in Ballina and was rapidly rethinking all her life decisions to this point.

You know that moment at a dinner when someone's had too much wine and starts saying increasingly unhinged things, and everyone else develops a sudden fascination with their napkins? The decent thing would be to intervene, to gently suggest perhaps ...

What effect does the way we vote have on the way we are governed? What impact does it have on the way our politics is conducted? Is it time to think about a change? There is no clamour for change right now, that’s for sure.