by Brendan Ogle | Oct 6, 2024 | Goodby Maxi
Dundalk said goodbye as it laid one of its finest to rest this week. I knew Maxi. Who didn’t? Words, in verse and song, have paid rightful tribute to our loveable rogue, a man who encapsulated the soul of our town like few others. Maxi was as strong as he was...
by Brendan Ogle | Aug 5, 2024 | Blaming All the Wrong People...
When I first used the phrase ‘blaming all the wrong people for all the right things’ in a blog a couple of weeks ago I could easily have predicted some of the extreme scenes of hate that we have seen in Ireland and England since. Until there is a real...
by Brendan Ogle | Jul 13, 2024 | 'Left' Behind - The Road to Nowhere
The Irish ‘left’ are as far away from Government as they have been at any time in the last 102 years. It might even be the case, depending on how you define the ‘left’ and its’ constituent parts, that there isn’t one at all. I was annoyed a number of years ago...
by Brendan Ogle | Jun 27, 2024 | Media Bogeyman
The Media ‘Bogeyman’ Firstly I am qualified to write on this topic. I did my first national media interview in 1996, a full 28 years ago. Since then there is barely a national or local media outlet that I haven’t engaged with. Most of those...
by Brendan Ogle | Jun 21, 2024 | Newstalk Reaction, Uncategorized
The European Elections were a very educational, challenging and life affirming experience. From the campaign challenges to the ‘left’ bullying and the satisfaction of once again meeting and putting my values out there. Would I do it again? I...
