by Brendan Ogle | Jun 12, 2024 | A personal story
Well that’s it, the counting has ended and my first experience as an election candidate is over. It’s been fun, bruising, expensive, invigorating, educational and one of the most interesting experiences of my life. Maybe it will be repeated, maybe...
by Brendan Ogle | May 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Imagine you have had a good day. It doesn’t need to have been sensational, just good. Maybe you had a nice meal out in good company, you made love, or your favourite football team won a big game. Just something that had a feel good factor attached and brought...
by Brendan Ogle | Apr 22, 2024 | International issues
We all think about and discuss the complex area of foreign affairs daily, sometimes so subtly that it’s unnoticed even to ourselves. I do it a lot. I do it with family, with friends, with colleagues and I do it on social media and elsewhere. Even with...
by Brendan Ogle | Nov 5, 2023 | Isreal
This is not a post where I angst about the latest atrocity in #Gaza, or the #WestBank, or Israel or South Lebanon where Irish peacekeepers are increasingly in danger. There are plenty of those posts on this and other pages. This post is about something...
by Brendan Ogle | Oct 9, 2023 | Political Discourse
The world is in a dark and dangerous phase. There are currently several conflicts that if they come together, and powerful forces aligning mean that they might, could bring us to a WW3 tipping point. That there are rich and evil men (the are almost always...
