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Wow! What an experience! Our reconnaissance trip a couple of months hence proved to be quite handy. After all, we’d met a remarkable and charismatic woman with a family run bakery in Sneem, who, when we enquired about a passage to Skellig Michael, told us about a man with a boat in Caherdaniel. Grand! And…

[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] by Carl J Ashley @CarlJAshleyAuthor Be warned folks, there are some dodgy Bills in circulation. Like pretty much everyone else, just lately, under virus lockdown here in the west of Ireland, I have had a little extra time to reflect. Obviously, there are those for whom these current times do not mean…

A LinkedIn feed full of people being nominated for, claiming, or seeking awards, has got me thinking lately. Furthermore, a plethora of emails inviting me to some summit, or another, for patronising and well-meaning advice from apparently happy, wealthy people or - sorry, 'inspiration' from 'keynote speakers' or 'thought leaders' whom I need to apparently…

So having had a couple of days to reflect upon the activity of last weekend, I can confirm that it was indeed a privilege to be appointed for my first match in nine months, and at the most beautiful cricket ground in Ireland, no less. Punctuated by good humour, and on a day during which…