Marian
I was somewhat stunned to hear yesterday that Marian Finucane had died suddenly. Who is this woman, you ask? For many years she was one of Ireland’s top broadcasters on both radio and television. She was one of only two … Continue reading →
Category Archives: RTE days
Stark naked
Back in my cable days I had some strange encounters. One happened one fine summer’s day in a south Dublin suburb. My task that day was to switch on and commission a line of cables that had been laid along … Continue reading →
The Pipe Man
Television was somewhat different in Ireland in the ’70s. Basically there were two channels – RTE 1 and Network 2 [now RTE 2]. If you had a television set you could receive both with just a coat hanger stuck in … Continue reading →
Bad timing
I have said it before but there is little to write about these days. One day follows another and each is much the same – I am either looking after Herself or sleeping. Occasionally I drop down to the village … Continue reading →
Suffering from wind
Many years ago I used to work for a cable television company. Those were the days before satellite television had appeared and the only way to receive anything more than the local offerings was to either have a massively tall … Continue reading →
