Langer of the Month: Celia Larkin & Robin O’Sullivan


This month’s Langer of the Month in The Corkonian is a combined Celia Larkin and Robin O’Sullivan. You’ll of course know Celia from her expertise on consumer affairs, as she’s bought a lot of expensive handbags. Fortunately this handbag cost has been defrayed by the generousity of the National Consumer Agency which paid out €13,184 to her for straining herself to attend five meetings in 2009. She also claimed €923 for soup and sandwiches.
Robin O’Sullivan is a former Cork Chamber of Commerce president and got €13,184 for attending 6 meetings of the NCA in 2009. He got €902 for soup and sandwiches. The size of his handbag collection remains a mystery.
Eddie Hobbs famously resigned from the NCA in protest at Hermes Larkin’s appointment. He got €5,834 in fees but didn’t claim for soup and sandwiches. The National Consumer Agency. Keeping Irish consumers safe from ripoffs. Now, what’s this over here? Electricity levy? What? CEELLLLIAAAAAA!!!!!

The August issue of The Corkonian is now on sale, price €2.

Signing Board for a Dublin Wedding


Too busy to blog much at the moment but here’s a recent signing board to look at!

Cllr. Seamus Walsh: possibly not a good idea to invoke Godwin’s Law with a moustache like that.


Screen grab from the Galway Advertiser, which once again wins the Tongue-in-Cheek award.

Wedding Entertainment in the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan


I was entertaining in Monaghan last week in the Hillgrove Hotel, which has some seriously funky furniture!

Pat Bracken RIP


UPDATE: Leaving Flaherty’s Funeral Home on Monday at 12pm, funeral to be held in St. Nicholas’ Church at 12.30.
Galway based puppeteer and stone mason Pat Bracken passed away yesterday. Many would know Pat from Quay Street, where his raucous puppets bantered with passers-by, and he was a regular fixture in the Macnas Parade, running ahead and warming up the crowd.
I don’t know any details of arrangements yet but will post them here when that changes.

Photos courtesy of Richard Walsh and Mister Ebby.