ourmaninstockholm

Irishman's Reflections from Sweden

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Other voices

Tag Archives: suicide

Those in glass houses…

January 2, 2012by ourmaninstockholm 2 Comments

About a year or more ago, one of my best friends and I had a falling-out on Facebook. Tired of the constant negative publicity Ireland was getting in Swedish media, […]

Read Article →
Irish Life, Swedish Life

Three wishes for 2012

December 27, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 1 Comment

Fresh from a few whirlwind weeks of book promotion and PR, I’ve been trying to relax and celebrate Christmas here in Dublin, but it’s never easy. For one thing, Christmas […]

Read Article →
Irish Life

Sorry seems to be the hardest word for Kate

December 20, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 7 Comments

Publish and be damned! - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, when the courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and his letters It’s very hard to comment on anything in the […]

Read Article →
Irish Life

A right of reply

December 3, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 4 Comments

Busy day today, but here goes anyway – some things cannot be allowed to go unchallenged. The Irish Times has issued an apology to the Communications Clinic- the house of […]

Read Article →
Irish Life

Saying the unsayable

December 1, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 2 Comments

As comedian George Carlin once bravely stated, there are some things you just can’t say. So he did. He went on television and said the seven words that he believed […]

Read Article →
Irish Life

God Speed

November 28, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 3 Comments

You may almost be feeling jealous this morning. Gary Speed dies and the outpouring of grief and love and respect is enormous. Imagine if that was you. That would solve […]

Read Article →
Sport

Finding a light in the darkness

November 27, 2011by ourmaninstockholm 4 Comments

As I walked back from the shops with my seven-year-old an hour or two ago, I took a moment to think about how lucky I am. Two children, a growing […]

Read Article →
Sport

Post navigation

Follow Our Man In Stockholm on Twitter

  • Antal journalister som hade numret till polistalesmannen i natt: alla. Antal som hade nummer till någon i #Husby? Tydligen ingen. 1 hour ago
  • @RobbieLauler @JohanFlinck Najs! Kom den med nya bilen eller? #bargainoftheyear 1 hour ago
  • Polistalesmannen Lars Byström har polisanmält insatsen igår kväll. #husby 1 hour ago
  • Antal ungdomar som intervjuades/fick uttala sig i #husby-reportaget på @SR_StudioEtt: 0. Hmmmm. 1 hour ago
  • RT @medievarlden: Journalister ser bara en sida av ett delat Sverige: bit.ly/114IRYI #husby 2 hours ago
  • @JuanSalenko76 Japp - inte så svårt heller att balansera ett reportage. Oftast rätt klart vilken sida folk står på ju... =) 7 hours ago
  • @SamGullberg Tack Sam! 7 hours ago
Follow @philipoconnor

Current Reading List:

Game of Shadows- Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams
Pointless- A season with Britain's worst football team - Jeff Connor
Tribe- A Portrait of Galway- Reg Gordon

What’s been tagged

#Aras11 #GE11 Anders Behring Breivik austerity bailout Brian Cowen Communications Clinic Dana David Norris depression Eamon Gilmore Enda Kenny FIanna Fail Fine Gael Garret Fitzgerald Gay Mitchell Gerry Adams IMF Ireland Irish Independent Irish presidential election Irish Times Joan Burton journalism Kate Fitzgerald Labour Leo Varadkar Martin McGuinness Mary Davis Michael D Higgins Michael Lowry Michael Martin Michael Noonan news international Newstalk Osama bin Laden racism Rebekah Brooks RTE Sean Gallagher SInn Fein suicide Terry Prone Utoya Vincent Browne

Blogroll

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Oxygen by AlienWP.
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 32 other followers

Powered by WordPress.com