Play it again

  I have descended   I have descended the mountain Patiently one step at a time Down from youth’s lofty heights To the ordinary that is mine.  I have come down from the pulpit Where youthful zeal spoke clear Down to autumns misty valleys Where all is not as it seems.  Down in well worn pews  Where Everyman sits and sighs Life has shrunk and so have I Though grateful to be alive.  Let me sing in praise of the simple Let me relish the wonder within I will kiss the innocent flower Alone on a village street.  Everything that is, is wonderful Everything a miracle of being The meek inherit the earth For the wealthy it lies unseen. 

 The madness of MetroLink I have been convinced for some time that the timing of the MetroLink is wrong. About twenty years late. Now it's too expensive and we can't afford it. I have written to the Irish Times on various occasions on the subject but have not yet been published. This letter I sent them today will suffer the same fate, no doubt.  Dear friends, I will make no apologies for writing again to plead that we immediately discontinue spending money on the planned MetroLink.  We are reminded once again of our growing national debt which is masked by the output of US multinationals which will shrivel over time. Do subscribers to the Irish Times actually read it?! We have shown in the building of the Children's National Hospital (not to mention bicycle sheds and security huts) proof of our inability to build anything big or small within budget. The MetroLink will end up costing €20 billion plus change. The ‘change’ of course will run to billions. With inflation possi...