"About 120 protesters outside Mullingar station Ming Flanagan, Maura Harrington, etc. Supporting McCabe. M" - Ex-Garda Commissioner Callinan
"You can judge a man by his friends" Brian Purcell - SG of Dept of Justice
"Some shower Brian" Callinan
Inspired by the Shell to Sea campaign
Giants whirr and clank,
wrench earth by its roots
tear, clench, gouge
an artery –
an ocean wide.
Poisons seep
invade flesh to
arrest alveoli,
heavy with grief.
Over metal chatter
a hand of voices roar;
to impede the bully, secure
beneath its jaundiced shell.
A gavel falls
shatters shackles
allows the beasts’ return
to pillage the tip of Erris,
nestled in Ireland’s arm.
A community fractured,
bipolar and bleeding,
left to battle batons
raised at flesh and bone,
reigning dull blows.