Diary of a Dissenter: A Week From My Window

What a senseless country we have arrived in now.

Dambursts of Desolation

FRIDAY

The picture above is of Shane O’Connor, my daughter Róisín’s brother, who was found dead this evening, at his own hand. It was taken at Róisín’s wedding, four years ago, when he was 13. Today is as sad a day as that was a happy one. Shane was a lad with a great heart and enormous potential, natural intelligence and wit. He w…