Astral Gaze

A shoot styled by Laura and I - way back when - for our college magazine, Chrome. 

Make-up Sarah Jane Wai O'Flynn; Hair John Cheese; Photographer Johnny McMillan; Model Vanessa Jobb.

Wallace tickled pink

Shamed TD Mick Wallace will not face prosecution after under-declaring €1.4m of VAT in his construction company M&J Wallace.

The corporate enforcement watchdog has decided not to investigate the tax-dodging politician's company, claiming that the VAT returns of companies were 'a matter for the Revenue Commissioners'. However, Revenue have already made a €2.1m settlement with M&J Wallace, meaning the Wexford TD is likely to escape punishment.

When the tax scandal was made public in June, Wallace said he would give up half of his Dáil salary in order to repay the Revenue. There is little chance of this happening, however, as the tax cheat would need to serve as a backbencher for another 87 years in order to pay the €2.1m owed.

The only other sanction that Wallace is now facing is a motion of censure - basically an expression of disapproval - in the Dáil. So the disgraced TD is free to keep his seat for the Wexford constituency as well as his whopping €92,000 salary.

Happy days for Wallace, so.

Shameless Self-promotion

Did a stint on community radio station Liffey Sound 96.4FM over the summer as a Presenter, Producer, Sound Engineer and Newsreader - a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Have a listen to myself and Laura Garvey cackling away below. 

Work it

Absolute portfolio post! Just some of the work I've done as an Editorial Assistant with IMAGE Interiors & Living.

IMAGE Interiors & Living, October 2011 Edition


IMAGE Interiors & Living, October 2011 Edition


IMAGE Interiors & Living, December 2011 Edition

The Man at War

After seven years of what he described as a 'living nightmare', loving husband, father and locked-in syndrome sufferer,Tony Nicklinson, has died.

Resigned to a life cocooned in a shell following a stroke which left him paralysed  in 2005, Tony launched a landmark legal battle to be granted the right to die. His case received worldwide recognition through the airing of Channel 4's documentary, Let Our Dad Die, which followed Tony's day-to-day struggles - from his complete reliance on his wife, Jane, the couples' two daughters, Lauren and Beth, and his carers, to his inability to communicate.

Although he managed to take his case to the High Court, Tony unfortunately lost his battle, and therefore his right to die, last week. In a statement issued through his lawyers at the time of the ruling, Tony said: 'I am saddened that the law wants to condemn me to a life of increasing indignity and misery.'

Tony was so hellbent on escaping from his nightmare that he was willing to starve himself if he did lose the High Court case - in undoubtedly what would have been a most painful and harrowing experience for both himself and his family. Thankfully, it did not come to that and Tony is believed to have died of natural causes at his family home at around 10am this morning.

Here's hoping that the man at war has finally found peace.