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Tony Groves

Tony Groves

The Tax Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield, the hero of J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, is sitting in his (soon to be former) teachers’ office and recounting…

Sep 5, 2016

Sep 5, 2016

Tony Groves

The Black List

The Rio Olympics starts on the 5th of August. All previous Olympics have thrown up some heroes and not-a-few villains. This particular…

Jun 20, 2016

Jun 20, 2016

Tony Groves

Shinnerbots & Robocops

Sinn Fein come in for (more than) their fair share of criticism, much of it visceral and personal. The term Shinnerbot is a derogatory term…

May 26, 2016

Shinnerbots & Robocops

May 26, 2016

Tony Groves

The Age of Austerity

“You don’t qualify for braces unless you've more than two teeth missing” said the HSE dental nurse apologetically. She was friendly…

May 24, 2016

May 24, 2016

Tony Groves

Kick the Can

Did you ever play Kick the Can as a kid? Do you remember putting small stones and pebbles in an empty bottle of 25p Cadet Red Lemonade…

May 17, 2016

Kick the Can

May 17, 2016

Tony Groves

Known Unknowns

“There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know…

May 11, 2016

Known Unknowns

May 11, 2016

Tony Groves

Words, words, words…

You may have missed it, but a man set himself on fire, on the Australian Refugee “Camp” island of Nauru this week. The 23 year old Iranian…

May 1, 2016

Words, words, words…

May 1, 2016

Tony Groves

The Minority Report

Cyrus the Great, was the Original Great (OG). Not only was Cyrus Great, he was Great long before anyone else was Great. Rumours Alexander…

Apr 28, 2016

The Minority Report

Apr 28, 2016

Tony Groves

The TTIP’ing Point

Mr Popular, John Bruton, is putting me straight again. Lecturing from his pulpit on the pages of the Irish Independent. An Independence…

Apr 26, 2016

Apr 26, 2016

Tony Groves

Mr Unpopular

This is a bit of a personal piece; a topic very close to my heart. It is something I’m deeply familiar with. A condition I’ve had for as…

Apr 25, 2016

Mr Unpopular

Apr 25, 2016

Tony Groves

Tony Groves

Writes at http://www.trickstersworld.com. Trickster isn't good or evil. He creates chaos where values are born. Truth may leak from my incoherence/satire/cynicism.

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