The climate

The climate here is entertaining: Political, economic and weather.

A couple of people told me this evening that today is the best of this week and rain is expected by Wednesday. I looked up the forecast and found that good clear weather is expected right through to Sunday. The entertaining aspect of this is that usually all the forecasts are wrong but in this instance one of them will be more correct that the other.

Presidential debates and banter have started. Some of the candidates appeared on the Pat Kenny show this evening, Monday June 13.  Typical of the show, the audience members were given barely enough time to say a short sentence or two before the microphone and camera jolted to another unsuspecting audience member of the proletariat vying for a few seconds of air time on RTE. No comments really of any depth or breath. Another successful show by Pat Kenny and RTE. Very little said while giving the democratic citizens the impression that RTE is a democracy giving the proletariat a voice. The climate is stifling.

Economy - Don't really know what the heck is going on. Will Greece keep the heat off Ireland for another while? Will Enda and Michael manage to get the interest rate lessened? Does it really matter? Of course it does but the whole thing is a tad clammy, warm with a healthy expectation of an odd thunder shower!