From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony

You hear Paul O'Mahony getting ready to fly to Bilbao - via Gatwick.  Paul speaks  about what he's hoping for:  food, drink, views, music & education.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about how he learned about the variety of ways in which people from different cultures communicate.

You hear Paul O’Mahony having breakfast - remembering Jonathan Swift - and the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu.

You hear Paul O’Mahony reading a poem he selected - may be first in a series “Poems for Bedtime” This is an extract from “Gravity and Light”.

You hear Paul O’Mahony in awe of how Proust wrote about what happened to him after he tasted a madeleine that had been dunked in lime-flavoured tea. Paul referred to an incident in Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Agent”

You hear Paul O’Mahony using quotations from the Irish government announcement of a public holiday: In January 2022, then-Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar announced the new holiday, stating: "This new public holiday will be a national day to recognise the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and in remembrance of people who lost th...

You hear Paul O’Mahony walking by rushing water with Louis - shortly after listening to the start of “Swann’s Way” on Audible.  Paul remembers his great friend Dai Griffiths, who read the whole of “Remembrance of Things Past” - at work. Exquisite is the first word that Paul uses to describe his first 18 minutes. There will probably be many more Proustian episodes to come

You hear Paul O’Mahony speaking under duress,  under water.

Your Paul O’Mahony on a bright sunny Sunday morning - talking about how he used Facebook.  How he make a mistake which led to a Buddhist experience.

You hear the mirth in Paul O’Mahony’s Voice as he tells the story of what happened before the picture that goes with this episode. Recorded on Saturday evening when Paul was not drunk on red wine.

Imagine Paul O’Mahony spending his whole day striving to do something as simple as connecting a Mac to a new Epson printer - having to resort to DeepSeek.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about his visit to a recycling centre on Saturday morning. You also hear a bit of family history - the time his daughter asked “ how do you know God is a man?"  The champion boxer Katie Taylor comes into the picture.

You hear Paul O’Mahony after he’s been blown away by Jessie Buckley - and the whole Hamnet experience.  Paul expects Shakespeare’s wife to win an Oscar. (This was recorded on the 24th of January 2026)

You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating the end of a “pain in the neck”.  He’ll be able to drive forward in comfort from now on.

You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating one of his brothers.  Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence with First Class Honours.  Praise too for the restaurant called Aces.  Plus the stupidity of consuming a huge quantity of jelly babies. Paul is suffering right now on Thursday evening.

You hear Paul O’Mahony complaining loudly about the fact that he can’t charge his car with a home charger that was attached to the house yesterday

You hear Paul O’Mahony about to delete Audible in favour of an offer from Spotify. But before that Paul must decide which four audio books to select.  The short list of 11 is here.

You hear Paul O’Mahony’s dream.  Theft.  A Japanese man’s gel.  A confession.

You hear Paul O’Mahony indignant.  How dare USA allow drug gangs dump cannabis on people of Ireland. Will the Irish government retaliate?

You hear Paul O’Mahony declare that it’s time to walk the dog Louis.  You also hear the list of things that Paul has done this morning.

You hear Paul O’Mahony speaking passionately about a political issue - one that’s very important to him.  “It’s not too late to change your opinion about a cause you’ve supported for ages.” Warning: Paul has strong views & feelings about what’s happening in Israel.

 You hear a man doing housework, proving that - even at this late stage -  it is possible to change habits of a lifetime

You hear all about the most successful roast vegetables that Paul O’Mahony  has ever cooked - including the ingredients & instructions.  There is an extraordinary ingredient that you won’t find in any recipe book.

You hear Paul O’Mahony confronting the barrier that’s been erected - all for the sake of a “greenway”.

You hear a worried Paul O’Mahony.  His cat is not himself.  A very bad, disturbing thought crossed Paul’s mind

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking while driving his new car from the ‘showroom’ to home.  It’s an electric one. #Audio365

Introducing the Irish Tea Ceremony to the wider world - contrasting it with the Japanese Tea Ceremony, which Paul O’Mahony experienced in April 2025.  You hear a tiny interruption by Puma.

You hear Paul O’Mahony waxing lyrical after opening his curtains

Bombing. Invasion.  Kidnapping  - Paul O’Mahony is taken aback.  Paul has no love for the EU call for “restraint” by USA.

Time to go back It’s time to go back to the studio return the microphone leave the stage before it is too late and the sun dissolves, the dark turns the key in the cell of sleep. By the side of the sound fluttering traces, glimmers of illumination on a sandy shore, parallel to the light to which sea turtles run. Signals that the evolution of cells requires the survival of a fresh program with...

You hear higgledy-piggledy talk by Paul O'Mahony to himself.  Inspired by a teabag in a mug, an easy-pealer, damp sheet, and a one third eaten pineapple.  In other words, the speaker is all over the place this morning.

If you listen to all this inadequate adventure path,  you too may become disappointed with your result.  The illusive certainty that seems to dwell on this side of the bridge. From where comes the faint sensation that the recording over cereal has mattered? Might matter some day to come?  Even though it matters now. Amen.

2025 A year of fire and brimstone, a reckoning with massacres, starvations, vindictive assaults on hopes and dreams. It’s been “disappointing ” to see infants lose their parents – and grandparents crippled with the pain of grief in ruins, rubble, and relics of the quiet life they wanted more than anything. Blue skies & clean water blooming flowers and fruiting trees fresh streams and songbi...

Early morning:  New Year’s Eve: You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about his leak & his friend’s trouble #DecPodPoMo

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about a book he got from Audible -  Paul’s at least 5 hours into listening to it.  #DecPodPoMo

Paul O’Mahony does His best to remember what he did on 28th December 2025 #DecPodPoMo

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking to himself as he goes shopping for coffee, bananas, and exotic tea -  you also hear Paul asking for directions- plus chat at the checkout- also the danger of crossing the shopping centre car  park#DecPodPoMo

You hear Paul O’Mahony introducing how difficult yesterday was.  How he felt lousy from morning to night, tetchy & grumpy. Everyone is entitled to have a bad day, and to be stuck in it.  No point making it worse. There are better ways to be.  #DecPodPoMo

At the launch of  "The Irish Revolution Diplomacy and reactions, 1919-1923" Edited by Dermot Keogh (https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/author/dermot-keogh) , Owen McGee (https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/author/owen-mcgee) and Mervyn O’Driscoll (https://www.corkuniversitypress.com/author/mervyn-odriscoll) Paul O'Mahony was hoping to meet up with Hilary Beirne from the TangibleIreland networ...

Do not use laundered money.  That's not a good habit.  Instead follow the method recommended by Paul O'Mahony - and the Hyundai dealer. Paul is going to buy a new car - in January.  #DecPodPoMo

Unless you're in good health and good mood, this may be a particularly tough time of the year for you (and the others who are in poor emotional health).. Paul O'Mahony recorded this while driving to join the mental health walking group on Little Island in Cork.  #DecPodPoMo.

After watering the cat - Headlines from Ireland - found in The Irish Times weekend edition.  Not particularly satisfying, Paul thinks.  #DecPodPoMo

You hear Paul O'Mahony's cup of tea going down - and an apology for his "bad mannered yawn".  Epigrams are quoted - and Paul even speculates that he might write some.  The idea of composing a poem entirely from epigrams ... In the end the unmade soups is introduced.  The image is the soup after it was made. #DecPodPoMo