From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony

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

Recorded on 9th December 2025.  So many people have been having significant work on their teeth this year. Paul O'Mahony's friends for example.  What about you and your friends. This topic is a distraction from the serious business of hunkering down befor Storm Bram(stoker) hits Ireland. RED ALERT.  Aa if there wasn't enough going on in Paul's life.#DecPodPoMo

In the background you hear a persistent sound.  You probably won't recognise it - but it may remind you of something unpleasant.  However,  there is anxiety-relieving news to relish.  Plus Paul's resolution to "Be Not Tired While Driving" - maybe even "Drink More Coffee Before Driving in low light". The doctor said you don't become unconscious during a TIA - and if you had a stroke, the crash w...

On the Tuesday after the crash on Thursday, the Claims Assessor from AVIVA car insurance called to the house - to take a statement - by appointment at 10am.   It was to take no more than 40 minutes. He left at 11.20am.  You hear the signed statement read by Paul.  What you don't hear is all the chat which had nothing to do with the accident.  Chat about coffee, morning rituals, dogs and the tot...

You hear Paul O’Mahony delighted with the amazing service he’s receiving from his car insurance company AVIVA.  Julie phoned Paul.  Paul will be recommending AVIVA.  #DecPodPoMo

You hear the voice of a man who’s all over the place - as he wakes up in his brother’s house, stretches, and greets the cat.  Tea-making & “Composing himself”. Not long after the awful event on Thursday evening.  #DecPodPoMo

GREAT NEWS - expert roofers on board.  Shoddy work done 10 years ago.  The leak will be fixed by tomorrow.  You hear Paul O'Mahony talking about the problem and the solution.  You hear hammering. As an appendix, Paul reads the testimonial sent to Anthony Roofer by an extremely satisfied customer. Correction: whenever you hear "Ukranian". substitute "Polish".  Paul's memory isn't the best.  Con...

You hear Paul O’Mahony struggling unsuccessfully against Alexa - in this 7th episode of #DecPodPoMo.  Bothered by past experience of Spotify deleting an episode which contained music that was alleged to be copyrighted

You hear Paul O’Mahony satisfied after a meal that’s filled him up and put him in improved humour. Washed down with red wine from south eastern Australia, vintage 2023, a fairly mellow little number that claims to have notes of chocolate. The next couple of days will be every bit is important as the last couple of days. #DecPodPoMo

Image by ChatGPT. #DecPodPoMo

First Saturday morning in December.  I can’t even remember the cat’s name. You hear Paul talking just after he’s got out of bed. You follow him into the kitchen. You hear him making a cup of tea - so far so good. You’ll be shocked by what comes next as Paul introduces the story of what happened on Friday evening on the main street of Buttevant Co. Cork #DecPodPoMo.  Another episode coming very ...

You hear, Paul O’Mahony  talking about his early morning while walking his dog Louis. Vignettes include the discovery that 14th of December is world Choral  day - a couple of things about Toastmasters, being stood up, and the big birthday of my young brother #DecPodPoMo -  I almost forgot the weather in Cork today is cold,dry, and sunny

Paul O’Mahony is troubled because Louis has been barking incessantly at the dogminder’s home - where he has the company of several dogs & their minder - for the last three months. Paul has to do something but he can’t decide the best course of action. It was a shock when he got the news today. He is very fond of Louis. #DedPodPoMo

Continuing the example shown by #NaPodPoMo - Paul O’Mahony vows to carry on - regardless of the dangers, risks, and monsters on the path. You can hear Paul swallowing the medicine - bolstering the courage that will be needed to succeed with #DecPodPoMo 2025

With ginormous thanks to Jennifer Navarette - this is the final episode of #NaPodPoMo You hear Paul O’Mahony read his new poem “Thanks to Sean (Dwan)” ———— Thanks to Sean A smile is a weapon of mass destruction No no no no … A smile is a weapon of mass seduction Phew I remember the man who gave me that line. Sean Dwan will be turning in his grave no no no no Sean will be stumbling on his ...

You hear Paul O’Mahony introduce TS Eliot reading “The Hollow Men” ——————- THE HOLLOW MEN A penny for the Old Guy                               I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape withou...

You hear Louis McNiece reading his poem aloud - and Paul O’Mahony reading it twice. ————- Prayer before Birth By Louis MacNeice I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me.  I am not yet born, console me.  I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me,  with strong drugs dope me, with wise lies lure me,  o...

You hear Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967) perform his very short & influential poem ‘Harlem’.  You also hear Paul O'Mahony read the poem - twice. (The second reading is a much better listen.) The poem is to be found In his book of 91 poems “Montage of a dream deferred”. _________________________ Harlem What happens to a dream deferred?       Does it dry up       like a raisin in the sun?       O...

You hear Elizabeth Bishop reading her poem ‘At the Fishhouses” - introduced by Paul O’Mahony.  You also hear Paul doing his best to do it justice. #NaPodPoMo —————— At the Fishhouses Although it is a cold evening, down by one of the fishhouses an old man sits netting, his net, in the gloaming almost invisible, a dark purple-brown, and his shuttle worn and polished. The air smells so strong of c...