From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about a talk he gave yesterday.  The talk was about John Bourke. John was one of the best Irish golfers ever.  You hear what Larry thought of the speech and what he thought Paul could do to improve it. Larry’s opinion and recommendations were given at the May meeting of Toastmasters4Golf. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony hardly able to believe the rumour that the US government is contemplating imposing a tariff on the importation of the views of Pope Leo. Surely it’s a joke. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony making coffee in an energetic manner.  In kitchen, with a SAGE machine. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony  out walking with his dog on Sunday morning. Before the hailstones. Pol pleased that the blockades are being lifted. The oil refinery can go back to work.  Oil depots are open again. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony waxing lyrically about transcription provided by Voice Record Pro app.   “I almost forgot what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to tell you the story of what's happened to an app on which I use, almost every day, called voice record pro, sometimes called voice record pro seven. Something wonderful has happened. Out of the blue, I had no idea it was coming. Transcription come...

You hear Paul O’Mahony reporting on the latest situation “Hello and welcome to my kitchen, where I've been doing research. As far as I found out, the UK government is doing nothing significant to reduce the cost of fuel or diesel to compensate or support the businesses that are dependent on these. That means farmers, truck drivers and private bus drivers. There seems to be general societal peace,...

You hear Paul O’Mahony introducing the clash between protesters and the Irish government.  Roads blocked.  Oil refinery blocked … 

You hear Paul O’Mahony practising a tall tale. A tall tale is a short story which may or may not be true. The best tales leave the audience wondering “ could this possibly be true?” Paul is going to tell this tale to an audience of Toastmasters today. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony getting ‘’back to normal” after recent life.   The problem Paul faces is that he end up with war. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony on a bicycle for the first time in 19 years.  Is it possible that Paul will take up cycling again?  Surely Paul won’t continue to be irritated by Greenways?

You here Paul O’Mahony on his way back from the funeral of Nick Chambers. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony reporting from Heathrow Airport - in his way to a funeral in County Dorset - and having coffee. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony moaning about how caterpillars attacked him with tiny hairs.  Urticating hairs that cause human skin to have a rash and become very irritating.  Almost unbelievable - to someone who has grown up seeing Caterpillars as lovely little harmless creatures 

You hear Paul O'Mahony speak shortly after he's been shocked by a podcaster - thanks to Sunday's episode of "The Story" podcast.  Paul suggests you listen to Episode 1 of "The Epstein Files" podcast.  Paul's hooked.  Listened to five episodes one after the other. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony remembering what it was like to visit the ships that Christopher Columbus used - before driving on to Faro Airport.  A fragment recorded in the car.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about how he feel after a lunch of black rice  & baby squid with Peter Williams. Rice blackened by squid ink.  Wednesday was a hot day in the car. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating his gin experience on the night he reached his destination Huelva in Spain. #MartinMiller I’ve & #Schweppes.  Plus the vibrant sound of Spanish conversations. #OmaniHuelva 

You hear Paul O’Mahony on his #OmaniHuelva to Spain via Faro Portugal. The adventure began in Cork, continued to Dublin Airport, and led on to this flight. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony tell a funny story.  You hear the advice Paul received from an expert yesterday. The sound of a small saucepan boiling.

You hear Paul O’Mahony making tea. Settling into a conversation with St Patrick about how he drove the snakes out of Ireland. Moving on to three requests for Patrick to wield his crozier. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony in a very worried state making a cup of tea on Monday morning.   He can’t find his passport. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony telling the story of how the outside of the shed took on a new lease of life.  Where the fresh paint came from.  Louis, Marina Market, and coffee. All on the day, Ireland and Scotland played a magnificent rugby match - the same day that England & France racked up a score which was more like a basketball score. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony running 300 yards for the first time in over 30 years - and vowing to run 301 yards tomorrow.