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Running for Government…should it be a novel experience?

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“It could be argued that the Government we have today, with a few notable exceptions,” says Graham Archer, “is composed of novice drivers you wouldn’t let loose around your house.”...

HANDLING LIFE – Mar-Apr 2015

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Work and Rewards Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he’s supposed to be doing at that particular moment. …Robert Benchley Set me a task to do…and it’s...

Reflecting on the M50

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Graham Archer maintains that the M50 is a wonderful place to go to exercise the mind…or to search for solutions to the problems that beset us. Not to mention contemplating monument to our national...

HANDLING LIFE – Jan-Feb 2015

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Let’s have a big welcome for 2015… Yet another chance to get it right! Dear God, my prayer for 2015 is a fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t mix these two things up like you...

Graham Archer’s A-Z guide to the Body Politic

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Inspired by Handling Network’s annual A-Z of forklift trucks – and mindful of recent events – Graham Archer finally succumbs to the temptation to view our politicians on a similar scale. Read...

HANDLING LIFE – Nov-Dec 2014

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Water and Politics… Bottled water companies are amazing. They can extract water which has gone through some of the greatest filtering processes known to man – filtered through rock strata...

Is Irish Water in too deep?

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Irish Water has Graham Archer’s sympathy. “From the outset, theirs was an impossible task,” he says. “They don’t deserve the ridicule that will be heaped upon them.”...

HANDLING LIFE – Sept-Oct 2014

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A Tommy Cooper special – just to remember the 30th anniversary of the great man’s demise. And yes, we know, you’ve heard them all before… __________ I was driving this morning when I saw an...

Questions of Accountability

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“In recent times, we have experienced a litany of failings from people at the top in public life,” says Graham Archer. “Is this the fault of a system that tolerates poor standards…or is it...

HANDLING LIFE – July-Aug 2014

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When a man brings his wife a gift for no reason, there’s a reason. …Molly McGee My wife and I had words last night. However, I never got to use mine. …Carl Gilligan Marriage is a...

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New on-line portal for GEODIS clients

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