Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

Police in Victoria have given the name of the man whom they suspect of involvement in causing some of the fires which have led to the deaths of at least two hundred people. His name is Brendan Skotoluk. The police and courts have been anxious to prevent the man’s family being targeted. This is reasonable; he may be a nutter but his family are as devastated as anyone else no doubt. He will, if found guilty, probably face incarceration in some psychiatric facility, maybe for the rest of his natural life. Now had he been in Cavan he would, after a decade or so, have been feted as a great fellow. He could have joined “the party” and landed a nice high-sounding job. What’s more he could have joined a prominent Catholic lay group. While he would be able to turn his back on his pyrotechnical past, his present would have enabled him to steal material at will, while all the time being viewed as a really nice guy.

I have a pity for anyone whose first name is Brendan. I know some who are ok but others are, just well wankers.