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Kiss Your Ass Goodbye
As a young boy, nothing pleased Reilly’s Uncle Stíofáin more than accompanying anyone who would take him to and from a fair. On one particularly wet day, he was accompanying an old man home from the fair of Tuam. The man had just purchased a new donkey. Eager to see...
Reilly and The Talking Dog
STORY. Reilly was coming home from Galway the other day when he noticed an unusual sign beside the road outside Kinvara. In front of a residential house, on a big piece of cardboard, scrawled by hand, was written, “TALKING DOG FOR SALE.” Interest piqued, Reilly...
The Blog Reilly Didn’t Write
The Blog Reilly Didn’t Write Reilly didn’t write a blog this week. There. He said it. For someone who has spent a good part of his professional life telling business owners about discipline, consistency and doing what they said they would do, this was mildly...
Why Am I Talking?
STORY Reilly once facilitated a critical meeting to determine whether Cistercian College Roscrea should remain open or close. The lives of literally hundreds of people would be impacted by the decision. Prior to the meeting he asked a wise Cistercian monk his advice...
The Greatest PowerPoint Presentation Nobody Ever Saw
The Greatest PowerPoint Presentation Nobody Ever Saw STORY The conversation at Smácht Mór in Harvey’s Point last week turned to the best presentations people had ever heard. Anne Tobin has qualified for every MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table) international conference...
STORY. Reilly remembers vividly the first time he’d visited Harveys Point in the early 90s. He’d done a planning session with Magees in the morning and the then General Manager, Philip Carder, took him out for lunch ‘to a small wee place that had just opened on the...
‘COME ON NOW. UP YOU GET.’
STORY. Reilly and Oige met a man in the pub on Thursday who was telling them just how hard it was to wake his son for the first day back at school. “Rise and shine. It’s the first day back at school,” says the father cheerfully, as he whips back the curtains. Ten...
When In Rome!
STORY. Wifeys godson, Art O’Connor, got married in the Basilica San Silvestro in Rome on Friday, August 14th 2026. In anticipation of the wedding Wifey took a figary into her head to get her hair done with a hairdresser in Dublin who specialises in ‘coiffure à la...
The Two Best Days Of Your Life
THE TWO BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. STORY Reilly’s uncle Stiofáin had a great saying: “The two best days in your life are the day you buy a boat and the day you sell it.” Reilly rocked up to Il Fortino beach in Sperlonga on Monday morning just as Wifey was delivering the...
Forever In Blue Jeans
STORY It’s 50 years ago since Reilly bought his first pair of Levi’s from Pat Geraghty, under the old Pro-Cathedral in Galway, for the princely sum of eight pounds. He sauntered into Geraghty’s drapery again yesterday to smarten his wardrobe in advance of the Italian...
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