From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony

You hear Paul O’Mahony asking Ken what he thought about how Dola responded to the prompt that Paul put into it.  Including what can thought of the audio response.  These two friends had a great time together over lunch across the road from the Royal Exchequer in London 

You hear some London sounds while Paul O’Mahony realises something that takes him aback 

You hear Paul O’Mahony leaving the house in Palmer Green.  OK swiftly up the street towards the train station. Heading towards a 10 am breakfast in Kings Cross.Followed by a brief pause. The next thing you hear is Pol talking inside the train station after learning that the 9:11 am train has been cancelled. The rest will be history.

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about the relationship between noise and electric cars 

Sounds of the kitchen in Paul O’Mahony’s House:  Tuesday around 8am. Paul is distracted by work for OneCountryOneWorld Toastmasters club members

When you are getting back into Golf, there’s a good chance you’ll find yourself playing golf with strangers, people you don’t know, people you’ve never played with.What are they likely to do? What are your options? 

You hear Paul O’Mahony warning you that you might take a while to get used to electric driving.Paul has had an Inster for six months. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony putting on his Google socks.  Moaning about his back.  And a couple of other fragments. #audiomo review to do 

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking to members of Toastmasters about the dynamics of “Being There” for another person - in this case Roger Caesar, his great friend. 

You hear an impromptu conversation between Paul O’Mahony & Roger Overall.  All about the dramatic events in the cricket match between England and New Zealand yesterday.Paul says he is “disgusted” by the behaviour of the English captain Ben Stokes.  You hear Paul unloading all his bile to Roger - over coffee and tea on Monday morning.  Before the inevitable happened.

You hear Paul O’Mahony driving into the heat - driving towards Cobh Golf Club. Photo taken from The Irish Times

You hear Paul O’Mahony musing about a planned holiday in Sardinia - in 40 degrees. 

You hear the sound of keys reunited with their owner.  Paul O’Mahony makes Tea and is glad to be back to Audiomo 

You hear an addicted Paul O’Mahony challenging you. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony tasting blueberries he bought in his local supermarket.  Chilean, Moroccan, or Spanish? 

What’s that unusual sound in the kitchen?  Could it be a mouse? Surely not.  You’re right. It’s Puma & Paul 

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about education & status in Toastmasters clubs.  What the head of education has to do to serve club members

You hear Paul O’Mahony driving while talking about why you might like to turn back from a commitment you’ve made to play Golf

You hear Irish Water being poured into his daughter‘s favourite mug.  Paul O’Mahony says he doesn’t like complaining. “ it’s ridiculous to keep a mattress for 50 years.”

Eating a KiwiWhenever I eat a kiwiand slowly chew the skin,I know there is a riskof being misunderstood.Whenever I eat a kiwi,your birth comes fresh to mind,the flesh of my desire,the joy of swallowing you.Within the taste of a kiwi,a feast of fruit,the body is firm, luscious,at risk of being understood.

You hear the names of all the people whom Paul O’Mahony has listened to  this year 

You hear Paul O’Mahony’s speech to a group of Toastmasters in Canada. Contrasting two types of managers - taking a stance on the the current Toastmasters education program 

You hear Paul O’Mahony stationary In his car - bemoaning the fact that there are so few people talking about cricket - during AudioMo and on @BlueSky 

You hear Paul O’Mahony stringing words together - imagining a poem that plays golf & plays a poem

You hear Paul O’Mahony making tea as he looks forward to meeting @RogerOverall.  Arsenal v PSV - England v New Zealand may come up over coffee in Chaard.  

You hear Paul O’Mahony introducing himself to a group of Toastmasters at OneCountryOneWorld club. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony confess he’s not an artificial intelligence - even though he might be in future.  He also doesn’t think that Ernie isn’t yet artificial. Meanwhile, Paul is looking forward to connecting with old friends and acquaintances during June via #audiomo

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking from an armchair in his garden - next to a banana skin, a rake, and coloured flowers. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony hurrying an electric Hyundai Inster to Cobh Golf Club on Friday morning - for a 9.15am tee time.  His mind jumps from topic to topic. Just like his game.

You hear the talk Paul O’Mahony gave at Blarney Toastmasters on 26th May. All against war. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony putting on his Google socks - the ones he bought at Google headquarters in August 2024.  

You hear Paul O’Mahony reporting on his best round in nine months.  Thursday, yesterday, on Cobh golf course. Sitting on a sofa, thinking ahead to the prospect of playing more golf on Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday.  

You hear Paul O’Mahony welcoming the arrival of the collection of haiku edited by Gabriela Marie Milton, published by Literary Revelations (ISBN 9798999732576).Paul reads the group of his five haiku included in the collection, on page 73. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony revealing his communication “Style”.   This is the very first draft of a speech that Paul gave to Toastmasters4Golf Club members on Monday..

You hear Paul O’Mahony reporting on the labour it took to remove thatch & moss from his ‘lawn’.  Halfway through the job, Paul started wishing he paid somebody else to do it. 

You hear Paul O’Mahony celebrating a decision by Toastmasters International.  The international convention of Toastmasters International will be held in Paris in August 2027.  Paul heard all about it on Saturday evening on Facebook. He went straight to the kitchen for a bottle of champagne.

You hear Paul O’Mahony getting ready to scarify on Saturday morning

You hear Paul O’Mahony driving to the supermarket.  Complaining. Being a real miseryguts.

You hear Paul O’Mahony back from the Conference in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. A Toastmasters international annual conference. Surely Paul’s DNA cannot have been changed in three days by “Building Foundational Friendships”.

You hear Paul O’Mahony with Louis.  You also hear Paul making tea - mentioning that he buys the cheapest tea in SuperValu, his local supermarket. 

You hear sounds of Dublin city centre - plus commentary by Paul O’Mahony as he walks the streets.  

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about a time when everything seemed to be going quite nicely.  Until he got a surprise invitation to do something quite nerve racking

You hear Paul O’Mahony very upset.  He was caught speeding.A big fine & three points on his licence 

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about how he was pissed off by the way the day began. You also hear him talking about why it’s getting better and better.  Paul loves Dublin.