It was my birthday last week. Before you all rush off to gather presents and excuses as to why they are late, don’t bother. Although on second thoughts, if you do want to splash the cash feel free, but wait until you’ve read this week’s column at least.
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Just some of the retiring types
Last Sunday I met a man in Meaghar’s pub in Dublin before the All Ireland final. Meaghar’s must be the biggest pub I was ever in. As happens all too often these days he said hello to me and called me by name.
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Another spin on the whirligig of history
The campaigns for the Presidency in Ireland are giving rise to interesting discussions. The most interesting is about Martin Mc Guinness, one of the candidates any country would be proud to have as President.
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Southerners should think onion before voting
When my ex-children want – no, when my ex-children hope – to embarrass me they haul out the photo albums and show our wedding pictures.
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Suddenly Dublin is interesting
OF course, BBC Ulster’s coverage of the Irish Presidential election (that’s the Irish Presidential election, just so’s you can distinguish it from the Azerbaijani Presidential election) should be non-existent, should consistency play any part in matters.
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The key to the mystery
THEY’RE falling out with each other in Lisburn for some strange reason – and graffiti insults and death threats are flying.
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