I have known a few politicians over the years, and yes some are venal, and flawed, and attention-seeking. But my overwhelming impression is that they were in it to do some good for the people they represented.
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England 2 West Germany 3 The summers of my childhood were hot. If there was rain, and surely there must have been, I don’t remember it. To wear us out, mother often took me and my cousins on long…
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Sport today is reaping the consequences of its decision to embrace big business, and like a male preying mantis, it is now being consumed by its mate
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Stonebreakers’ yard in Kilmainham Gaol where the Easter Rising leaders were executed It’s been some time since I read the “Proclamation of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland”. When I was a boarder at St Colman’s College…
Continue ReadingThe risks of swimming in a small pond
Too many graduates go into non-graduate jobs In addition to bringing the motorcar to the masses, Henry Ford was a bit of an amateur philosopher. You could fill a book with quotes from the man who said “history is…
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