I notice on the label it’s a ‘small batch’. Personally I think that’s a mistake – they should have made a really, really big one considering it will be another 111 years before the Irish win again.
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Airports
Of all the duty free gin joints in all the world… he walked into Gatwick’s
I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin; They keep the hunger out and the happiness in; I got a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin; My luck she is running very good.
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Miscellaneous
Art and artisans, Dufry & destination delights, add Cambodian class in Phnom Penh
Such is the bustle of the city that it’s something of a surprise to arrive at Phnom Penh International Airport and encounter an oasis of calm, an efficient, quiet airport featuring some fine artwork and an excellent, diverse shopping, dining and lounge offer.
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Miscellaneous
An open letter to the management and staff at Dubai Duty Free
What does Dubai Duty Free get in return for much cost, much hard labour, much time and dedication? One suspects your company deems such a question irrelevant, that it never forms part of any annual budgeting process.
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Miscellaneous
Duel in the sun as black takes on green in Dubai
At one point Niall smoked the ball almost to the green on a par 4. I got so much under mine that it just missed my head coming down.
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Sizing up the odds (some very odd) at the Dubai Duty Free Golf World Cup
I feel my luck is about to change. This is a year of shocks is it not? After all, one year ago who would have predicted Donald Trump would be elected President of the USA; that the UK would exit the European Union; or, most shockingly of all, that the Irish rugby team would beat my beloved All Blacks after 111 years of trying?
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Miscellaneous
How Aer Rianta International hit the highest of whisk(e)y notes in Dublin
“Sure then, why not? I’ll take a whiskey on the rocks; The price of a good time, these days, ain’t a lot; Yes, I’m here alone; No I don’t want you to telephone; You can’t have my number, but you can take me home.”
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Jeff Orson: Singer, songwriter, survivor
“Every day is a new day and not to be wasted. I try to wring every last moment out of it. People think that the party will go on forever, but I know differently now. You don’t know when that call will come.”
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Events
Redemption or repeat? Why Black is the new green.
Like Mohammed Ali’s ‘rope-a-dope’ tactics against George Foreman in the famed ‘Rumble in the Jungle, the All Blacks absorbed all the punishment and then struck with the ferocity and speed of a King Cobra.
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Readers’ competition: Redemption or repeat? Green v Black – the sequel
The Irish have the wind in their sails, the All Blacks an urgent need for redemption. It will be a classic. Which way will it go? Have your say and be in to win some great prizes.
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Miscellaneous
Suddenly the night has grown colder – Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
If it be your will that I speak no more, and my voice be still, as it was before, I shall speak no more.
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Events
All Blacks need emergency assistance after Irish 111 call
Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time in 111 years. Yes that’s right 111 – which also just happens to be the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. And boy did the shell-shocked men in black ever need emergency assistance.
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Airports
Gamsahamnida South Korea, Annyeongi kyeseyo
Gamsahamnida (‘Thank you’) Korea. I learn so much from your country, your culture, your people and your duty free industry each time I come here. Annyeongi kyeseyo (‘Farewell’).