A last red rose and a final farewell

Colm’s loving wife Breeda, brave and beautiful but seemingly shrunken in grief, threw a single red rose on top of the coffin; the priest said some consoling words; and then the family and the hundreds who had gathered to show their last respects shuffled silently away into the chill of an Irish afternoon.

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Writers’ Tears and Galway memories

We talked of how an exciting story had begun and of how an unforgettable one has sadly ended. Our chosen tipple was Writers’ Tears Irish whiskey. More than a few of those will be shed today.

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Eating cats and dogs in media land

Having read the half-question, I just knew there was an ‘or’ coming up. And indeed, like a Kamala Harris retort to the former President’s barking mad canine claim, it didn’t take long.

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