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July 10, 2022

Shedding and selling some Writers’ Tears as green becomes the new black

What an outstanding showcase for Irish whiskey Aer Rianta International provides at The Loop (which may, just may, have been named after a Johnny Sexton-called backs move).

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People

November 12, 2021

Making 50:50 calls on equality and rugby, and watching flashing lights up ahead ‘round the bend

“This community was founded at the peak of the pandemic when everyone felt isolated. Women were leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men at that period.”

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Lifestyle

July 21, 2021

Cheered up by Writers’ Tears and a visit to the D’oC

We may have become the first people in the world to drink Writers’ Tears accompanied by peanut butter on snack biscuits. But no feast prepared for a King could match the magic, nor the moment, of this combination. 

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Events

May 28, 2020

Arise you Freeman of Sweny’s

My mother broke my heart and ruined my career aspirations at an early age when she told me, “Son, with a face like your’s, it has to be radio.”

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