Fear and loathing in Carson Villas
UNIONISTS in Northern Ireland have retreated to the political ditch, again. The shades of Carson and Craig are abroad and...
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Coming up in the world
THE United Nations’ Quality of Life Index ranks countries based on the life expectancy of citizens, access to education and...
Wet dreams and the unfinished revolution
ONE hundred years ago the Irish Revolution reached its bloody climax. In May 1921 a treaty gave the people of...
The loneliness of a long distance Christmas
MY wife sometimes accuses me of a ‘bah humbug’ attitude to the festive season but the truth is I enjoy...
In the shadow of Uncle Sam
THE Shakespearean drama that is the Presidential election in the United States reaches a climax on November 3 and will...
One night in Accident and Emergency
THERE was a dreadful stabbing pain across my lower belly as I stood up and I knew immediately I was...