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They were “the best banned in the land”, Brendan Behan joked after he joined the list in 1958 following the prohibition of his prison memoir, Borstal Boy.
There is a certain type of smug satisfaction I try to avoid – but not always with success. An example is delaying reading the sports pages until after teatime on Sunday, once the bulk of results are in, and taking mild but malign pleasure in counting how many pundits’ predictions were badly wrong.
Irish EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness has brushed aside speculation that she will contest MEP elections next June.
Anita D’Attellis, a pianist, will be playing at a special event to support Sue Ryder Celebrate a Life Thames Valley this December.
Irish people don’t need much research to find their rural roots, and even our more urban politicians generally travel with “a metaphorical pair of wellies” in the boot of the car.