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Book review: Brilliant by Roddy Doyle

Sorry but I have to fall back on the old one: Roddy Doyle`s fable for children Brilliant, is simply brilliant. Or brill, if you will have it. Recession has Ireland firmly in a throttlehold, and the people of Dublin have sunk into a recession-related depression. It`s a cold, clammy fog and almost everyone has gone…

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Travel: Ireland

Demystifying the misty isles of Ireland Ireland makes for the prettiest montage ever, that much is certain. Imagine peaty boglands, still lakes, fields of golden  gorse, the enigmatic Round Towers. Cottages with thatched roofs, pubs with parquet floors, wainscoting and old ladies in tweed devouring scones with clotted  cream, complete this picture. However, not everything you…

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