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Time can play tricks on you – as it keeps on ticking by

A Different View with Dave O’Connell It takes a bit of adjusting to accept that 1988 – when Ray Houghton, for exam...

You can’t force the craic at the Christmas Party

A Different View with Dave O’Connell There’s nothing like the Christmas Party to bring out the little devils who’v...

How to win elections with the promises you can keep

A Different View with Dave O’Connell The man who was already the world’s oldest prime minister stood for election ...

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Getting locked away from all the rest can be no bad thing

A Different View with Dave O’Connell We all got used to a level of confinement during Covid, and if we were honest, occasionally, it was as much...

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Accent survey shows Brits still love the oul’ Blarney

A Different View with Dave O’Connell Those of a certain vintage here will remember the phenomenon of the Dagenham Yank – a fella who left Irelan...

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Face without expression is like a beach without sand

A Different View with Dave O’Connell You don’t have to know how to play poker to have a poker face; a good shot of Botox, for example, will leav...

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Ireland must pay more than lip service to music and arts

A Different View with Dave O’Connell Everyone’s home, they say, should be their castle, but for most of us the bar rises no higher than their ow...

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Vapers still enjoy the hit – but smell like strawberry muffins

A Different View with Dave O’Connell Vapers were described recently as wannabe seasoned smokers who, on second glace, appear to be inhaling stra...

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Memories of playpen days to stop you acting the goat

A Different View with Dave O’Connell The sight of King Puc being hoisted into a Kilorglin heatwave recently left a nagging question at the back ...


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