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The word ‘sozzled’ may be heading for extinction because, apparently, hardly anyone under the age of 30 knows what it means. Well, dear youthful reader,
Fires have been rampaging through California’s Napa Valley in recent weeks, destroying thousands of acres of vine-growing country and causing severe damage to at least
Selfish students whooping it up in Galway, Cork and Belfast did not cause the leap in the Covid infection rate. But they contributed to it.
My neighbour, a fit and feisty man, has been running a marathon in his back garden. He now intends to crown this feat with some
It’s easy to spot Portuguese wines on the shelves of supermarkets and off-licences. They are the bottles with the nicest labels, colourful and artistic. But,
The Covid virus spreads when we get together in large groups indoors. So where have we been doing that?Not in cinemas or theatres – they
Pessimists, we are told, always see the glass as half empty; for optimists it is half full. But it seems we are all a bit optimistic when it
To misquote George Orwell: all counties are equal but some counties are more equal than others. The Government says we are all in this together,
The patience of restaurant staff often surprises me, particularly nowadays when they have to work behind a mask and deal with customers who don’t know
Norma Foley is the best pupil in Micheál Martin’s class. That’s not a great distinction, for they are an unruly bunch of under-achievers. They fight,
