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Pat Mullan
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Eddie's Place
I got her present out of the boot of the car in the garage and staggered on tip-toes to the back door. It had been some session all...
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Margaret Colgan
Dec 11, 20247 min read
A Christmas spirit
It was only 4pm but it was already dark outside when Reverend Mark thought someone was at his front door. He didn’t hear the doorbell or...
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Anne McDonald
Dec 20, 20236 min read
Hello Tony
Errol Cornshaw believed that if he joined the army, his wife, Betina, would take him seriously. If he got into battle, he would show what...
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Ruth O'Leary
Dec 20, 20235 min read
The Best Christmas Present
Anna Fitzgerald stood outside The Shelbourne Hotel and wondered if he was already inside. The five-star hotel on Dublin’s St Stephen’s...
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Matthew Egan
Dec 14, 20238 min read
The way the wind blows
The man walked slowly down the road, his hands buried deep in his pockets, his collar pulled up around his neck trying to protect himself...
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Darragh Gallagher
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Embarrassing Dad
Never meet your heroes (with your Dad) My Dad is a blues man. He's played with Irish blues legends such as Don Baker, Red Peters and...
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Eoin Lynam
Jun 19, 20225 min read
Father Christmas
Tommy woke up, yawning broadly and rubbing his eyes. Excitement coursed through his body, today was the big day! He sat up and looked...
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Pat Mullan
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Tranquillity
I always like the soothing feeling of getting the hair cut. The thrum of the electric clippers, KFM playing softly in the background,...
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Robert McDermott
Jun 4, 20228 min read
ON CORONADO BEACH
The sweeping arc of the bridge to Coronado Island is as breath-taking as it is banal. It rises through the San Diego docks like a...
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Sam Moorhead
May 6, 202211 min read
“Nitelink of the Living Dead”
It’s July, 2007. A Monday night in town, during that odd stretch of time when Westmoreland and D’Olier streets were the places to be for...
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Eamon O'Leary
May 6, 20224 min read
Bells A Ringing.
The wind was rattling the windows and because it was lashing and because I was a big boy of four and three-quarters, Ma said she’d leave...
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Eoin Lynam
Apr 14, 202211 min read
The Travel Chronicles II
The bus rumbled into a staccato rhythm, easing itself into the early evening as it made its way through the lush, green countryside. The...
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Brian Finnegan
Apr 5, 20226 min read
The One That Got Away
He's going to meet his cousin at the diner. His cousin told him it's called Russell's now. Apparently they do good burgers. In his day...
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Ann Linehan
Mar 30, 20226 min read
Anna
Anna watched the neon pink jacket ebb and flow with the crashing tide 300 feet below the clifftop. The waves pounded the rocks and the...
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Mark McCallum
Mar 2, 20225 min read
A Touch of The Called.
By day I used to walk along these same gravely paths, the solitary rustling sound of the stones was a harmony to my ears. Now I travel...
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Ciara Stagg
Mar 1, 20224 min read
Say When
It felt like love. It’s always easy to look back on things and say it wasn’t love. Like water stains that cloud the shine of a glass, it...
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Pat Mullan
Mar 1, 20227 min read
Tipping Point
Eddie watched the trolley being emptied and the groceries slowly snaking their way along the belt. The woman was about his mother’s age,...
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Conor Graham
Mar 1, 20228 min read
It took only 8 seconds
The process began when the hand left his chest. Ever so gentle. It was not forceful, but there was malice. The hand, soft as it was, left...
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Marcus Power
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Sorry officer
Sorry officer, I can’t stop, I’ve got a deadline to meet. The full beam of the headlines cut through the deep darkness, lighting up the...
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Eamon O'Leary
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Technicolour Blues.
It was hard to put an age on Jake. Sitting tall in the saddle, unshaved, and sweaty, he swept a layer of grime and dust from his...
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