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Journalist, writer, digital platform editor of The Dumbarton Democrat.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE BROONS
Gerry and Kathleen Keegan sent us this blast from the past to wish us all a Happy New Year. And the same to you both.
BUT YOU’RE BRITISH, TO BE SURE, TO BE SURE
Let’s call it what it is; desperate. It is the political equivalent of getting a drunk text from an ex at 1am, suggesting that you get back together. Ireland knows that Britain has had too much to drink, has kebab on its shirt and is probably crying.
EDITORIAL: THE DEMOCRAT
That was the year that was. It’s over and most of us can’t wait for the Bells to see the back of it. West Dunbartonshire Council in particular will be delighted to witness its departure. As will the local Health Board.
This has been their annus horribilis. For them, if something wasn’t going wrong, it was something else going wrong. Money down the drain amounted to £millions, while the Council spent like a Friday night drunk on some very daft and unpopular ideas indeed.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The triumph of Boris Johnson may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory (20 December). Indeed, the first 20 years of this century might well be seen as a dark age of such Pyrrhic victories by the defenders of the capitalist status quo.
WILD WAY TO SEE IRELAND’S WEST COAST
Anne kicks off with music and chocolate – Scottish band, The Poosies play at a boat regatta and Anne visits chocolatier, Benoit Lorge, a native of Lorraine in France, who discovered great demand for his unique chocolate products and installed a purpose made facility at Connor’s Family Shop and Post Office in Bonane, Co. Kerry.