Galway Confidential

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I had photos of Raftery on my phone, so I downloaded a stack of those, put my mobile number on the back, and added that a hefty reward was available for any information. When all else fails, put the cash out there.

The Queen died and Prince Charles is the new king.

A ninety-six-gun salute was performed as tribute to the longevity of her reign, the longest serving monarch. When she’d come to Ireland, she seemed to instinctively know how to reach the people. Chatting to a fishmonger in Cork market, giving a speech that began in Irish.

Class.

I walked the dog in Berna woods and his joy in pursuing leaves, then rolling and wallowing in the shrubbery, made my heart soar. In my befuddled and bewildering career, I had briefly the care of a peregrine falcon, and how that bird would fly, that feeling with the dog was reminiscent of it. A short window of near happiness.