This was for the Blackbird Book Club at Queens.
The reading is from Under His Roof
Archive for February 26th, 2011
A Reading
Posted in Culture and Society, Donegal, tagged dog, father, memoir on February 26, 2011| 1 Comment »
The Bet
Posted in Belfast, Culture and Society, Media, Politics, Northern Ireland, tagged Bet, Collins, Eoghan, Harris, Jude on February 26, 2011| 3 Comments »
Two of my occasional colleagues on media projects and panels will have a little business to settle today.
When Eoghan Harris visited the West Belfast festival he took a wager from Jude Collins. Eoghan had said that Sinn Fein would lose all its seats to Fianna Fail in the next Dail General Election, the one that was held yesterday.
Jude offered him a £100 bet on that and asked what odds Eoghan would give him. Eoghan offered ten to one.
Perhaps unfortunately for Eoghan, I recorded the sealing of the deal.