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Terry Prone: As Trump smirks, Biden needs to keep smile and one-liners going

Terry Prone: As Trump smirks, Biden needs to keep smile and one-liners going

Voters want candidates who smile, not smirk, and look like they’re enjoying what they do

Mon, 05 Oct, 2020

Terry Prone: Being stuck inside cocooning is way too exciting for me

Terry Prone: Being stuck inside cocooning is way too exciting for me

After coping with everything from sundry pet standoffs to falling masonry, a spell of boredom would be a bit of a break

Mon, 28 Sep, 2020

Shut Up! - Taped Mouth

Terry Prone: Many smart people in public life need to learn when to stop talking

If public figures cannot curb their monologue, we need someone to invent a gadget that sounds an alarm after the first 90-seconds of guff, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 21 Sep, 2020

Terry Prone: The sisterhood wasn't there for The Avengers' Rigg, or for me

Terry Prone: The sisterhood wasn't there for The Avengers' Rigg, or for me

I was doing the gig economy before it was cool, managing on week-to-week contracts, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 14 Sep, 2020

Autism Syndrome Person

Time for society to embrace divergence as well as diversity

It’s been eight years since Clare man William Burton’s The Meeting on the Turret Stairs was voted Ireland’s favourite painting.

Mon, 07 Sep, 2020

Terry Prone: Dr Fauci was clever in his choice of podcasts to ensure he went viral

Terry Prone: Dr Fauci was clever in his choice of podcasts to ensure he went viral

Lay your bets, ladies and gentlemen. Lay your bets on which Irish podcaster first gets Dr Anthony S Fauci on their show.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2020

Rear view of embraced senior couple looking at their family in nature.

Terry Prone: Ireland's 'greatest generation' have suffered greatly in the pandemic

Irish men and Irish women in their late 60s and 70s have been patronised by cocooning and genericised by the apparently kindly word 'vulnerable', writes Terry Prone

Mon, 24 Aug, 2020

Terry Prone: We need rigorous testing, not propaganda, to find a vaccine

Terry Prone: We need rigorous testing, not propaganda, to find a vaccine

Putin isn't the first politician to use his daughter — but it needs to stop

Mon, 17 Aug, 2020

I will never again buy a book with wind, snow or ice in the title

Terry Prone: I will never again buy a book with 'wind', 'snow' or 'ice' in the title

Modern thrillers and police procedurals are filled with self-absorbed losers. And that’s just the heroes.

Mon, 10 Aug, 2020

Donald Trump,Jim Ryun

Terry Prone: It’s a no-brainer — Donald Trump, like me, just got the wrong cognitive test

US president Donald Trump has been boasting about his ability to remember five words in a row. Let him boast, says Terry Prone.

Mon, 27 Jul, 2020