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Terry Prone

TDs, change the things you can for the better and accept things you can’t

DEAR Government Backbencher, 2012 wasn’t exactly the best year of your life, was it?

Mon, 31 Dec, 2012

It was the moment Christmas got off to a flyer, courtesy of granny

THE year my grandmother threw the turkey on the kitchen floor was the best, by a mile.

Mon, 24 Dec, 2012

Myriad problems when taking ‘meaningful action’ on gun attacks

WHEN Barack Obama, hours after the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, talked of the need for “meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this”, half the world nodded in agreement.

Mon, 17 Dec, 2012

The currency of cruelty never undergoes devaluation

SO THIS woman gets into the lift and presses the button for the floor she wants.

Mon, 10 Dec, 2012

Seeing red over the cowardly anonymity of ‘green ink’ tweeters

WE used to call them “green ink letters”.

Mon, 03 Dec, 2012

Judge people on how they act — not on what you assume they think

I MISSED out on a gig recently. Lost a neat little bit of business.

Mon, 26 Nov, 2012

For lessons on risk management, take a leaf out of Enda’s book

WHAT do Taoiseach Enda Kenny and General David Petraeus have in common?

Mon, 19 Nov, 2012

Do shoplifters really steal bread in the hope of making some dough?

ONE of the most rewarding questions, up there with “what frightens you most?” is “have you ever shoplifted?”

Mon, 12 Nov, 2012

If Obama does not lose, he needs to find his humility and his humanity

IT will be interesting, after tomorrow’s US Presidential debate, to watch the credit-takers lining up behind the winner.

Mon, 05 Nov, 2012

Flowers fade and die but memories of a good doctor will live forever

BECAUSE it’s a bank holiday Monday, nobody’s in a hurry.

Mon, 29 Oct, 2012