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Denis Lehane: Nothing special for the birthday VIP

Yesterday evening as I left the ploughing fields of Laois, there could surely have been no sadder man in Ireland.

Denis Lehane: Nothing special for the birthday VIP

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015 - 01:00

Denis Lehane

And it wasn’t the ploughing that had me blowing my nose and shedding tears, it was all because I felt totally forgotten.

Yesterday, Wednesday, September 23, was my birthday. A day when you’d expect all manner of nice things to come your way.

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