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Letter of the Day

 


Readers (if there are any of you),

I was pleased today to have a missive I sent to the Irish Times newspaper designated as that august organ's 'Letter of the Day'. You can read the letter in the link below. I've also posted a link to the YouTube video that I refer to in the letter. 

Happy Easter, 

Brian

Letter link: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2025/04/17/grimy-dublin-in-the-1980s/

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hya7OiFmHs

PS That's a ChatGPT-generated selfie of me accompanying this post. The original selfie was taken in Bray, County Wicklow a couple of years ago. 


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